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England spinner Adil Rashid is revelling in the feeling of quietening the India crowd after dismissing Virat Kohli with the new ball during the first T20 in Ahmedabad.

Eoin Morgan's search for new-ball wickets and the omission of right-hander Rohit Sharma saw the Yorkshire spinner handed the new ball for the first time in a 20-over international.

After Jofra Archer struck via his second delivery, Rashid got rid of Kohli for the seventh time across all formats, silencing the 67,200 crowd inside the reduced capacity Narendra Modi Stadium.

Mark Wood claimed a third powerplay breakthrough when he bowled Shikhar Dhawan, an effort which went a long way to restricting India to 124 for 7 and laying the foundation for an eight-wicket win.

"It is always nice to get a world-class player out," said the 33-year-old, who has dismissed Kohli four times in Tests, twice in ODIs and now once in T20I cricket.

"I've got him a couple of times but that is it on the day. Some days they get hold of you, fours and sixes, and some days they get out early and that is part and parcel of the game, that is how the game works. It's nice to get some world-class players out.

^{Virat Kohli recorded back-to-back international ducks for the first time in his career}

"I know what the crowd sounded like before then: it was very, very loud. The Indian crowd are very passionate, they have huge numbers out supporting them. For ourselves, it is nice getting the big players out early doors and keep the crowd quiet.

"If you get a wicket early doors and it all goes quiet or if you're a batter and you hit some sixes and fours you can actually hear yourself talk to one another. That not something you can't do in India. You hear people screaming, especially if India are doing well and they're getting wickets. We did very well."

Not since his days with South Australia in the Big Bash League and during Yorkshire's T20 Blast campaign in 2011 has Rashid taken the new ball in the shortened format.

With Morgan having identified new-ball wickets as one of the key areas England need to improve on - they'd taken 11 in the previous 72 overs of fielding restrictions prior to the first T20 - it is unlikely to be the last time he is deployed in the powerplay.

"It is completely different, bowling with the new ball, two fielders out," he described. "A lot more can go [wrong] in that sense.

"I did it in 2010-11 in the Big Bash and for Yorkshire, but it has been 10 years since then and not opening the bowling for anyone. It is definitely something I'll cherish and keep in my armoury as well.

"You've got to be more focused in that sense because you know you've only got two fielders out and batsmen are looking to go harder as there are a lot more scoring options. My game plan is similar in the first six as it is in the middle in terms of my role for the team."

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