India made short work of the modest target that England could set at the Eden Gardens on Wednesday, going past the visitors’ below-par 132 in the 13th over with seven wickets to spare. Victory gave Suryakumar Yadav & Co a 1-0 lead in the five-match series. Abhishek Sharma hammered a 34-ball 79 that had five fours and a whopping eight sixes. Tilak Varma, in prolific form on the South Africa tour last November, played the second fiddle in a third-wicket partnership that produced 84 runs off 42 balls. Opener Sanju Samson had earlier provided the right start with a quickfire 26.

Abhishek Sharma during his 79 yesterday. Pic/AFP