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1st T20I: Shreyas And Abhishek Fifties, Dube’s 42 Not Out Carry India To 189/7
Shreyas Iyer: Thanks to half‑centuries from skipper Shreyas Iyer and Abhishek Sharma, along with a late surge from Shivam Dube, India overcame slight drizzle and a gloomy evening to post 189/7 in 20 overs in the opening T20I against England at the Riverside Ground on Wednesday.
On a not-so-easy pitch, Iyer hit his first fifty as India’s T20I captain – his knock of 68 came off 47 balls, laced with six fours and a six. Abhishek, meanwhile, hit 59 off 24 balls studded with six fours and four sixes. Dube applied the finishing touches by hitting 42 not out off just 21 balls, including two boundaries and three sixes.
Sent in to bat, India slipped to 6/2 inside two overs. Sanju Samson fell cheaply again, caught at backward point off Saqib Mahmood, before Ishan Kishan was run out after a mix‑up with Abhishek for a duck.
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