England captain Jos Buttler etched his name in the record books by becoming the highest run-scorer against India in T20 Internationals. The milestone came during the second T20I of the India-England series at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai,
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In the second T20I in Chennai, England struggled against India's spinners, stumbling to 165/9. Jos Buttler's 45 off 30 balls stood out, but frequent dismissals by Axar Patel and Varun Chakravarthy hindered their momentum.
Tilak Varma has played a lone hand by shepherding India across the finish line against England with an unbeaten 72 off 55 balls in the second Twenty20 in Chennai.
Buttler's 45 was laced with three sixes and two fours. He has now raced past 150 T20I sixes (151), as per ESPNcricinfo. Overall, Buttler is now the 4th batter with 150-plus sixes in T20Is. He is also the first Englishman to achieve the milestone.
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Jos Buttler completed 12,000 T20 runs in the first T20I against India at Eden Gardens in Kolkata The England captain led by example, scoring 68 runs off 44 deliveries. However, the other batters struggled to get going as England posted 132 runs in the first innings.
India has won the toss and elected to bowl first in the series-opening T20 against England's cricketers in Kolkata.
England captain Jos Buttler gave all credit to Tilak Varma for steering India over the line while expressing his satisfaction with the debutants and the style his side played with in the second T20I.
England suffered a seven-wicket defeat in first of five T20Is in series vs India; tourists were bowled out for 132 with Jos Buttlers 68 the highest score; white-ball assignments for England include tour of India,
England were bundled out for just 132 with Jos Buttlers 68 the highest score; Indias Varun Chakravarthy took a three-for; Jofra Archer struck twice in one over but hosts dominated, reaching the target in 12.