India suffered their worst ever T20 defeat, in terms of runs, as they slumped to a mammoth 125-run loss to England at Trent Bridge on Tuesday after being blown away by fast bowlers Jofra Archer and Josh Tongue.
England posted 201-7, with Phil Salt making 70 and T20 world champions India only just bettered the opener's score as they collapsed to 76 all out inside 12 overs.
Archer and Tongue were simply too much for India to handle, both quicks clocking more than 90 mph (145 kmh)on the speed gun, as they ripped through the tourists' top-order with the new ball.
Tongue finished with career-best figures of 4-28 and Archer 3-29 as England went 2-0 up in the series, with two to play, following a wash-out in the opener.
Tuesday's result comfortably surpassed India's record run-loss in a T20, an 80-run defeat by New Zealand at Wellington in 2019 and came hot on the heels of their recent shock 2-0 series reverse against Ireland in Belfast that preceded their tour of England.
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Salt | c Arshdeep Singh b Axar Patel | 70 | 44 | 7 | 3 |
| Jos Buttler | b Prince Yadav | 36 | 21 | 4 | 2 |
| Harry Brook | c Abhishek Sharma b Prince Yadav | 16 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| Jacob Bethell | c Vaibhav Sooryavanshi b Harshit Rana | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| Tom Banton | c Varun Chakaravarthy b Harshit Rana | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Curran | not out | 41 | 24 | 4 | 0 |
| Will Jacks | run out (Axar Patel/Ishan Kishan) | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Jofra Archer | run out (Tilak Varma/Arshdeep Singh) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Liam Dawson | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | — | 6 | — | — | — |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arshdeep Singh | 4 | 1 | 36 | 0 |
| Harshit Rana | 4 | 0 | 40 | 2 |
| Axar Patel | 4 | 0 | 49 | 1 |
| Prince Yadav | 4 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| Shivam Dube | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Varun Chakaravarthy | 3 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abhishek Sharma | c Phil Salt b Josh Tongue | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Vaibhav Sooryavanshi | c Jos Buttler b Jofra Archer | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Ishan Kishan | c Jacob Bethell b Josh Tongue | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| Shreyas Iyer | c Jacob Bethell b Jofra Archer | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Axar Patel | c Jos Buttler b Jofra Archer | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Tilak Varma | st Jos Buttler b Will Jacks | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Harshit Rana | c Tom Banton b Josh Tongue | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| Shivam Dube | c Jos Buttler b Josh Tongue | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Arshdeep Singh | c Jos Buttler b Adil Rashid | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Varun Chakaravarthy | b Adil Rashid | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Prince Yadav | not out | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | — | 0 | — | — | — |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jofra Archer | 3 | 0 | 29 | 3 |
| Josh Tongue | 4 | 0 | 28 | 4 |
| Will Jacks | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Adil Rashid | 2.4 | 0 | 14 | 2 |