Skipper Jos Buttler was lone warrior for England in the 1st T20I against India at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Buttler's half-century kept England afloat after they were down to 83/5 at one stage. While Buttler was the only Englishman to score 20-plus runs, only two other batters scored in double-figures.

Kolkata: The highly anticipated five-match T20I series between India and England began at the Eden Gardens on Wednesday, with India winning the toss and electing to field first.

India vs England, IND vs ENG 1st T20I Live Score Streaming Online; Telecast Channel: India will take on England in the first game of the five-match T20 series at the Eden Gardens on Wednesday.

India bowled England out for 132 in the first of the five-match T20I series at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The visitors, who were once 65/2, grappled in the middle overs before perishing. Skipper Jos Buttler, who scored a fifty, found no support in the middle.

The T20Is against England serve as the perfect opportunity for Varun Chakravarthy to further solidify his chances of making it as one of the lead spinners for the T20 World Cup squad next year. The mystery spinner's variations in Kolkata could prove to be quite a handful.

The series is set to kick off in Kolkata on Wednesday, with Chennai, Rajkot, Pune and Mumbai to host the remaining T20Is. In recent years, India have used Axar to good effect as a

India are set to face England in the first T20I of a five-match series at the iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata on January 22. The match will be the first meeting between the two teams since the Men in Blue defeated the Three Lions in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup 2024.

New vice-captain Axar Patel emphasizes flexibility in the T20I setup, with batters from positions 3 to 7 ready to adapt based on the match situation and opponent bowlers. Patel, backing skipper Suryakumar Yadav,