Eoin Morgan’s eighth T20I fifty and his 83-run stand with Joe Root, who smashed an unbeaten 46, helped England coast to a seven-wicket win to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Yuzvendra Chahal took 2/27 as Virat Kohli’s team tried to put up a fight. Earlier, MS Dhoni blasted 36 off 27 balls and Suresh Raina smashed 34 as India managed to reach 147/7 in Green Park.Root and Morgan shuffled around for a few overs, but with the required rate so modest it only required the slightest squeeze of the accelerator to get the innings back on track. Morgan hit four sixes in a 37-ball half-century, and victory was sealed with 11 balls to spare.
And so ahead of the second match in Nagpur this Sunday, and the third in Bangalore next week, England now have a real opportunity to leave India with something tangible. After the winter they have had, they will take it gratefully.
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