Deep Dasgupta
Former India wicketkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

The best part for Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is his debut is over and done with. The whole hype and whatever - the whole 'is he going to play, is he not going to play' - at least that is over.

That should ease things on him, and the dressing room, because there's been a lot of chat in the cricket world about it.

Dropped catchpublished at 11 overs

11 overs

Ind 108-2

Adil Rashid returns to the attack, and after keeping it relatively tight he should have had a wicket.

Ishan Kishan pulled him high to leg, but Phil Salt, coming in from the rope, misjudged it and instead of catching it, he tipped over the bar, as it were, for another four.

And to rub it in, Kishan smashed a four from the next.

Adil Rashid also let Phil Salt know exactly how he felt about that.

Ashwanth R Kavuluri
CricViz analyst

Ishan Kishan in T20s 2022-2024: 80 innings | average 28.4 | 133 strike rate

Since 2025: 55 innings | average 40.5 | 183 strike rate

Ishan Kishan struggled between 2022 and 2024 period. However, since he started batting at number three in majority of the games since, he has been one of India's best T20 batters over the last one and a half years.

Deep Dasgupta
Former India wicketkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

This is at least a 200 pitch. Anything around 190 or 200 will be par.

This partnership is pretty good for India, they are going at the rate or thereabouts, but one of them will have to bat through to the 18th or 19th over.

Nice work from Will Jacks and Jos Buttler ended Sooryavanshi's maiden international knock.

Sam Curran recovers well after that boundary, ending the over with tow dot balls.

At halfway, India 96-2 - England posted 304-2 here last year against South Africa, so what's a good total this time around?

Sam Curran is back, and Ishan Kishan breaks the shackles with a gorgeous shot, a cut that scoots past Liam Dawson and the boundary in front of one of the hotels.

Deep Dasgupta
Former India wicketkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

I think you'll see Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer content to just work singles around against Liam Dawson and Adil Rashid, especially with the dimensions of the ground.

Liam Dawson keeps it tight, the wily and experienced spinner restricting Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer to a single a ball from the ninth.

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi looked at home in international cricket straight away.

Shreyas Iyer is already motoring nicely, pulling Adil Rashid to the boundary when the leggie drops short.

Ishan Kishan tries to do the same off the last, but merely cloths it to long on.

Nevertheless, India eke nine from that over.

Ashwanth R Kavuluri
CricViz analyst

Abhishek Sharma vs Sam Curran in T20s...

Innings: 4, Runs: 24, Dismissals: 3, Average: 8.0

It's down to Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer to keep up the momentum of this good start, and Shreyas is into his stride, cutting Liam Dawson to the rope.

Ishan gets on strike, but there is something amiss with his bat, which is swapped for a new blade.

India work it around, and Dawson's first over goes for nine.

Here come Adil Rashid...

Michael Carberry
Former England batter on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

Sam Curran was going through his box of tricks. You can't really have a go at Abhishek Sharma for trying to hit that for six.

But you have to think about the situation for India of losing their two six hitters in a couple of overs. It's a perfect one for England who can build that pressure.

Ashwanth R Kavuluri
CricViz analyst

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is making his international debut. At 15 years and 99 days, he is the youngest Indian to play international cricket, breaking Sachin Tendulkar's 37-year-old record.

Abhishek Sharma has just picked up from his 59 on Wednesday, pulling Sam Curran past midwicket for another four before a lovely straight batted-for-the-cameras shot sees the ball fly to the rope almost straight.