114/0 (18.4)
CRR : 6.11
110/10 (25.2)
CRR : 4.34
India won by 10 wickets 🏆
Player of the Match
Player
6/19
18.4
4
B Carse to S Dhawan
Drags the length short once again and offers good amount of width here. Dhawan eases a slam over the point region and pierces it through the gates as well. This one runs towards the fences and the Indian duo of Sharma and Dhawan remains unbeaten as India ends on a winning note in the 1st ODI of the ongoing series. Nothing delivery from the bowler and it has been a woeful performance for the English side overall.
IND won by 10 wickets
9: 30 PM IST | Akshaya: Rohit Sharma’s delightful pull shots and Shikhar Dhawan’s comeback performance with the bat has taken Team India to a dominating victory against England. It's worth noting that the game hasn't even run for 50 overs wholly. Only 44 overs have been bowled today and things have been wrapped up.
The duo made a mockery of this short-run chase as they thrashed the English bowlers to every part of the ground. Mainly, Rohit Sharma who took on the short balls served to him as he pulled everything from the meat of his willow.
The men in blue rode on the cracking fifty from their skipper Rohit, who was unbeaten at 76 off 58 balls which included seven boundaries and five breath-taking sixes to square leg and backward square leg regions. He alongside Shikhar (31* off 54), who finished the match with a boundary to deep point region, stitched their 18th hundred-run opening partnership. They made the chase look so easy and handed the hosts a big defeat. Eventually, India triumphed by ten wickets and with 31.2 overs remaining.
For England, there is literally nothing to be happy about apart from that run-out opportunity that they missed in the very first ball of the Indian innings.
This is the first time in the history that India have defeated England by a margin ten wickets.
Earlier in the day, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma had won the toss and elected to bowl first.
The duo of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami seemed intolerable for the English batters as they lost wickets in ample within the first couple of overs. Jason Roy was the first one to go, courtesy of a seaming delivery outside the off, from Jasprit Bumrah. Joe Root followed him towards the hut, in the same over. From the other end, it was Shami who was assisting him brilliantly and fetched the price of Ben Stokes. The home side was put down to 26-5 after 7.5 overs and then Moeen Ali and Jos Buttler could glue only 27 runs together.
The wickets kept on tumbling with Jasprit Bumrah ending the innings with a six-fer and Shami with a three-fer. Prasidh Krishna got a solitary wicket and England could manage only 110 runs with 148 balls to spare.
The duo made a mockery of this short-run chase as they thrashed the English bowlers to every part of the ground. Mainly, Rohit Sharma who took on the short balls served to him as he pulled everything from the meat of his willow.
The men in blue rode on the cracking fifty from their skipper Rohit, who was unbeaten at 76 off 58 balls which included seven boundaries and five breath-taking sixes to square leg and backward square leg regions. He alongside Shikhar (31* off 54), who finished the match with a boundary to deep point region, stitched their 18th hundred-run opening partnership. They made the chase look so easy and handed the hosts a big defeat. Eventually, India triumphed by ten wickets and with 31.2 overs remaining.
For England, there is literally nothing to be happy about apart from that run-out opportunity that they missed in the very first ball of the Indian innings.
This is the first time in the history that India have defeated England by a margin ten wickets.
Earlier in the day, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma had won the toss and elected to bowl first.
The duo of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami seemed intolerable for the English batters as they lost wickets in ample within the first couple of overs. Jason Roy was the first one to go, courtesy of a seaming delivery outside the off, from Jasprit Bumrah. Joe Root followed him towards the hut, in the same over. From the other end, it was Shami who was assisting him brilliantly and fetched the price of Ben Stokes. The home side was put down to 26-5 after 7.5 overs and then Moeen Ali and Jos Buttler could glue only 27 runs together.
The wickets kept on tumbling with Jasprit Bumrah ending the innings with a six-fer and Shami with a three-fer. Prasidh Krishna got a solitary wicket and England could manage only 110 runs with 148 balls to spare.
9: 33 PM IST | Do not go anywhere as the post-match presentation starts off soon.
9:38 PM IST | Time for the presentation ceremony.
Jos Buttler (Losing Captain): "Yeah, very much. It was a tough day for us. Really a tough day to take for us. A little bit of movement on offer there for the bowlers but we thought it will swing for a few overs. India made a good use and bowled really well. We didn't bat well and then their world-class bowlers made life tough for us. Like T20Is, here too they came on top and attacked relentlessly. We got too many edges as happens in Test matches and they took every catching opportunity. Didn't had much to bowl at, so I guess not to go hard at bowlers. That's why you play against a world-class side. Jasprit, I mean he is a top-class bowler. Yes, next game is coming quickly."
Rohit Sharma (Winning Captain): "Yeah I think so. Looking at the overhead conditions, i thought it was a good to bowl first. Yeah, we never really worry about the conditions that prevail. We look to try to exploit the conditions whatever is there. Today there was a seam as well as some swing and tried to exploit that.
Yea I think so, when you play conditions like that, you gotta know where you need to bowl and what adjustments needed to be done. And I think the two guys bowled brilliantly upfront and the catching was good too. Yes, Me and Shikhar played for quite some time now. And yeah, we know the quality of Shikhar, what he brings to the table. He is an experienced player and scored a lot of runs as well. Yeah, I know its a high risk shot (PULL) but that has given me a lot of runs, and its always good as the runs keep coming."
Yea I think so, when you play conditions like that, you gotta know where you need to bowl and what adjustments needed to be done. And I think the two guys bowled brilliantly upfront and the catching was good too. Yes, Me and Shikhar played for quite some time now. And yeah, we know the quality of Shikhar, what he brings to the table. He is an experienced player and scored a lot of runs as well. Yeah, I know its a high risk shot (PULL) but that has given me a lot of runs, and its always good as the runs keep coming."
Player of the match: Jasprit Bumrah
Jasprit Bumrah (Player of the Match): "Yeah, of course when there is a swing and some movement in white-ball cricket. It was good to see. And you get the batters on the defensive mode and with the ball swinging, I started attacking. When I bowled the first ball, I saw it swinging. Then I bowled accordingly. If there wasn't have been any swing I would have pulled my length back. Yeah, Shami came to me after his first over and said that it was swinging. Then we decided to bowl fuller till it stops swinging. Partnerships with the ball is also important as in batting. He was beating the bat consistently. I was getting wickets. When the ball is swinging, the keeper needs to be on his toes and that's what Pant did today."
So that's a wrap from the 1st ODI at Kennington Oval. We'll be back soon with the 2nd one on day after tomorrow. Until then, there are an array of matches that we're covering. So stay tuned to the coverage of TNPL, APL, NZ vs IRE, WI vs BAN, SL vs PAK, Rachael Haehoe Trophy, and the World Cup Qualifiers too.
This is your guy, Arijit Kundu, signing off on behalf of my reverts, Arjun Bhalla, Gargi Raut, and Akshaya Krishna Polya (AKP), and scorer analyst, Paras Yadav. Hope you've loved our coverage. Until then, it's adios from us.
This is your guy, Arijit Kundu, signing off on behalf of my reverts, Arjun Bhalla, Gargi Raut, and Akshaya Krishna Polya (AKP), and scorer analyst, Paras Yadav. Hope you've loved our coverage. Until then, it's adios from us.