Ind vs Eng: Watching a movie at night, then captain’s phone … India was not in the initial playing XI to win the match.

Last updated:February 06, 2025, 23:08 IST

IND Vs Eng: Believe that the most banging batter in the India-England ODI match was not in the initial playing XI. This disclosure was made by Shreyas Iyer after India’s victory.

India defeated England by 4 wickets in the first ODI.

New Delhi. Would you believe that the most banging batter in the Indo-England match was not in the initial playing XI. Shreyas Iyer revealed this after India’s victory. Shreyas Iyer, who hit the fourth 30 balls at number four, attacked the counter in the match when India was under pressure. Shreyas shared a 94 -run partnership with Shubman Gill. In this, 59 runs were of Shreyas Iyer alone.

India defeated England by 4 wickets in the first ODI. Shreyas Iyer told after the victory that he came to know late on Wednesday that he was playing the match. Iyer said, ‘It is a very interesting story. I was watching the film last night. I thought to wake up at night and watch the whole film. Then the captain got a call. The captain said that you can play tomorrow because there is swelling in Virat’s knee. Then I quickly came to my room and slept quietly.

Virat Kohli did not play in the first ODI against England due to knee swelling. There was also a change in India’s batting order for not playing Kohli. India’s regular opener Shubman Gill landed at number three. After this, Shreyas Iyer’s number came. Interestingly, when both Shubman and Iyer came to the crease, India’s score was 19 runs. India lost the wickets of Yashasvi Jaiswal and then Rohit Sharma on this score.

The Bharti team was under pressure after losing two wickets for 19 runs. Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer had the responsibility of handling the innings. Both of them did this work well and pushed England on the backfoot by shaking a 94 -run partnership in just 64 balls. Shreyas Iyer scored 59 off 36 balls, including 9 fours and 2 sixes. That is, Iyer scored 48 runs out of his 59 by scoring a boundary.