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Hardik Pandya starred in India’s massive win over England in the first T20I. The all-rounder broke several records during the match, with both bat and ball. 

While batting he notched up his maiden T20I half-century and then ripped apart the English top order with his street-smart bowling. He became the first Indian player to score a fifty and dismiss four batters in the same T20I. 

It was a special record but there was something else which gave Hardik the biggest satisfaction during the match.  

The all-rounder, who is known for bowling in the region of late 130s and early 140s, delivered a bullet delivery, clocking 90.5mph (145.6kph) during his match-winning spell in the first T20I against England in Southampton. 

Arshdeep Singh back for another over. The ball travels up in the air off the top-edge with Malan facing Arshdeep, but it lands safely and Malan survives. Malan collects a brace in that ball there. 11 off the over.

That's all we have for you from this game. Thetwo teams next lock horns in the second T20I, and we will be back with live coverage of that. Until then, it's goodbye! 

Victory for India! What a commendable performance with the ball from Men in Blue, as they win by 50 runs. Arshdeep Singh with his second wicket, removing Matt Parkinson. England are all out for 148. 

The last couple of days have not been good for the fans of the Indian cricket team. From a dominant position, the Indian players made a complete mess against England in Birmingham and ended upsuffering one of their worst defeats in Test cricket. 

Their lacklustre performance on the final two days of the Edgbaston Test made them pay a heavy price, one they would never forget their whole life. 

To make things worse, India’s slow over rate during the rescheduled Test match cost them two crucial World Test Championship points. It has pushed the last edition’s finalists down to the fourth spot on the WTC points table, below arch-rivals Pakistan. 

England rode unbeaten hundreds by Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow to pull off their highest successful chase, coasting to a series-levelling seven-wicket victory in the rearranged fifth Test against India at Edgbaston on Tuesday.

Chasing 378 for victory, England went into the final day needing 119 runs. While Root smashed a brilliant 142 not out, studded with 19 boundaries and a six, Bairstow’s unbeaten 114, included 15 fours and a six. Together they forged a mammoth 269-run partnership for the fourth wicket.

England’s previous highest successful run chase came in 2019 when they reached a 359-run target in an Ashes test against Australia on the back of Stokes’s brilliant unbeaten century. Here are some of the best reactions after the game –

Former India captain Virat Kohli once again displayed his ruthless aggression on the field during Day 4 of the rescheduled fifth Test at Edgbaston. Kohli was all charged up when India picked up the crucial wickets of Ollie Pope and Alex Lees after Tea on Monday. Captain Bumrah got the better of Pope on the first ball after the Tea break as he angled the ball away from him and England’s number 3 edged it behind the stumps.

While Alex Lees, who scored a counter-attacking half-century to provide England with a brisk start in a 378-run chase, was run out by Mohammed Shami on 56.