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Kanpur: An impressive England bowling display laid the foundation for a comfortable seven-wicket victory over India in the first Twenty20 international in Kanpur on Thursday.
Expertly varying pace and length, England restricted India to 147-7, off-spinner Moeen Ali's 2-21 the standout.
Sam Billings took 20 from the second over of England's reply, with Eoin Morgan (51) and Joe Root (46 not out) completing the chase in 18.1 overs.
The second of the three T20 matches is in Nagpur on Sunday.
England will look to wrap up the series after putting in their best performance of a tour that saw them heavily beaten in the Tests and squeezed out in the one-day internationals.
The home side rested spin-bowling tormentors Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, but even their presence would have been unlikely to derail an England side that won their first T20 match in India since an agonising defeat in the final of the 2016 World T20.
Earlier, Man of the match, Moeen Ali led a disciplined England bowling attack as the visitors restricted India to 147 for seven
Put into bat, India suffered from lack of partnerships, with former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni scoring with 36 to give some respectability to the total.
But it was Ali's career-best 2-21 that justified England captain Eoin Morgan's decision to bowl first at Kanpur's Green Park Stadium.
Virat Kohli, who is leading the T20 side for the first time since taking over from Dhoni as India's permanent limited overs captain, opened the innings along with Lokesh Rahul (8).
The star batsman attacked from the word go with a few boundaries against the England pacers but ran out steam after falling to off-spinner Ali for 29.
The hosts continued to lose wickets as batsmen Suresh Raina (34) and Yuvraj Singh (12) let go of their respective starts to hand the the visitors an early advantage.
Raina looked like taking on the English challenge during his 23-ball blitz, but a superb yorker from paceman Ben Stokes rattled the left-handed batsman's stumps.
Dhoni then took the onus of taking the innings forward as his calculated 27-ball knock was laced with three boundaries, two of which came in the final over.
He got little support from the other end, but a 27-run seventh-wicket stand with debutant Parvez Rasool (5) added some crucial runs to the score in the final few overs.
Brief scoes
India - 147 for 7 (Dhoni 36*, Raina 34, Ali 2-21)
England - 148 for 3 (Morgan 51, Root 46*, Chahal 2-27)
Result - England won by 7 wickets
