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.

Acting upon a tip-off by informers, the Kolkata Police conducted raids in the city and arrested two men, who were running an online betting racket from inside a shop.

India steamrolled England in the first T20I of the five-match series in Kolkata. Abhishek Sharma's 79-run knock led India's run chase of 133 at Eden Gardens. India have taken a 1-0 lead in the series and will look for more wins now.

India has won the toss and elected to bowl first in the series-opening T20 against England's cricketers in Kolkata.

India (IND) vs England (ENG), 1st T20I Highlights from Kolkata: Abhishek Sharma's sensational 79 and Varun Chakravarthy's 3-wicket help India bag a 7-wicket win vs England in Kolkata. India chase down a total of 133 runs in just 12.

Two fearless batting line-ups with the exuberance of youth and some experienced heads in the mix, with the coaches, who want their players to play entertaining and watchable cricket, the upcoming five-match T20 series between India and England,

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.

India take 1-0 lead in the five match T20I series in Kolkata, second T20I is set to be played in Chennai on Saturday

The biggest news coming in to the series was that Mohammed Shami was named in the India squad for the first time since the 2023 ODI World Cup. However, he was not featured in the playing XI in the first match in Kolkata.

Former India cricketer Yuvraj Singh who coached Abhishek Sharma praised his student after his 79 off 34 hard-hitting knock against England in Kolkata.

India are facing England in the opening T20I match of the series in Kolkata. Here are the toss update, playing XIs and other details of the IND Vs ENG T20I cricket match