Summary

  • First T20, Kolkata

  • India chase down 133 with 43 balls to spare to win by seven wickets

  • Abhishek smashes 79 off 34 balls

  • England 132 (20 overs): Buttler 68 (44); Chakravarthy 3-23

  • India take 1-0 lead in five-match series

  • Second T20 in Chennai on Saturday (13:30 GMT)

Live Reporting

by Timothy Abraham & Matthew Henry

  1. Not out

    You've got better eyes than me, ump.

    Jacob Bethell survives.

  2. "I can see some part of the foot is behind the popping crease."

  3. This is tight.

  4. Umpire review

    Another for Varun Chakaravarthy?

    India think he's stumped. Jacob Bethell looks worried.

  5. Eng 69-4

    Ravi Bishnoi is sporting the haircut of a noughties Bollywood superstar. No boundaries from his first over.

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    First wicket of the series for Chris from South Croydon. Excellent work.

    Jar in Sutton Coldfield

    For goodness sake can someone fax Chris in Croydon a full set of the cricket live text comment guidelines.

    Anon

    Damn you Chris in South Croydon... texter's curse.

    Tebby in the Chilterns

  7. Here's India's other leggie, Ravi Bishnoi...

  8. Eng 65-4

    Jacob Bethell is out for his first experience of international cricket in India.

    He calmly defends his first ball.

  9. wicket

    WICKET

    Livingstone b Chakaravarthy 0 (Eng 65-4)

    Liam Livingstone lasts only two balls! Varun Chakaravarthy has turned this game around in a flash.

    It's the googly from India's leggie. Livingstone had no clue which way it was turning.

  10. Nick Knight
    Former England batter on TNT Sports

    Harry Brook is wandering off thinking he might have played that slightly differently.

  11. wicket

    WICKET

    Brook b Chakaravarthy 17 (Eng 65-3)

    Gone this time.

    This is what makes Varun Chakaravarthy so dangerous. He just flicks the ball out and Harry Brook hasn't read which way it is going.

    He's tentative and in the end is bowled.

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    All these whining naysayers. This is the best T20 line up we’ve had since we won the World Cup in 2022. Harry Brook to get a ton?

    Chris in South Croydon

  13. Eng 65-2

    I'm not sure Adil Rashid will be watching the treatment India's spinners are suddenly taking.

    Brook cuts Chakaravarthy for four now.

  14. Eleanor Oldroyd
    BBC Radio 5 Live cricket presenter

    Great to see the return of the Buttler shoulder wiggle when he's about to launch it into the stand.

  15. Eng 61-2

    Buttler 42, Brook 13

    More good fielding from India prevents further damage off the bat of Buttler.

    This India team looks fit and keen to chase everything.

  16. 6 runs

    Eng 59-2

    And this one has been muscled off the back foot into the stands by Jos Buttler.

    Axar is going the distance.

  17. 6 runs

    Eng 52-2

    Ah, lovely.

    Harry Brook times the first six over extra cover off Axar Patel.

  18. How's stat?!

    Kieran Parmley
    Cricviz analyst

    Jos Buttler vs Varun Chakravarthy in T20s: 58 runs, 32 balls, 2 dismissals, 29 average, 181 strike rate.

    This is a key match-up for England today considering Chakravarthy's excellent record at his IPL home ground.

  19. Eng 45-2

    Buttler 34, Brook 6

    A superb, diving stop on the boundary by Nitish Kumar Reddy denies Jos Buttler another boundary.

    That's the powerplay done. India have edged it.

  20. Nick Knight
    Former England batter on TNT Sports

    I think with Brendon McCullum alongside him as coach, England Jos Buttler will fly, having felt a lot of the pressure before. It will take it off with his captaincy and his batting.