England sealed a convincing eight-wicket victory over India in the first of five T20Is in Ahmedabad on Friday.
Captain Eoin Morgan won the toss and elected to bowl first, a decision that immediately yielded success for the visitors.
Jofra Archer and Adil Rashid struck early with the big wickets of KL Rahul (1) and skipper Virat Kohli (0) as India slumped to 3-2.
Mark Wood and Ben Stokes then also got in on the act before Shreyas Iyer finally managed to get some runs on the board for the hosts.
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Iyer departed for 67 as India reached 124-7 in their 20 overs with Archer the pick of the English bowlers, claiming figures of 3-23 in his spell.
Jason Roy and Jos Buttler then got England off to the best possible start with a destructive 72-run partnership for the opening wicket.
Yuzvendra Chahal trapped Buttler in front for 28 before Washington Sundar also got Roy leg-before, who departed one run short of a half-century.
Dawid Malan (24) and Jonny Bairstow (26) struck the winning runs for England with more than four overs to spare.
