India vs England 2nd T20I highlights: ENG beat IND by four wicket in Manchester to take 1-0 lead

Harshit Rana has picked up the wicket of Sam Curran, but it does seem like it is too late. Bethell is playing a cracking innings here in the chase. He did bid his time initially, and once he saw the opening against Bishnoi, he went full throttle, and it changed the momentum of this inning completely, and England is almost there.

Will Jacks has fallen here. That will be a huge relief for India. Varun Chakarvarthy bowled it full. Jacks might have given away his intention to sweep the ball, and Chakarvarthy has sharply pushed it further and hit the boot of Jacks. Although it was sent upstairs, there were three reds. India, with those wickets, is managing to keep itself ahead in this game.

This partnership has started hurting India now. Banton has clearly changed his gears and is showing a lot more urgency. Banton, especially, is using the dimensions of the ground very well and is hitting the ball in quite unconventional areas, picking his angles nicely. India needs to find a way to pick a wicket here. Chakarvarthy, who is good in these situations, has to come up with something.

This has been an Achilles heel for England whenever they faced India in the past. They just could not find answers against the spinners, and we are sort of witnessing the same again. Axar Patel is a top-notch bowler, but the inability to find solutions to face him even after all these years is quite alarming. Varun has come into the attack now.

Harry Brook has got stuck into the Indian bowling here. Out of the 32 runs England have got, 31 runs have come from Brook's bat. The Indian bowlers must pull back their length and make use of the steep bounce, but Arshdeep is trying to bowl that full length and is taking a bit of a pasting. India needs to bring the spinner into attack here.

India (Playing XI): Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Harshit Rana, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy

England (Playing XI): Philip Salt, Jos Buttler(w), Harry Brook(c), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer, Josh Tongue

It is a fabulous spell from Sam Curran; he picked up 3/32 as the ball gets older and softer. He tends to come more and more into the game here, and with one side of the boundary longer than the other, he has used his skills quite nicely on this sluggish wicket. India has lost their way here. It is hard to assess at this point what a good score on this surface is.

Shivam Dube for the Super Kings might have been a little up and down of late, but in the Indian colours, he has been quite consistent with the bat, and if he can deliver that finishing punch here, that will help India get over 200 for sure. The surface has been a bit two-paced, and it will continue to be, but England does have good hitters themselves.

Iyer and Kishan have put on a 50-run stand here in the middle. It has been quite nice the way they have batted through these overs. They have been quite composed when the boundaries were not coming, they took the single, and when there was more than a single on offer, when the ball was pushed to the longer side, they took a nice two and rotated that strike well.

Abhishek Sharma is the last batter to fall. Just as he was accelerating, he got out to a full toss, which he hit straight to the cow-corner fielder. He tried the vintage helicopter shot, which went to the fielder. But he did his job, though, giving that start in the power play. Shreyas Iyer has walked into the middle to give company to Ishan Kishan.

It is not too often Abhishek Sharma tends to struggle with his scoring, but today there has been a lot of play, and the bounce is something he has not been able to gauge. It is not the usual English surface where the bounce tends to be predictable, but an unusual one where not just the bounce but spinners too get a lot more from the surface if they apply themselves.

It is a cool afternoon here in Manchester. Both Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Abhishek Sharma walk into the middle. It is the beginning of a new era of cricket. It will be very interesting to see what the ceiling is for these two when they get going together, and against them is standing one of the best bowlers of the modern generation, Jofra Archer. It is going to be a cracking game of cricket.

We are going to bat first again. (Team changes?) One change, Vaibhav (Sooryavanshi) comes in for Sanju (Samson). (An amazing story. He's about to become India's youngest debutant. Is he ready?) Absolutely. You've seen him in the last couple of months, the way he's been smashing the ball, taking on the best of the bowlers, shows immense confidence that he possesses. (Have you felt the significant pressure to play him?) Not really. I feel that he completely deserves to be in the squad the way he has performed in the last couple of months and years. He's someone who doesn't take pressure at all. The way you see him inside the dressing room, he's got that unflinching nature. And so good to have him around. (Is it part of your role as captain to help him deal with the unique pressures that come with being a player for India?) I'm sure he's very well aware of what's going to come in these matches. And as I mentioned, that he's got a calm demeanour. He doesn't take pressure at all. And the way he bats in the nets, the way he takes on the bowlers in the nets, literally shows that what sort of character he is. (From the World Cup winning T20 side now, the captain has gone and the player of the tournament no longer in the team. Is that a reflection on the tremendous competition for places that you have?) Well, absolutely. You see the competition. It's game after game like the amount of talent India produces over the last couple of months and years. I think it's pleasing to the eye and also it keeps us especially on the toes as well throughout the series. Because pressure is a privilege, I feel. And if you perform under pressure, you reap the benefits as well.

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Harshit Rana, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy

"That's why we have seen him getting out in the slips, caught behind, and behind square many times. The thought process was to get him out with that plan. The field was changed, the bowler bowled that line, a slightly shorter length was bowled, where the ball was stopping a little, and Sanju got out there," Pathan elaborated

"You still have to lay the foundation and there are ebbs and flows, similar to Test cricket. That's what India need to figure out in their T20 setup when they play in the UK kind of conditions. Wait for the right moments to pull the trigger and go to fifth gear. Be prepared to sometimes pull back on odd occasions," he added.

"When will he be unleashed? I thought the Ireland series was the perfect opportunity for him to come in and get a feel for international cricket. It was unfortunate that he never got an opportunity. I beg to differ with Ryan Ten Doeschate saying Sooryavanshi has to go through the process like any other player. After the IPL he had, it was time to throw him into the deep end, especially against a lower team like Ireland," said De Villers on his YouTube channel.

"I was quite lucky to work with Prince while I was with Lucknow Super Giants. At the time he was a net bowler, and even then, he was marked as somebody who was highly skilled. It's been great to see his journey, and now playing for India, I'm blown away by how calm he keeps things. He's always looking for ways to improve his game and make himself better.

“I don't think there are a lot of factors. We also need to respect the fact that we've got the No. 1 batter in T20 cricket, Abhishek Sharma. Sanju was the player of the World Cup and had a great IPL.

“As a coaching staff, it's only fair to show faith and back your players. Yes, there's a young man knocking on the door, and it's exciting, but I reckon not just for those two players at the top, but for the rest of the group, it's a good sign that we show we back you guys.

“Playing according to the situation is such an important aspect of any sport, especially cricket, but almost all the Indian batters tried to live up to their image and, on pitches that had a little extra carry and bounce, found that they were dismissed very easily by some good catching allied to smart bowling," Gavaskar wrote.

"If Ireland had played exceptional cricket, then it would have lessened the blow. It was simply overconfidence and a sense of casualness that let India down, and that’s why the sadness."

Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan (wk), Shreyas Iyer (c), Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakaravarthy.

Hello and welcome to our live blog of India taking on England in Manchester. After the result in the first game, both teams will be hoping the rain gods are kinder so that we have a full game, which will be an entertaining one, given the quality in both teams' ranks. It is going to be a cracking game of cricket, so stay with us to get all the live updates.