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Patna : England scored a competitive 164/6 in 20 overs in 2nd T20I against India at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on March 14, 2021, night, with opener Jason Roy scoring 46 in 35 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes, captain Eoin Morgan scoring 28 in 20 balls hitting 4 fours, and all-rounder Ben Stokes and Dawid Malan scoring 24 each. Medium fast bowler Shardul Thakur and spinner Washington Sunder took two wickets each while Bhuvneshwar Prasad and Yuzvendra Chahal took one wicket each. India had won the toss and opted to bowl.
batting first, England lost their first wicketwith only 1 run on board as opener Jos Buttler (wk) fell to Bhuvneshwar Prasad for zero. Jason Roy and Dawid Malan added 64 runs for the 2nd wicket. Malan fell to Yuzvendra Chahal for 24 in 23 balls hitting 4 fours making it 64/2. Jason Roy fell to Washington Sunday for 46 making it 91/3.
Jonny Bairstow fell to Sundar for 20 in 15 balls hitting a four and a six and it was 119/4. Morgan fell to Shardul Thakur for 28 and it was 142/5. Ben Stokes also fell to Thakur for 24 in 21 balls hitting just 1 four and it was 160/6 after 19.4 overs. England had won the 1st T20I.