India vs England, 1st ODI LIVE: India Win By 66 Runs, Bowlers Come Back Strong To Defeat World Champions
India vs England 1st ODI Score LIVE Updates: England won the toss and choose to bowl first. India posed a target of 318 runs, the bowlers were able to clean the visitors up for 251.
India win by 66 runs!
England lose the 9th wicket in the form of Adil Rashid! India cruising towards victory.
England's Score: 249/9* 41.3 overs
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Bhuvi picks the dangerous Moeen Ali!
Prasidh Krishna Picks Sam Billings!
Third wicket for the young bowler. Billings went a little early into the shot and got hold out to Virat Kohli!
Hardik Pandya back on the field after sitting out due to injury! Suryakumar Yadav was the substitute fielder who also picked Jason Roy's catch.
Kuldeep Yadav goes for 12! After building pressure for 4-5 overs, England finally manages to break the shackles.
England needs 106 from 114 balls.
England needs 133 runs off 23 overs. It still looks like a close contest even after England has lost five wickets. Moeen Ali and Sam Billings are at the crease, who will be followed by the Curran brothers. So it's a long batting line-up to follow.
We are in for a treat!
OUT!
Jos Buttler was caught plump in front of stumps. He went for the review but only to be adjudged Out. England Losing wickets on a spree!
Buttler - 2 (4) b] Shardul Thakur (lbw)
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Eoin Morgan departs!
Morgan - 22 (30) b] Shardul Thakur c] KL Rahul
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'Isko bilkul nahi pata yaha kya ho raha hai', chants KL Rahul who is keeping the mood light around the crease even after having an average start to the innings. KL chanted this when Kuldeep Yadav was bowling to Eoin Morgan.
Bairstow gets out in the nervous nineties after scoring a well-made 94.
He was done by the extra bounce in the pitch and was caught in the deep by Kuldeep Yadav.
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Prasidh Krishna picks two wickets in quick succession. India can finally make some inroads!
Bairstow still batting firmly at 81 from 52 balls.
Ben Stokes departs!
Jason Roy departs for 46 of 35 balls.
Debutant Prasidh does the Englishman by extra pace and bounce. Roy was caught at point by the substitute Suryakumar Yadav. India finally pick a wicket after 14.2 overs.
India has tried 4 bowlers till now in the span of 10 overs (Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Prasidh Krishna, Shardul Thakur & Krunal Pandya). England openers Jason Roy & Jonny Bairstow stabilise the chase as visitors are 94/0 after 11 overs.
After Shikhar Dhawan got out on 98, India lost their way in the middle overs. It was Krunal Pandya and KL Rahul batting heroics which pushed India past moderate 300. At the end of the innings, India made 317/5.
KL Rahul finally breaks the shackles!
Hardik Pandya would be expected to score quick runs in the match. English bowlers would be looking to target the new batsman.
In a sad turn of events for Shikhar Dhawan fans, the batsman got out after scoring 98 runs, just two short of his century. He pulled Ben Stokes only to hit the ball straight at Morgan at mid-wicket.
KL Rahulis struggling to find the middle of the bat since he has walked in. He has scored six runs of 12 balls. India's score is at 197/3 in 38 overs.
India's score at 187-3 in 35 overs.
Shreyas Iyer plays a rash shot of Mark Wood's bowling to get out caught in the deep-point region. Dissapointment for the youngster.
Despite scoring 56, Virat Kohli's ODI batting average drops down from 59.31 to 59.29. Usually when players score a half-century, chances are that their average goes up, but Kohli has set such high standards for himself that the average dropped down even after he scored 56 runs.
Boundary By Dhawan Takes Him To 95! Dhawan has scored 95 of 96 balls
Captain Virat Kohli will have to wait for another innings to score his record 100. England's best bowler of the day, Mark Wood takes the wicket as Kohli heaved him over mid-wicket to be picked by Moeen Ali. Kohli got out for 56 of 60 balls.
100 Partnership Up Between Kohli And Dhawan! These bothhave paced their innings so well. Brought back the memories when Yuvraj and Dhoni used to bat together, rotating the strike.
Eoin Morgan brings his strike bowler in to try and knock off the partnership and also to stop the run flow.
Virat Kohli reaches his fifty. After his arrival at the crease, India have played at a brisk pace.
Virat and Dhawan bring momentum back to the Indian side. Team India now scoring at more than fiver runs per over.
Shikhar Dhawan scores a six and a four on two consecutive balls against Moeen Ali.
Shikhar Dhawan was dropped by Moeen Ali on 60. A rare mistake in the field.
After 25 overs, India improved their scoring rate gradually. Now India are scoring at 4.7 runs per over. We might see a change of approach from the batsmen.
It doesn't get any straighter. Kohli hit Rashid for a powerful straight jab. India's score 109/1 in 24 overs.
Dhawan was wrapped on the pads as he tried to sweep Rashid, but ball-tracking showed that the ball wasn't hitting the stumps completely. Thus, 'Umpires Call' prevailed.
Shikhar Dhawan crosses 50 after he swept Rashid over mid-wicket.
Pulled along the ground for a boundary by Virat. No risks taken as he hit the ball along the ground. The Captain was in full control there.
From one master to another, Gavaskar says, "There's no better players of the bottom hand than Virat Kohli in the world."
Kohli drives Ben Stokes for a boundary though the covers.
India scoring at a little over four runs per over. By India's standards, this scoring rate is low but the silver lining is the fact that India have only lost one wicket in the form of Rohit Sharma.
Leggie, Adil Rashid gets the ball in the 18th over of the match. It will be interesting to see how Kohli and Dhawan tackle this challenge.
Shikhar Dhawan is joined by captain Virat Kohli after Rohit faltered to Ben Stokes. Indian batsmen are finding it difficult to pierce the boundaries oftenly.
Rohit back in the pavillion after a slowish start. He chased a ball outside the off stump and in the process, nicked the ball to the keeper. He goes for 28 from 42 balls.
At drinks after 14 overs, India's score is at 58-0. At drinks, India hasn't lost a wicket, but the run-flow has been slow as well. Captain Kohli might change the strategy, now that they haven't lost any wicket.
50 up for India in the 13th over. Rohit Sharma 23*, Shikhar Dhawan 26*
"England fielders must have saved at least 20 runs, that too in the 12th over," says Gavaskar during commentary while aplauding the England ground fielding. India's score 49/0 in 12 overs.
Sam Curran and Mark Wood bowled 5 overs a piece in the first 10 overs but did not give away even a single extra run. The number of extras remains at zero after 10 overs.
A slow, yet steady start for India in the first ODI against England. Dhawan is at 20, Rohit at 19.
India's score is 26-0 in eight overs. Although India did not lose any wickets, India's strike rate is pretty less in the first eight overs.
Dhawan hit two boundaries to bring some life in a slowly started innings. After a slow start, India's score is 24-0 in seven overs.
Stokes is playing ODI cricket after a long time. He last played in ODIs in the 2019 Cricket World Cup.
Team India goes with two debutants in the playing XI. Krunal Pandya, the spin-bowling all-rounder and the tall fast bowler Prasidh Krishna.
Playing XI: J Roy, J Bairstow, B Stokes, E Morgan (c), J Buttler (wk), S Billings, M Ali, S Curran, T Curran, A Rashid, M Wood
Playing XI: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (c), Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shardul Thakur, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav.
England captain Eoin Morgan won the toss and decided to put India in to bat first. Virat wasn't too unhappy with it as he would have chosen to bat first had India won the toss.
Background
IND Vs ENG: England captain Eoin Morgan won the toss and decided to field first in Pune in the first ODI between India and England. India and England will clash in the 1st ODI of the PayTM ODI Series 2021 at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Maharashtra’s Pune on Tuesday. With Virat Kohli back in form and other youngsters like Prasidh in the squad, team India would be confident going in the game. Both the teams are playing without some key players. England will miss Captain Joe Root and Jofra Archer due to injury while the Indian side will be without Shami, Jadeja, and Bumrah.
The weather conditions are slightly cloudy, but the chances of rain are very low. Although, the overhead conditions will help the fast-bowlers with the new ball. The pitch, on the other hand, looks good for batting. There is an even covering of grass, thus the ball will come onto the bat nicely. A lot of runs are expected to be scored today.
Indian batsman will look to pile on a lot of runs as the stadium in Pune has a reputation of big totals being chased here.
India has posted a total of 317 after brilliant innings' by Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, and Krunal Pandya.
England started like a roller coaster ride! An opening partnership of 135 runs between Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow that included eight sixes.
Playing XI for both teams-
India: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (c), Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shardul Thakur, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav.
England: J Roy, J Bairstow, B Stokes, E Morgan (c), J Buttler (wk), S Billings, M Ali, S Curran, T Curran, A Rashid, M Wood
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