Jos Buttler equals this legend to achieve monumental feat during IND vs ENG 1st T20I

England captain Jos Buttler looked in excellent form during the first T20I of the series against India at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Buttler was the only England batter who made a significant impact as he slammed 68 off just 44 balls with 8 fours and 2 sixes.

After this knock, he achieved a monumental feat and equaled West Indies' Nicholas Pooran. Buttler batted at an unusual spot of No. 3 instead of opening the innings. But he looked in great form and played both the fast bowlers and the spinners with ease.

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Jos Buttler equals Nicholas Pooran to achieve monumental feat

The fifty in Kolkata was Jos Buttler's fifth 50-plus score against India in T20I cricket. He now has the joint-most 50-plus scores against India in T20Is and has equaled Nicholas Pooran on the way, who has also scored 5 fifties against India in the format.

Buttler has scored a total of 566 runs against India in 23 T20Is at an average of 35.37 and an economy rate of 146.63. The England captain needs 34 runs more to become the first man in history to reach 600 runs in T20Is against India.

Currently, Nicholas Pooran has scored the most runs against India in T20Is. Pooran has scored 592 runs in 20 T20Is at an average of 32.88 and a strike rate of 135.15. With four more T20Is remaining in the ongoing series, Buttler is the favorite to reach the tally of 600 runs before Pooran.

Most fifty-plus scores against India in T20Is

Apart from Jos Buttler and Nicholas Pooran, New Zealand's Colin Munro, Australia's Glenn Maxwell, and South Africa's Quinton de Kock have 4 fifty-plus scores to their name in the T20I format.

1. Nicholas Pooran (West Indies)- 5 fifties
2. Jos Buttler (England)- 5 fifties
3. Colin Munro (New Zealand)- 4 fifties
4. Glenn Maxwell (Australia)- 4 fifties
5. Quinton de Kock (South Africa)- 5 fifties

India thrash England to go 1-0 up

While Jos Buttler played an exceptional innings at Eden Gardens, it wasn't enough for his team as England were thoroughly dominated by India in the first T20I. India captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and India put England to bat first on a tricky surface.

The pitch looked like a belter but left-arm seamer Arshdeep Singh struck in his first over to land a huge blow on the visitors. Arshdeep dismissed Phil Salt for a duck and then removed the other opener Ben Duckett in his next over.

After a good partnership between captain Jos Buttler and vice-captain Harry Brook, England looked like getting back on the track, However, Varun Chakravarthy had other ideas as he broke the partnership by dismissing Harry Brook off a beauty.

Chakravarthy didn't stop here and dismissed Liam Livingstone a couple of balls later. It started a collapse for England and they kept losing wickets. With Jos Buttler's wicket, England's hopes of getting a big score dashed down and they were all out for 132 in 20 overs.

In reply, India started in a blistering fashion with the openers Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma tonking the England quicks out of the park. Samson was dismissed for 26 but Abhishek carried on in his merry way. Abhishek smashed 79 off just 34 balls and struck 5 fours and 8 sixes in his knock.

Tilak Varma and Hardik Pandya stayed till the end and took India to a brilliant win in just 12.5 overs. India is now 1-0 up in the series with four more matches to be played.