Delhi: The first match of the three matches between India and England is being played today at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur on 6 February. The match started at 1:30 pm Indian time. Earlier, Team India had defeated England 4–1 in the five-match T20 series. Now in the ODI series, India has come down to show power under the leadership of Rohit Sharma, while England’s captaincy is in the hands of Jose Butler.
England captain Jose Butler won the toss and decided to bat first. However, Virat Kohli could not become a part of the playing XI due to the knee problem. In this match, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Harshit Rana made their ODI debut.
England started to bat first, where the openers added 75 runs in 53 balls. However, the entire team was reduced to 248 runs in 47.4 overs. Captain Jose Butler scored the highest 52 runs for England, in which he hit four fours off 67 balls. At the same time, Jacob Bethel played a useful innings of 51 runs.
India got the first success in the form of Philip Salt, which was runout by scoring 43 runs. In bowling, Team India debutant Harshit Rana and Ravindra Jadeja performed brilliantly, both took three wickets. At the same time, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav and Akshar Patel took one wicket each.
Now India will have to score 249 runs in 50 overs to win. Both teams would like to win this match and lead to the series.
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