‘Kya kar raha hai yaar Ishan?,’ Abhishek snaps at Kishan:Shreyas Iyer surpasses Virat Kohli with his first fifty as captain in England

The India vs England T20I series opener was called off due to heavy rain in Durham on 1 July. Winning the toss and opting to bat first, India could manage to score 189/7 runs in 20 overs as Shreyas Iyer (68) and Abhishek Sharma (59) smashed brilliant half-centuries. Shivam Dube played a crucial quickfire knock of an unbeaten 42 runs off 21 balls. For England, Saqib Mahmood claimed a three-wicket haul (3/33). Soon, towards the end of the first innings, the rain picked up pace and didn’t stop. Umpires eventually called off play in Durham. From Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan’s stump mic conversation, Shivam Dube’s massive six to Tom Banton’s flying catch, the match still saw some moments and records during the first innings of the play. IND vs ENG, 1st T20I, Top Moments 1) Ishan, Abhishek’s stump-mic convo after bizarre mix-up Abhishek Sharma was pretty unhappy with Ishan Kishan after the latter’s run-out during the first innings. This happened in the second over of the match when Kishan rushed to take a quick single but quickly realised that there was no run. The left-hander had come halfway down the track but could not make it back to the crease before the stumps were taken out at the striker’s end. While the decision was being checked by the third umpire, Kishan crouched and Abhishek, who stood by him, asked what he felt about the run out. Abhishek asked him if he thought he was safe. “Kya kar raha hai yaar Ishan?”, the stump microphone caught Abhishek asking Kishan. Notably, this was the second consecutive T20I innings where Kishan was run out. Kishan also became the new No. 1-ranked T20I batter, dethroning Abhishek. 2) Tom Banton’s flying catch to dismiss Sanju Samson Tom Banton took a splendid catch to dismiss Sanju Samson in the first innings. This happened in the second over itself when Samson, batting on 1, drove the ball aerially towards point. Banton, fielding in the region, took a splendid catch to his right with both his hands. 3) Shivam Dube’s massive six goes out of the park Shivam Dube smashed a massive six, sending the ball out of the ground in the first innings. This happened in the last over of the first innings when Dube hammered a short delivery on the leg-side and sent the ball flying over the deep mid-wicket fence. As the ball cleared the fence, Michael Atherton on commentary also exclaimed that the ball was hit out of the ground. 4) Match cancelled due to rain There was drizzle from the beginning of the match. Despite this, the full 20 overs of play took place in the first innings. However, after that, the rain intensified, and the match could not resume. According to Indian time, the match was declared cancelled at 12:47 AM. IND vs ENG, 1st T20I, Top Records 1) Abhishek Sharma becomes fastest to hit 100 T20I sixes The India vs England rain-affected 1st T20I also witnessed a few records. Abhishek, who was in red-hot form in the match, became the fastest batter to hit 100 T20I sixes. The left-hander completed the mark in 785 balls, surpassing Evin Lewis, who got to the mark in 789 balls. Among Indians, the second-fastest to hit 100 T20I sixes was former captain Suryakumar Yadav, who took 1007 balls. 2) Shreyas Iyer hits highest score by an Indian captain in T20Is in England Shreyas Iyer struck his maiden T20I fifty as India’s captain. With this feat in the 1st T20I, he scripted a new record, hitting the highest individual score by an Indian skipper in a T20I in England. Shreyas hit 68 runs off 47 deliveries, with six fours and one six. The previous highest score by an Indian captain in T20Is in England was by Virat Kohli, who had scored 47 in Cardiff in 2018. 3) Abhishek Sharma: Fastest Indian to score a T20 fifty in England Abhishek has become the fastest Indian to score a T20 fifty in England. Abhishek completed his fifty in just 20 balls. He broke KL Rahul’s 8-year-old record. Rahul had scored a half-century in 27 balls at the Manchester ground in 2018. 4) India’s third consecutive match in Chester-le-Street cancelled No match of India has been completed in Chester-le-Street. India has played 3 matches here, and all three matches were inconclusive. Earlier, the 2002 and 2011 ODI matches could not be completed.