Chester-le-Street [England]July 01 (ANI): India’s Harshit Rana is tripped by England wicket-keeper Jos Buttler during the first T20I, at the Riverside Ground in Chester-le-Street on Wednesday. (Annie’s photo)
Despite rain in the opening T20I against India, England wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler achieved a significant personal milestone by completing 100 dismissals in T20 Internationals.
Buttler reached the landmark when he delivered a lightning-fast knock to dismiss Harshit Rana off the bowling of Adil Rashid during India’s innings. The former England captain was quick to collect Rasheed’s glasses after Rana raced down the pitch in search of a powerful strike. Defeated by Baldur, the Indian batsman failed to come back in time as Buttler hit the bails in a flash, registering his 100th T20I dismissal behind the stumps.With the feat, Buttler becomes the second wicket-keeper in T20I history and the first in England to complete 100 dismissals, joining South Africa’s Quinton de Kock, who tops the chart with 117 dismissals.
The match was abandoned
India’s first T20I against England at Chester-le-Street ended scoreless after persistent rain prevented England from starting their chase of 190. After electing to bat, India recovered from 6/2 thanks to 59 off 24 balls from Abhishek Sharma and 68 off 47 from captain Shreyas Iyer, who also crossed the 5,000 international runs mark.
Shivam Dube’s unbeaten 42 off 21 provided a flourish in the final over as India posted 189/7, while Saqib Mahmood shone with the ball for England taking 3/33.
However, heavy rain after the innings break led to the match being abandoned without a ball being bowled in England’s innings.
India vs England, 1st T20I – Playing XIs
England: Phil Salt, Jos Buttler (wk), Harry Brook (c), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Saqib Mahmood, Adil Rashid, Luke Wood.India: Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Shreyas Iyer (c), Tilak Varma, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy.
