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India defeated England by 4 wickets in the first ODI. England won the toss at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur and chose the batting. Despite a good start, the team was all out after scoring 248 runs in 47.5 overs. India lost 2 wickets for 19 runs, with the help of 3 fifty in the middle order, the team achieved target by losing 6 wickets in 38.4 overs.
Shubman Gill from India scored 87, Shreyas Iyer scored 59 and Akshar Patel scored 52 runs. Ravindra Jadeja and Harshit Rana took 3-3 wickets. Jose Butler from England scored 52 and Jacob Bethel scored 51 runs. Adil Rashid and Saqib Mahmood took 2-2 wickets. The second ODI will be played on 9 February at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack.
The photo that overturned the match
India got the first wicket as a runout in the 9th over. From here, the team lost 2 more wickets to score the next 2 runs.
1. Player of the Match
India lost the wickets of openers in scoring 19 runs. Shubman Gill landed on number-3, he started carefully. Then a 94 -run partnership with Shreyas Iyer took the team out of difficult situation. Shubman then took a 108 -run partnership for the fourth wicket with Akshar Patel and brought the team close to victory. He received the Player of the Match Award for playing 87 runs.
2. Hero of victory
3. Fighter of the Match
Leg spinner Adil Rashid from England took 2 wickets for 49 runs. He bowled tight in the middle overs and kept pressure on Indian batter. Rashid bowled the set batter Akshar Patel, then sent KL Rahul to the pavilion.
4. Turning point
India had lost 2 wickets for 19 runs, from here Shubman Gill took the innings. He made an important partnership with Shreyas Iyer and Akshar Patel and dropped England out of the match. England had not lost any wickets for 75 runs, losing 3 wickets to score the next 2 runs. The team was shattered from here.
5. Match report
English team scattered after a good start After winning the toss, the English team started to bat first and scored 75 runs without loss. From here Phil Soult, Ben Docket and Harry Brook were out. Butler and Bethel made fifty careful, but the team could score only 248 runs. Mohammed Shami, Akshar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav got 1-1 wickets from India.
By winning the first ODI, India took a 1-0 lead in the series. The second ODI will be played in Cuttack on 9 February. India defeated England 4–1 in the T20 series. Varun Chakraborty was the Player of the Series. They are also part of the ODI squad.
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