England's heaviest defeats in terms of balls remaining in T20Is: Not making excuses but lots of Indian mis-hits have landed safely so the score might have been less one sided had we been luckier in that regard. A top-edge pull from Tilak Varma off Mark Wood flies past Phil Salt. India have won by seven wickets with a whopping 43 balls to spare.

Abhishek Sharma smashed his way to 79 off 34 balls and India gave England a hiding in the first match of the five-match T20I series. | Crickit

India has won the toss and elected to bowl first in the series-opening T20 against England's cricketers in Kolkata.