India bounced back strongly from a 4-0 Twenty20 series whitewash to beat England by six wickets in the first one-day international at Edgbaston on Tuesday. Captain Shubman Gill top scored with 80, before retiring hurt with his side needing 110 runs from 24.2 overs, and Axar Patel hit 57 as they reached their target of 259 comfortably on a balmy evening.
\nWashington Sundar (52) wrapped up the match with a flourish, hitting a six that also brought up the 100 partnership with Patel, for a final score of 262-4 off 45.2 overs. Patel had earlier taken four wickets in a man-of-the-match \u200cperformance by the \u200cleft-arm spinner.
\n\u201cThe way the T20 series went, I think this \u200cis the perfect start for us,\u201d he said. Top-order batters Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli had both gone cheaply, the first caught by England captain Harry Brook for 11 and the latter dismissed lbw for five to Jofra Archer, but rising hopes of a home victory were soon dispelled as the runs piled up.
\nGill said he had suffered cramp but was already feeling better: \u201cI wanted to finish the job for the team but I had to come out. Very glad with the result,\u201d he added. England had started the day by \u200cwinning the toss and opting to bat but lost \u200cboth openers and Brook in the space of six balls to slump to 64-3 after a \u200c61-run opening stand.
\nJacob Bethell was first out, caught by a diving Washington Sundar off Gurnoor \u200cBrar, and fellow-opener Ben Duckett (43) followed two balls later when he was caught by Jasprit Bumrah on the boundary.
\nBrook was caught for one by Rohit at slip off Bumrah\u2019s first delivery of his second spell, with Jos Buttler coming to the crease in his 200th ODI. Buttler went for five, caught \u200cby Brar off Prasidh Krishna, and England were reeling after Sam Curran was out for a duck at 80-5.
\nThe collapse continued when Will Jacks was caught one-handed by a diving KL Rahul but Liam Dawson and Joe Root, dropped on seven by Shivam Dube, dug the home side out of a hole with a 121-run partnership. Dawson departed for 68 off 83 balls, his highest score in international cricket, while Root battled on to 76 not out.
\nNottinghamshire seamer Josh Tongue, making his ODI debut, was bowled middle stump by Patel with 13 balls remaining to close out England\u2019s innings. \u201cI think we lost five for 20 in that middle period, which is always going to put us on the back foot,\u201d said Brook. \u201cWe would have definitely liked to have played slightly better in that period of the game.\u201d
\nThe match was England\u2019s first since Brendon McCullum was sacked as head coach of the test team, with the series useful preparation for next year\u2019s World Cup in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia. Two more ODIs follow, in Cardiff on Thursday and at Lord\u2019s on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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