India vs England Highlights 1st T20: Iyer's fifty goes in vain as England win by 8 wickets

Shreyas Iyer's career-best 67 goes in vain as England win the first T20I by 8 wickets. Dawid Malan scored the winning runs with a six, clinching the game with 33 balls to spares.

Jason Roy becomes the 4th batsman after Eoin Morgan (vs IND in 2011 at Manchester), Alex Hales (vs AUS in 2018 at Birmingham) and James Vince (vs New Zealand in 2019 at Nelson) to be dismissed on 49 in T20Is.

Three deliveries later to the previous biggie, Bairstow launches another one into the stands. Massive shot this. ENG: 107/2 after 13 overs.

A miscued shot but Bairstow managed to clear the fence. Moves down the line and flicks this over long-on.

Washinton Sundar comes into the attack and removes dangerman Jason Roy off the first ball. Off-break turns in and strikes Roy close to the off-stump. The opener reviews the decision but ball tracking shows three reds. Roy departs on 49, ENG: 89/2 after 11.1 overs

FOUR! Malan just replicated his previous boundary off Pandya. Slower bouncer and Malan just used the pace of the pace to notch another boundary.

The 72-run stand between Roy and Buttler is the 5th highest partnership for England vs India

Hardik Pandya finally gets to bowl and gets harsh treatment from Dawid Malan. Slower delivery down the leg side and Malan tickles it down for a boundary.

WICKET! Chahal strikes and traps Jos Buttler in front. A perfectly bowled leg-break and Buttler plays the wrong line. The ball drifted in, landed on the middle and straightened to struck the batter right in front of the stumps. ENG: 72/ after 8 overs.

Jason Roy is leaving no stone unturned in punishing the India spinner on the tracks which troubled his teammates in Test matches. back to back big shots from the England opener and he moves into the 40s.

SIX! A huge shot from Jason Roy that landed almost 20 rows in the stands after clearing the deep mid-wicket fence. What a shot, Jason Roy.

Bhuvneshwar to Buttle - FOUR towards mid-on and England go past the 50-run mark in powerplay. Brillinat batting from both the openers. ENG: 50/0 after 6 overs

Buttler seems in a hurry to end this game because those two shots were simply amazing. A back-foot punch through covers and then a cracking shot towards long-on. The ball lands in stands and the spectators are taking too much of time to return the ball.

Roy slams Axar Patel for a biggie and KL Rahul exhibits his 'superman' skills to save a six a the long-off boundary. Leans back, catches the ball and throws the ball back incised the boundary rope before landing on his back. What an effort.

FOUR! Another cracking shot from in-form Jason Roy. A good-length ball, outside off and Roys slaps it towards straight for a boundary.

Pacer Shardul Thakur comes into the attack and repaces Bhuvneshwar Kumar. That's some rapid change in bowling by the Indian skipper. Whom to expect next... Sundar? Let's see!

Yuzvendra Chahal comes into the attack and Jason Roy welcomes him with a maximum over mid-wicket. Not a good start for the finger spinner tonight as he goes on to give a total of 11 runs in his opening over. ENG: 21/0 after 3 overs.

FOUR! A cracking shot from Jason Roy. Length ball, Roy picks it perfectly and slams it through square leg.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar comes into the attack. He is bowling for India in T20Is after a hiatus of 15 months. Can he produce a match-winning spell for India? Well, he will try his best.

KL Rahul: 101* (2018, Manchester)

RG Sharma: 100* (2018, Bristol)

KL Rahul: 71 (2017, Nagpur)

V Sehwag: 68 (2007, Durban)

SS Iyer: 67 (2021, Ahmedabad)

Jason Roy and Jos Buttler are out to chase 125 run-target set by India. Axar Patel begins the proceedings for India.

Shreyas Iyer hits career-best 67 as India finish with 124 for 7 in their quota of 20 overs. England need 125 to win.

Shreyas Iyer is out on 67, Chris Jordan picks up his 1st wicket. IND: 117/7 after 19.3 overs

Chris Jordan brings the last over and Shreyas Iyer, who is batting on 66*, is on strike. All-rounder Washington Sundar accompanies him at the non-striker's end.