, New Delhi. Harshit Rana and Ravindra Jadeja’s bowling followed by Shubman Gill’s innings helped India beat England by 4 wickets in the first ODI. In this match played at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur, England captain Jos Buttler won the toss and chose to bat first.
The visiting team, batting first, was all out for 248 runs in 47.4 overs. The Indian batsmen chased this target easily.
England got off to a good start after batting first. Ben Duckett and Philip Salt added 75 runs for the first wicket. Salt was run out in the 9th over. He scored 43 runs off 26 balls. In the very next over, Harshit Rana made Duckett his victim. He faced 29 balls and scored 32 runs. In the same over, Rana sent Harry Brook to the pavilion on a duck.
In the 19th over, Ravindra Jadeja dismissed Joe Root LBW. Root, who returned to ODIs after a long time, scored 19 runs. Captain Jos Buttler scored a half-century. He scored 52 runs in 67 balls. After this, Liam Livingstone scored 5, Brydon Carse scored 10, Jacob Bethell scored 51, Adil Rashid scored 8 and Saqib Mahmood scored 2 runs. Jofra Archer remained unbeaten after scoring 21 runs. Harshit Rana and Ravindra Jadeja took 3-3 wickets for India. Also, Shami, Akshar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav took 1-1 wickets.
The Indian team, which came out to chase the target of 249 runs, had a bad start. India suffered 2 setbacks at the score of 19. Yashasvi Jaiswal, who was playing his debut ODI, scored 15 and captain Rohit Sharma scored 2 runs. After this, Shubman Gill along with Shreyas Iyer added 94 runs for the third wicket. Iyer was out LBW in the 16th over. He scored 59 runs in 36 balls.
After this, Gill and Akshar Patel shared a 108-run partnership for the fourth wicket. In the 34th over, Adil Rashid got Akshar out LBW. Akshar faced 47 balls and scored 52 runs. KL Rahul could not do anything special and scored 2 runs. Shubman Gill, who was moving towards a century, got caught by Jos Buttler on a score of 87. He also hit 14 fours in his innings.
