England well beaten by India in Buttler's first game as permanent captain

Jos Buttler's tenure as England's official white-ball captain began with a first-ball duck and a 50-run defeat as his side were thumped by a Hardik Pandya-inspired India in the first T20 international at The Ageas Bowl.

Buttler was cleaned up by a swinging delivery from Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the first over amid England tumbling to 33-4 in 6.1 overs and being dismissed for 148 in 19.3 as they set about trying to top India's 198-8.

Hardik Pandya followed a 33-ball 51 in India's knock with four wickets in England's, removing Dawid Malan (21, Liam Livingstone (0) and Jason Roy (4 off 16) in the early collapse as the hosts faltered against the moving ball.

Moeen Ali (36 off 20) and Harry Brook (28 off 23) rallied England with a fifth-wicket stand of 61 from 36 balls but both then fell in the same Yuzvendra Chahal over, while Hardik picked up his fourth wicket when he had Sam Curran (4) caught behind by wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik.

India were sloppy in the field - Karthik dropping at least two chances - but that did not cost the tourists, who can now wrap up a series victory at Edgbaston on Saturday before the final game at Trent Bridge on Sunday

India will have Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah, Shreyas Iyer and Ravindra Jadeja available for this weekend's matches, with that quintet having sat out the opening T20 after playing during this week's Test defeat to England at Edgbaston.

Buttler - who has succeeded Eoin Morgan as limited-overs captain - was castled from the fifth ball of the chase as Bhuvneshwar bowled a devilish in-swinger before Pandya accounted for Malan, Livingstone and Roy.

Hardik bowled Malan off an inside edge and had Livingstone caught behind in the fifth over before an out-of-sorts Roy slashed the