Shubman Gill 87 runs lead the team to their first win in 3 match ODI series against England. Winning the toss and deciding to bat 1st England fail to put good total on board. Ravindra Jadeja and debutent Harshit Rana took 3 wickets each put some pressure on England side.
While opening the innings Phil Salt(43) and Ben Duckett(32) made a good partnership of 75 in first 8 overs. Within quick succession both the openers departs as Salt got run out by Shyreyas Iyer. Duckett get out by the debutant Rana. Joe Root and Harry Brook fail to perform at middle of the innings.
Captain Jos Buttler(52) and Jacob Betthell(51) take the score by hitting handsome runs. Archer entertain with his short cameo of 21 runs remain not out at the end. England whole team departs on 248 in 47.4 overs.
India starts the chase with Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma. Both the openers fail to provide good start as Jaiswal and Sharma got out on 19 runs. Shubman Gill(87) and Sheryas Iyer(59) rise India’s hop to win their first match of the series. Axer Patel promoted up in the batting order after Iyer departs on 59.
Axer Patel hit 52 runs on just 47 deliveries and justify its promotion and take India closer to the target. Gill misses the chance to end the innings and also reach to the three digit figures. Jadeja hit the final runs and India achieves the target 38.4 overs.
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India wins the first match by 4 wickets with 68 balls to spare. Shubman Gill receives man of the match award on his brilliant performance. India leads the 3 match ODI series by 1-0. India needs to improve their batting line ahead of Champions Trophy 2025.
