Will Jacks stumped 15-year-old Ayush Mhatre for 14 on his international debut at Emirates Old Trafford. India still made 190-7, but England chased 191 with four wickets to spare and took a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.
Ayush Mhatre at 15
Ayush Mhatre hit two sixes before Jacks got him stumped. At 15, he was already facing a live second T20 in Manchester and had enough time at the crease to force a brief shift in momentum before the dismissal ended his debut innings.
That sequence is the oddity in the match: a teenager on debut, two sixes, then out for 14 in one of the simplest forms of dismissal in the sport. It is the kind of moment that can alter how a young batter is remembered, because the scorecard keeps the aggression and the exit in the same line.
England and India in Manchester
India won the toss and batted first at Emirates Old Trafford, finishing on 190-7. Ishan Kishan made 49 off 40 balls and Abhishek Sharma added 43 off 24, while Arshdeep Singh took 3-40.
England answered with 191 in 19 overs. Jacob Bethell led the chase with an unbeaten 76 off 46 balls, Harry Brook made 39 off 15, Phil Salt added 39 off 32, and Sam Curran took 3-33.
Deep Dasgupta summed up the pressure around the India side on Radio 5 Sports Extra: "Jacob Bethell is a really, really special player." He also said: "This is adding up the pressure on Shreyas Iyer."
Durham to Old Trafford
The five-match series had already lost its opening game in Durham to rain, which left three matches after this one. England’s win did more than level a contest that had barely started; it gave them the first control point of the series and left India with the harder task of responding after a narrow batting-manageable total was still chased down.
For India, the return from this second T20 is stark: a 15-year-old debutant made a statement with two sixes, but the side still lost by four wickets. That is the part to carry forward, because it tells you the innings had energy without enough finish, and England were able to turn one sharp dismissal into a chase they controlled.
