It was thrilling stuff from England’s new-ball bowlers, who both went over 90mph to produce the kind of hostility the hosts believed would bring success in Test cricket.
The high-speed, short-pitched attack also leaves questions for the vaunted India top-order, who folded in the face of the sustained barrage.
Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer were all caught in the deep, square of the wicket, but the crucial moment was the fall of Sooryavanshi.
In his second international, the left-hander sliced the second ball he faced, off Archer, for six over third man.
With the noisy crowd falling silent every time he faced, Sooryavanshi clipped his next delivery, off Tongue, over mid-wicket for another six.
But England had a plan to test him with the short ball. In Archer’s next over, he served up a 90mph bouncer that Sooryavanshi gloved to wicketkeeper Jos Buttler.
Before the powerplay was over, Archer also had Tilak Varma edge behind, the first time India have lost five wickets in the powerplay of a men’s T20 international.
The rest was a procession. Adil Rashid took two wickets, fellow spinner Will Jacks one, while Tongue came back to record his best figures in any T20 in his second international appearance.
There was a comedy moment when Arshdeep Singh skied Tongue for what seemed a simple catch, only for the ball to by left to each other by Curran and Buttler.
It was the only thing England did wrong all evening. It took 70 deliveries for India to be dismissed, their shortest all-out innings in a T20.
