England vs India 2018: 5 reasons why England lost the first T20I

#2 Hales' slow crawl

Hales failed to score a single boundary and sucked the momentum from England's innings

As Roy was dismissed off the final ball of the fourth over, Alex Hales came in to bat at No.3 The first ball he faced was one that him where it really hurts. And for the remainder of the Hardik Pandya, he failed to score. From 50-1 after 5 overs, Hales' patient start that saw him play off four dot balls before he got a run meant that England finished the powerplay with just 53.

And it didn't get much better for Hales after that either. He struggled against the medium pace of Hardik Pandya, scoring just 5 runs off the 10 balls he faced from the Indian all-rounder. His inability to both rotate the strike or get going meant that the pressure on Buttler only intensified.

Before being dismissed for an 18-ball 8, which included no boundaries, Hales played out 11 dot balls. When he came into bat, England's run rate was 10 and by the time he was eventually put out of his misery by Kuldeep, the rate was just over eight. His slow crawl, inability to connect and hit boundaries or rotate strike, sucked the momentum out of the England innings.