Jos Buttler’s first match as England’s full-time white-ball captain did not follow the script he would have imagined, as his team fell to a heavy defeat and he was dismissed first ball.
By the end of England’s powerplay, chasing 199, the outcome was certain. As India found lavish swing (that England never did), Buttler – the world’s in-form T20 batter – was bowled in Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s first over, then Hardik Pandya picked up Dawid Malan and Liam Livingstone in the fifth.
