Abhishek Sharma’s dynamic 59 and skipper Shreyas Iyer’s composed 68 helped India gain a slice of positivity despite their first T20I against England getting abandoned because of incessant rains on Wednesday.
Their fifties helped India post a competitive 189 for seven, a noticeable change in their batting fortunes after churning out two underwhelming efforts against Ireland in the recent 0-2 series defeat.
England’s chase of 190 remained a non-starter after the heavens opened up during the innings break.
The second contest of the five-match series will be played at Manchester on July 4. But the beginning of the tourists’ innings was anything but rosy after they elected to bat.
The T20I world champions lost Sanju Samson, who drove Saqib Mahmood (3/33) to Tom Banton at point, and Ishan Kishan with just six runs on the board.