Varun Chakaravrthy rattled the England middle-order on Wednesday, January 22. Playing at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, Varun dismissed Harry Brook and Liam Livingstone in the space of 3 balls.

Chakravarthy has been in fine form of late. He finished as the joint second-highest wicket-taker of the Vijay Hazare Trophy this month, with Karnataka's V Koushik. Playing for Tamil Nadu, Chakravarthy took 18 wickets in just six games.

Jos Buttler's England could not put up a fight as they struggled against Indian spinners and could not capitalise in the middle overs.

Kolkata: Inspired bowling and a 34-ball 79 by opener Abhishek Sharma helped India to a crushing seven-wicket win over England in the first T20 international on Wednesday. Spinner Varun Chakravarthy and fast bowler Arshdeep Singh shared five wickets between them as India bowled out England for 132 after the hosts elected to field first in Kolkata.