Cricket score and latest updates from first T20 clash - England face the world champions in Brendon McCullum’s first match in charge of the white-ball side

Brydon Carse will replace Gus Atkinson for England's second T20 International against India on Saturday while Jamie Smith has also been added to the squad.

India has won the toss and elected to bowl first in the series-opening T20 against England's cricketers in Kolkata.

Good morning and welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of today’s T20 match between England and India. England face the world champions in Kolkata in the first of the five-match series, in what marks Brendon McCullum’s first match in charge of the white-ball side.

This is the first time England have had India five down at the halfway stage of the innings in a T20I. Tilak Varma needs a knock here for India as he looks around the field. Boundaries are at a premium just now.

Tilak Varma's fifty of rare brilliance helped India survive a top-order meltdown against England pacers and register a two-wicket win in the second T20I and take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series he

Tilak Varma's unbeaten 72 guided India to a tense two-wicket win over England in the second T20I, giving the hosts a 2-0 lead in the five-match series. Despite early wickets, Varma's resilience against England's bowling attack played a crucial role in India's success.

Brydon Carse's efforts with with bat and ball are in vain as England suffer a two-wicket defeat by India in the second T20 international.