India Beat England in 1st T 20 of series, 2012-13

England was scheduled to play a 3 Match T 20 International in India in 2012-13. Both teams have great players and all rounder’s and match winners and it would be interesting to see them battle in this series and who batted very well  will be crowned as the winner after the series as they are ranked at 2 and 4. The 1st T 20 international match was to be played on Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune, India on 20th Dec 2012. India holds the upper hand as they are more balanced team and playing very well as well.

India won the toss and opts to ball first; this is how England team and 11 was looking like in this 1st T 20 international match: Tim Bresnan, Eoin Morgan (c), Luke Wright, James Tredwell, Samit Patel, Jos Buttler (wk), Michael Lumb, Jade Dernbach, Stuart Meaker, Danny Briggs, Alex Hales

And India team and 11 was looking like this in this 1st T 20 international Match: Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Piyush Chawla, Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Ashok Dinda, Ravichandran Ashwin, Parvinder Awana,

England batted well and was able to post total of 157 runs in 20 over’s at the loss of 6 wickets and with top scores of Alex H who made 56 runs in 35 balls with 7 4’s and 2 six at the strike rate of 160 runs in 100 balls and L Wright who made 34 runs in 21 balls with 3 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 162 runs in 100 balls.

India was needed to score 158 runs in 20 over’s to win this match.

India batted well and was able to chase the target of 158 runs in 17.5 over’s at the loss of 5 wicket and won the game by 5 wickets in hand with top contributions from Y Singh who made 38 runs in 21 balls with 2 4’s and 3 sixes at the strike rate of 181 runs in 100 balls.

India won the match by 5 wickets in hand and series stands at 1-0 in favor of India with 2 more games to play.

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