KL Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav power India to emphatic win against England in 1st T20I - how it happened

What a performance from KL Rahul! His unbeaten 101 guides India home after a spectacular bowling display from Kuldeep Yadav, who recorded figures of 5/24. Great performance from the tourists, and we look forward to the next T20i on Friday in Cardiff ! #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/SC2dWjNR5N

— ICC (@ICC) July 3, 2018

INDIA WIN BY 8 WICKETS

Kohli finishes it with a six!

India score 163/2 from 18.2 overs in reply to England's 159.

What a knock this has been from Rahul. He came to the crease in the first over, has utterly dominated ever since.

A hundred off 53 balls.

IND - 156/2 after 18 overs.

Four!

Willey bowls it on Rahul's pads, the right-hander flicks it to the left of fine-leg for a boundary.

100 for KL Rahul!

Take a bow!

Yet another quiet over. Kohli swung his bat a couple of times there, but found the fielder on each occassion.

IND 146/2 after 17 overs.

Virat Kohli gets to 2000 runs in T20 Internationals. He's the quickest man to get to this milestone. Such a legend!

Five runs came from that Willey over. Rahul is on 93.

IND - 142/2 after 16 overs.

Lol, sure.

Everything this man has touched has turned to runs 

A much-needed wicket from Adil Rashid though. Can we turn the tables?

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— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 3, 2018

Special touch from @klrahul11. Making batting look very easy. A combination of great balance and good temperament. #ENGvIND

— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) July 3, 2018

Rahul survives!

England ask for a caught-behind review, the replays show the ball hit his arm. He's on 90 now.

Another quiet over, just three runs from it.

India, though, don't need to take any risks. Kohli will ensure India stroll to victory from here. Need 26 more.

134/2 after 14 overs.

Captain Kohli is out in the middle.

Good over from Rashid, a wicket and three runs came from it.

IND - 131/2 after 13 overs.

OUT!

England get a wicket against the run of play.

Rashid tosses it right up, Rohit drives it straight to Morgan at catching overs.

Finally a quiet over for England. Phew!

Jordan gives five runs from his third over.

KL Rahul is batting on 88 off 41. Rohit is on 31 from 27.

IND - 128/1 after 12 overs.

SIX!

There is no stopping Rahul in Manchester tonight!

Plunkett bowls it on his leg, he flicks it nonchalantly over short-fine for a maximum.

Four!

Rahul drives it over covers for a four. Doesn't move after playing the shot, picture perfect.

Four!

Is this a video game? What's happening here?!

Plunkett drops it short, Rahul slaps ot past fine-leg for a boundary.

SIX!

Plunkett drops it short again, Rahul pulls it for a maximum. Carnage here.

KL Rahul, take a bow.

20 runs came from that over.

IND - 123/1 after 11 overs.

Four!

Rahul can do no wrong at the moment! Reverse-sweeps another one for four.

SIX!

Rahul is on fire! This is turning out to be a special knock from the 26-year-old.

Dances down the track and drives it for a huge six over long-on. So elegant. So classy.

IND - 103/1 after 10 overs.

SIX!

Rashid drops it short, way way short, Rohit rocks back and pulls it into the top tier. What a sound that shot made off the bat.

Four!

Brilliant from Rahul, he brings up his half-century in 27 balls.

Rashid drops it short again, Rahul plays the deftest of late-cuts for a boundary past short-third.

IND 89/1 after 9 overs.

Four!

Moeen Ali comes into the attack and Rahul greets him with a superb reverse-sweep for four.

SIX!

Rahul steps out and lofts it straight back. Jordan back-peddles, gets his hands on the ball but can't stop it from going over. Probably should've take the catch there.

Rahul, though, is in the zone at the moment. He's carried of his form from the IPL wonderfully.

IND - 76/1 after 8 overs.

England introduce their wrist spinner Adil Rashid.

Four!

The leg-spinner gives just two singles off his first five deliveries but Rohit cuts the last ball for a boundary.

IND - 60/1 after 7 overs.

#TeamIndia fans enjoying the game out here at Old Trafford. #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/pNAawzXgIF

— BCCI (@BCCI) July 3, 2018

Four!

Plunkett bangs it short, Rahul attempts a pull. The ball takes a top-edge and sails over short-fine for a boundary.

India are getting the boundaries.

IND - 54/1 after 6 overs.

Four!

Rohit finally gets one away. Jordan pitches it well up, Rohit stays low and drives hard. The ball bounces over point and runs away.

Rohit survives!

The opener charges down to a slower-ball bouncer, the ball takes the inside edge and narrowly misses the stumps. Rohit looks in pain as he jerks his hand in the process.

Four!

This time Rohit connects! The ball is pitched up, he drives it up-ishly past mid-off for four.

Action-packed over this.

IND - 48/1 after 5 overs.

Rahul survives!

Last ball of the previous over - Rahul drives from right under his nose, Roy can't hold on to a sharp, low catch at gully.

Meanwhile, Rohit is struggling here. Flashes and misses again.

Four!

Liam Plunkett bowls it on Rahul's pads, the right-hander flicks it to fine-leg for a boundary.

Another four!

Rahul steps away and hits a ferocious square-cut for four. He's in the mood today!

IND - 38/1 after 4 overs.

Four!

Probably the classiest shot of the match comes from KL Rahul's bat.

Willey pitches it up, Rahul leans in and plays a sumptuous cover-drive on the rise for four.

IND - 26/1 after 3 overs.

SIX!

Chris Jordan pitches it up and wide, KL Rahul drives it for a maximum over covers.

Top effort from Willey! Rahul flicks it past mid-wicket, Willey runs behind it from mid-on and just manages to keep it in on the boundary. Saves a run for his team.

Rohit Sharma goes for a wild cut short off the last ball, is beaten all ends up.

Nine came from that over.

IND - 17/1 after 2 overs.

Four!

Shikhar Dhawan gets a boundary off the first ball of the chase.

Throws his bat at an over-pitched delivery, gets an edge and the ball goes past slips.

OUT!

Dhawan goes for a wild pull, chops it onto his stumps.

Not the start India were looking for.

IND - 8/1 after 1 over.

Take a bow, Kuldeep Yadav! The young spinner recorded magnificent figures of 5/24 as England are restricted to 159/8 despite Jos Buttler's excellent 69. Don't miss the second half of this game! #ENGvIND LIVE  https://t.co/19gUSbDEHh pic.twitter.com/pMaLf9qsNt

— ICC (@ICC) July 3, 2018

Amazing spell by @imkuldeep18 England failing to read Kuldeep’s wrist position. #ENGvIND

— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) July 3, 2018

Congratulations @imkuldeep18 great control .. so good to see you doing well.. 5 for 24  #IndvEng

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) July 3, 2018

This was an entertaining first half of the match.

England started with a bang, with Jason Roy and Jos Buttler tonking the bowlers.

But Kuldeep Yadav's five-star spell has put India in the driver's seat.

Join us after a short break for the chase!

ENGLAND FINAL SCORE: 159/8 after 20 overs.

England are 151/8 after 19.

How much will they get in the final over? Will they be bowled out?

OUT!

Chris Jordan walks back for a duck!

The all-rounder tries to flick it to square-leg, gets an inside edge which hits his pad and pops back to Umesh. Second wicket for the Indian pacer.

Buttler survives!

What was KL Rahul thinking?!

Kuldeep tosses it up, Buttler stands and goes for a six straight back. He gets a top-edge but Rahul runs backwards from covers and can't get to it. It would've been an easy catch for Shikhar Dhawan at long-off.

OUT!

Kuldeep gets his man this time!

Buttler plays the same shot, Kohli makes no mistake at long-on and pouches the top-edge.

Kuldeep has five!

SIX!

Willey is going from strength to strength. Gets on his knee and sweeps it for a maximum over square-leg.

Entertaining over that, 11 runs and a wicket came from it.

148/7 after 18 overs.

SIX!

Extraordinary hit from David Willey against the run of play.

Bhuvi bangs it short, Willey pulls it over fine-leg for a maximum.

Four!

This time Willey steps out and puches it between covers and mid-off for a boundary.

Another four!

Bhuvi comes around the wicket, Willey flicks it off his pads, Chahal mis-fields at short-fine, the ball races away.

And the next two balls are wides.

England needed this push desperately. Super expensive over this, 20 runs came from it.

ENG 137/6 after 17 overs.

Fine over from Hardik, a wicket and just five runs came from it.

ENG - 117/6 after 16 overs.

Ladies and gents, we are in a battle 

Three wickets fall in one over and we are 112-5 with five overs to go in our innings.

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— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 3, 2018

Four!

Welcome boundary for England as Ali flicks one from Hardik past square-leg.

OUT!

Ali goes for a pull, the top-edge goes straight to Raina at extra-cover.

The English are falling apart here!

India are turning the screws here!

Just three runs from that Umesh over.

How much can Buttler and the tail add in the final five overs?

ENG - 112/5 after 15 overs.

Moeen Ali plays out the hat-trick ball.

A sensational over from Kuldeep comes to an end, two wickets and just three runs came from it.

Kuldeep's figures till now: 3 overs, 13 runs, 4 wickets. Simply outstanding!

ENG - 109/5 after 14 overs.

OUT!

What's happening here!

Joe Root falls in the exact same way as Bairstow!

Gets beaten all ends up by the googly, Dhoni fumbles for a bit but does enough to just beat Root.

Wow Kuldeep Yadav! He's on a hat-trick.

OUT!

Jonny Bairstow goes for a duck!

Had no clue about the wrong one, Dhoni completes a quick stumping.

Kuldeep has turned this match on its head!

OUT!

Kuldeep removes Morgan!

The England captain goes for a slog, the top-edge goes straight to Kohli at deep mid-wicket.

What a spell this is turning out to be from Kuldeep!

Indian spinners starting to have an impact here.

Another tight over, this time from Chahal.

Six runs came from it, no boundary.

What range should England be looking at? 200 seems far-fetched at this point.

ENG - 106/2 after 13 overs.

Top over from Kuldeep, a wicket and just five runs came from it.

Captain Eoin Morgan is the new man at the crease for England.

ENG - 100/2 after 12 overs.

OUT!

Hales tries to sweep, gets clean-bowled by Kuldeep's wrong one. First two dots and then a wicket for the chinaman bowler.

Timely breakthrough for India. Although, Hales never looked comfortable at the crease.

ENG - 95/2 after 11.3 overs.

SIX!

Hardik bowls yet another slower-ball, Buttler stays in his crease and pulls it for a maximum.

Four!

This time Buttler drives it past covers for a boundary. The fielder at mid-off could've done better but the shot was classy nonetheless.

Buttler has brought up his half-century, he's batting on 57 off 31.

18 runs came from that over.

ENG - 95/1 after 11 overs.

England got off to a rolicking start, but India have managed to pull things back nicely.

Buttler holds the key, though.

Relive our powerplay 

Predicted total??

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— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 3, 2018

Four!

Kuldeep Yadav comes in to have a bowl, Buttler greets him with a boundary. A wonderful flick through mid-wicket.

Brilliant comeback from the chinaman bowler, though. Follows up with four dot balls.

ENG - 77/1 after 10 overs.

Hales survives!

Gets on his knees and goes for a wild slog, the ball turns away and he survives a stumping.

Four!

This time Hales gets it right, reverse-sweeps it over point for four.

Chahal is proving to be expensive today. Not a good sign for India.

ENG - 72/1 after 9 overs.

Extraordinary shot from Buttler, and just for one run!

Tries to play a premeditated scoop but Hardik bowls it wide outside off. Buttler walks further away and manages to get his bat on the ball to loop it over Dhoni.

Four!

Hardik bowls another slower-ball, it's a full-toss and Buttler flicks/slaps it hard for a boundary past square-leg

Seven runs came from the over.

ENG - 66/1 after 8 overs.

Chahal brought back into the attack.

The English batsmen were a little more circumspect in that over.

After conceding 16 runs in his first over, Chahal goes for six in his next.

There was a run-out review on the last ball, but Buttler was in safely.

ENG - 59/1 after 7 overs.

We've lost Jason Roy after his 30 off 20 balls.

Hoping for more sixes like this from Jos!

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— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 3, 2018

Hardik Pandya comes into the attack. He's playing as India's fifth bowler today, has a huge job on his hands.

Alex Hales is the new man at the crease for England.

Hales gets hit on his box and then beaten all ends up.

Great start from Hardik, just three came from that over. India pulling things back here.

ENG - 53/1 after 6 overs.

Four!

Umesh bowls a slower-ball from the back of his hand, Buttler picks it early and hoicks it over mid-on for a boundary.

Buttler survives!

Umesh bangs it short, Buttler goes for a pull and gets a top-edge but the ball lands safely. Chahal at fine-leg couldn't even come close, Kohli is furious.

OUT!

Roy goes for a pull this time but chops on.

India needed this wicket desperately.

ENG - 50/1 after 5 overs.

Yuzvendra Chahal brought quickly into the attack.

This is going to be interesting. How will the English batters fare against wrist spin? This is going to provide a marker for the entire tour.

Four!

After a single off the first two balls of the over, Roy gets a full-toss and reverse-sweeps it for four.

SIX!

Buttler steps out and thumps it over mid-on for a maximum.

Four!

Chahal drops the next ball short, Buttler rocks back and cuts it for four.

The Englishman is in the form of his life at the moment, and it's showing.

Expensive over this, 16 runs came from it.

ENG - 44/0 after 4 overs.

Kohli puts a long-on against Roy, the English opener still steps out and scoops it towards deep mid-wicket for two.

Four!

Roy flashes his bat well outside off-stump, gets a boundary at third man.

He wasn't in any control there, didn't read the slower-ball.

The runs are flowing.

ENG - 28/0 after 3 overs.

Umesh Yadav will share the new-ball duties with Bhuvi. Roy goes for a hoick on the first ball and is beaten all ends up.

Four!

Roy is looking in the mood today. Striking the ball beautifully. The right-hander blasts the ball off the back foot for a boundary through covers.

Jos Buttler gets to ace his first ball.

Four!

What a shot from Buttler! The audacity to play a scoop off his third ball. Wow.

England are off to a flyer here.

ENG - 20/0 after 2 overs.

"Very brown, un-English looking wicket today," says Graeme Swann in commentary.

Bhuvi getting good shape away from the right-hander.

Four!

Roy steps out, punches the ball off the back foot and pierces the gap between covers and point.

Another boundary!

Roy steps out again, Bhuvi tries to compensate and gets too straight. The ball is flicked over mid-wicket for a four.

Expensive first over.

ENG - 11/0 after 1 over.

Jason Roy will face the first ball for England, Bhuvneshwar Kumar to bowl the first over for India.

The visitors have had a good start to their tour of the UK, but the real test starts now.

The players are in their positions.

Here we go!

Right, we're ready to get going here.

Both teams have stepped out on the field, with fire blazing on either side of them.

"We are going to get the bowling innings out of the way," says Kohli at the Toss.

Morgan, too, would've elected to field.

Seems both teams are prepared for a run-fest today.

All set and raring to go are #TeamIndia speedsters @y_umesh and @BhuviOfficial.#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/m146CooESk

— BCCI (@BCCI) July 3, 2018

It's game time and the boys are off for the first T20I against England.#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/Ozcgp16i2B

— BCCI (@BCCI) July 3, 2018

Take a look at the pitch for the first T20I against England. Thoughts?#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/ZhkIX6xrEH

— BCCI (@BCCI) July 3, 2018

Set!#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/3hjxipy0uK

— BCCI (@BCCI) July 3, 2018

What a setting for the start of the series! Come on England!

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— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 3, 2018

It's huddle time!#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/32wBP2JAAY

— BCCI (@BCCI) July 3, 2018

Kohli has won the toss and India will be chasing.

The pitch at Old Trafford today has hardly any grass on it.

The 22 yards look like a batsman's paradise but the good news for the bowlers is that the boundaries are long.

Hello everyone and welcome to live coverage of the first T20 between India and England.

Today's match will be played at Old Trafford in Manchester.