England took a 1-0 lead in their T20I series against India after a facile seven-wicket victory at Kanpur on Thursday.
Moeen Ali was named the Man of the Match for his bowling figures of 2/21 while captain Eoin Morgan starred with the bat for the visitors, notching up a half-century.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan hailed the performance, tweeting that not many teams come to India and give the home side a masterclass in T20 cricket.
On the other hand, former Indian opener Aakash Chopra felt that India’s score of 147 was below par.
Here, we collect the best tweets that surfaced over the course of the match.
Not many teams give #India a T20 Masterclass ... especially not in their own back yard ... #IndvEng #Boom
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) January 26, 2017
Well played @englandcricket 💪🏏now that was a bowling performance we all expect 👋👋👋👋
— Darren Gough (@DGoughie) January 26, 2017
Below Par. Quite a bit. #IndvsEng
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) January 26, 2017
No visiting team has won as many T20s in India as England have (10). NZ & WI have a better win percentage (80%) than England (70%). #IndvEng
— Freddie Wilde (@fwildecricket) January 26, 2017
This guy is a phenomenal talent and has fastest hand speed in English game...#bilbobaggings pic.twitter.com/ZcPyusdYlb
— simon hughes (@theanalyst) January 26, 2017
Suresh Raina has been brought back because Indian cricketers were confused on who should first hug the bowlers after a wicket #INDvENG
— Shashi (@AllTimeBakchod) January 26, 2017
Moeen Ali good choice for man of the match. His was the decisive spell.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) January 26, 2017
Best thing about India's performance in the first T20I! #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/ijXOmQgf2k
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) January 26, 2017
