1st T20i : Match has been abandoned due to heavy rain after India set 190 runs taget batting first

1st twenty20i match of five t20i match series will be played between England vs India at Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street on Wednesday, July 01, 2026.

Opting to bat first, India lost 2 wickets early on team score 6 runs in 2 overs. Abhishek took charge in hand and played quick inning of 24 balls 59 runs before left the field. Shreyas also played good cricket and contributed well 47 balls 68 runs and Shivam Dube's 21 balls 42* runs helps India to set good target of 190 runs for England to get. Saqib Mahmood bowled well and took 3 wickets of 33 runs.

In second half, Rain continued to fall heavily and match has been abandoned with out bowl a single ball in 2nd inning.

Man of the match :-

England vs India 1st t20i scorecard Toss : India won and bat first Result : o Result (Rain) Man of The Match : Series Status - 5-match series level 0-0   India 1st Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Sanju Samson c Banton b Mahmood 1 7 0 0 14.28   Abhishek Sharma lbw b Curran 59 24 6 4 245.83   Ishan Kishan (w) run out (Brook/Buttler) 0 2 0 0 0.00   Shreyas Iyer (c) lbw b Mahmood 68 47 6 1 144.68   Tilak Varma c Dawson b Mahmood 13 13 1 0 100.00   Shivam Dube not out 42 21 2 3 200.00   Harshit Rana st Buttler b Rashid 0 2 0 0 0.00   Axar Patel run out (Buttler/Curran) 3 4 0 0 75.00   Ravi Bishnoi               Arshdeep Singh               Varun Chakravarthy                               Extras (lb 1, w 2) 3           Total (20.0 overs) 189/7 RR: 9.45   England       Bowling O M R W NB WB Eco   Luke Wood 3 0 35 0 0 0 11.66   Saqib Mahmood 4 0 33 3 0 1 8.25   Liam Dawson 3 0 26 0 0 0 8.66   Will Jacks 3 0 30 0 0 0 10.00   Adil Rashid 4 0 39 1 0 0 9.75   Sam Curran 3 0 25 1 0 1 8.33   England 2nd Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR                                                                                                                                                                                                   Extras (0) 0           Total (00.0 overs) 0/0 RR: 0.00   India       Bowling O M R W NB WB Eco