IND vs Eng 1st Odie Match Highlights: Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, the Indian team made a great debut in the 3 -match ODI series against England. The first match between the two teams was played on Thursday (6 February) at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur. The Indian team won this match by 4 wickets in 38.4 overs.
Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Akshar Patel, Harshit Rana and Ravindra Jadeja had a great performance in the match. Gill, Shreyas and Akshar gathered fifty. While Harshit and Jadeja took 3-3 wickets in bowling.
Gills missed from century, big partnership with letters
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. 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.
The Indian team was very bad
The Indian team started poorly chasing the target. India lost 2 wickets on the score of 19 runs. First Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 15 runs and was caught by wicketkeeper Salt on the ball of Jofra Archer. Then captain Rohit Sharma became the victim of Saqib Mahmood on a personal score of just 2 runs.
After this, Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill did 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. Shreyas was dismissed by Jacob Bethel. But Gill and Akshar made a big partnership and brought the team to victory.
India’s innings scorecard: (251/6, 38.4 overs)
| Batsman | Wicket | Run |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | Catch-Salt, Ball- Jofra Archer | 15 |
| Rohit Sharma | Catch-Livingstone, Ball- Saqib | 2 |
| Shreyas Iyer | LBW Jacob Bethel | 59 |
| Akshar Patel | Clean bold, Adil Rashid | 52 |
| KL Rahul | Catch and Ball- Adil Rashid | 2 |
| Shubman Gill | Catch- Butler, Ball-Sakib Mahmood | 87 |
Butler-Beathl’s half-century, Harshit-Jadeja’s deadly bowling
After winning the toss, the English team started to bat first. The English team’s 50 runs were completed in 6 overs. During this, Phil Soult scored a total of 26 runs (6, 4, 6, 4, 0, 6) in the sixth over. At the same time, the second opener Ben Docket also played some great shots against Shami. India got the first success in the score of 75 runs as Phil Sold, which was runout on the throw of Shreyas Iyer.
Phil Soult scored 43 off 26 balls with the help of 5 fours and 3 sixes. Then Harshit Rana sent another opener Ben Docket to the pavilion. Yashasvi Jaiswal caught the catch of Docket. Docket scored 32 runs off 29 balls, including six fours. On the last ball of the 10th over, Harshit also caught Harry Brook out of KL Rahul behind the wicket. If seen, England lost 3 wickets in 8 balls. From here, Joe Root and Jose Butler partnered 34 runs for the fourth wicket.
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Ravindra Jadeja broke this partnership. Jadeja lbw Root (19 runs). After Root was dismissed, Butler and Jacob Bethel partnered 59 runs for the fifth wicket. Akshar Patel ended this partnership by dismissing Butler. Butler scored the highest 52 runs off 67 balls with the help of four fours. Then Harshit Rana dismissed Liam Livingstone (5 runs) and Mohammed Shami dismissed Bridan Cars (10 runs) to England’s score to 206 for 7 wickets.
Shortly after the dismissal of Bridan Cars, Jacob Bethel also completed her fifty. However, Bethel could not long the half -century innings like Butler. Bethel was dismissed by Ravindra Jadeja. Bethel scored 51 runs off 64 balls, which included a six in addition to 3 fours. After Bethel, England also lost the wickets of Adil Rashid (8) and Saqib Mahmood (2) cheaply. In this way, the England team was all out in 47.4 overs. For India, debutant Harshit Rana and Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets. While Mohammed Shami, Akshar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav got one wicket each.
England’s innings scorecard: (248/10, 47.4 overs)
| Batsman | Wicket | Run |
| Phil salt | run out | 43 |
| Ben docket | Catch famous, bold Harshit Rana | 32 |
| Harry Brook | Catch Rahul, Bold Harshit Rana | 0 |
| Joe root | Lbw ravindra jadeja | 19 |
| Jose Butler | Catch Hardik, Bold Akshar Patel | 52 |
| Jacob Bethel | Lbw ravindra jadeja | 51 |
| Liam Livingstone | Catch Rahul, Bold Harshit Rana | 5 |
| Bridan Cars | Bold Mohammed Shami | 10 |
| Adil Rashid | Bold ravindra jadeja | 8 |
| Jofra Archer | Unbeaten | 21* |
| Saqib Mahmud | Stump Rahul, Bold Kuldeep Yadav | 2 |
Yashasvi-Harshit’s ODI debut, Virat out
Opener batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal and fast bowler have got a chance to make their ODI debut during Harshit Rana Nagpur match. Rohit Sharma gave the cap to Yashasvi, while Mohammed Shami gave the cap to Harshit Rana. Former captain Virat Kohli did not become a part of this match due to right knee pain. Virat Kohli had tied a bandage to his right knee. Kohli was seen walking carefully while attending the practice session with the team.
India’s playing-11: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami.
England’s playing XI: Ben Docket, Phil Soult (wicketkeeper), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jose Butler (Captain), Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethel, Bridan Cars, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Saqib Mahmud.
The Indian team has played a total of 10 bilateral ODI series against England on their land. In this, the Indian team won 7, while England won the same series. There was 2 series draw. England won the ODI series on Indian land in December 1984. Then Team India was defeated 4–1 in the 5-match series. Since then, the Indian team has not lost the ODI series against England in their home.
England performance in ODI series in India
Total ODI Series: 10
India won: 7
England won: 1
Draw: 2
H2H in India-England ODI series
Total ODI Series: 20
India won: 11
England won: 7
Draw: 2