IND vs Eng 1st Odie Match Highlights: The Indian team, captained by Rohit Sharma, finally won in ODI cricket after a long wait of 13 months. Team India is currently playing a 3 -match domestic ODI series against England. Its first match was played on Thursday (6 February) at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur. The Indian team won this match by 4 wickets in 38.4 overs.
This is the first win of the Indian team in ODI format after 13 months. Actually, the Indian team won the last ODI match in December 2023 on the tour of South Africa. After this, in 2024, the Indian team played only 3 ODIs.
Last year did not win a single ODI
All three ODIs were played on Sri Lanka tour. In which the Indian team had to face 0-2 defeat. A match was tied. This was an embarrassing record, because after 45 years, the Indian team could not win a single ODI match in a calendar year.
But now against England, the Indian team played their first ODI of 2025 this year, winning in a brilliant manner. This victory is also special because the Indian team was playing the first ODI in their house after the ODI World Cup 2023. Team India had to face defeat to Australia in the World Cup final. After this, now played an ODI match in his house, in which he has won.
Gill-Srees-Sksaksk played a brilliant innings in Nagpur
In the match, the England team set a target of 249 runs. In response, the Indian team lost 6 wickets and took the match in 38.4 overs. Shubman Gill froze the match winning fifty in a smokey style. He missed a century. He scored 87 runs off 96 balls. During this, 14 fours hit.
While Akshar Patel played an unbeaten innings of 52 runs off 47 balls. Gill and Akshar had a partnership of 108 runs off 107 balls. Earlier, Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill had a brilliant partnership of 94 runs for the third wicket.
Shreyas was dismissed for 59 runs off 36 balls. Shreyas hit 9 fours and two sixes in his innings. No bowler could leave the impression from England. Adil Rashid and Saqib Mahmood took 2-2 wickets. While Jofra Archer and Jacob Bethel got 1-1 success.
India-England playing-11 in Nagpur ODI:
England team: Ben Docket, Phil Soult (wicketkeeper), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jose Butler (Captain), Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethel, Bridan Cars, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid and Saqib Mahmud.
Indian Team: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammed Shami.