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India vs England,1st T20I | Ten things you might have missed

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BySportsCafe Desk, SportsCafe Editor

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India had an easy outing as they won the first T20I against England comfortably. KL Rahul was the star of the show as the Indians rode on his unbeaten ton to reach the underwhelming target the Englishmen had given them after an inspired bowling performance from the young Kuldeep Yadav.

Virat Kohli looked amused after having a look at the team sheets. Eoin Morgan, not so much.

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Amidst all the World Cup hype, Twitter knew where the actual action was going on

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Bumrah asking if it is necessary to bowl from behind the line is the best thing you will see today

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England's worst nightmare. The same ghost has been chasing them for 17 years now. 

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He had to shine at Old Trafford, didn't he?

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From Ramesh Powar in 2007 England tour to this, India has indeed come a long way

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So Bhuvi clearly didn't adhere to Kohli's advice and got into this spat

 in the first six overs, with 14 wickets at an average of 14.92 and economy of 6.74.

Even the staff had their share of fun

Today almost turned into a disaster for English sports as within seconds of losing the first T20I against India the English football team them conceded an injury time equalizer against Colombia in the Round of 16 of the World Cup. Well, at least they won that game eventaully!!

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