India bowl England out for 132 in first T20I

Mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy (3/23) was the most successful Indian bowler while seamer Arshdeep Singh (2/17), Axar Patel (2/22) and Hardik Pandya (2/42) chipped in with two wickets apiece.

India's Arshdeep Singh, center, celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of England�s Ben Duckett during the first T20I cricket match of a series between India and England, at the Eden Gardens, in Kolkata. (pHOTO | pti)

KOLKATA: Indian bowlers produced a clinical performance to bowl England out for 132 in their first T20 International here on Wednesday.

Mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy (3/23) was the most successful Indian bowler while seamer Arshdeep Singh (2/17), Axar Patel (2/22) and Hardik Pandya (2/42) chipped in with two wickets apiece after captain Suryakumar Yadav invited England to bat first.

For England, captain Jos Buttler played a lone hand with 68 off 44 balls while Harry Brook and Jofra Archer contributed 17 and 12 respectively.

All the other England batters struggled, scoring in single-digit figures.

Brief Scores: England: 132 all out in 20 overs (Jos Buttler 68; Varun Chakravarthy 3/23, Arshdeep Singh 2/17, Axar Patel 2/22, Hardik Pandya 2/42).