1st ODI: Shubman Gill, Bowlers Shine As India Ease Past England By 4 Wickets

IND vs ENG 1st ODI Live: India win!

An easy win this is for India as they win the first ODI by 4 wickets against England. Chasing 249, India reach home in 38.4 overs. The bowlers laid the platform before fifties from Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel made the chase a cakewalk.

IND vs ENG 1st ODI Live: OUT!

The hastiness to score runs gets better of Shubman Gill. It was a short ball from Saqib Mahmood and Gill was late on his pull shot. He even got a double hit before Jos Buttler took the catch running to his right at mid-on. Gil departs for 87 off 96 balls. A truly classy innings ends! 

IND 235/6 (36.2)

IND vs ENG 1st ODI Live: SIX, FOUR!

Hardik Pandya slammed a six off the last ball of the last over and now Shubman Gill has begun this 37th over with a four. He is targetting his century it seems. 

IND 235/5 (36.1)

IND vs ENG 1st ODI Live: WICKET!

KL Rahul is gone! Too much of defence takes a toll on Rahul as he ends up hitting the ball back to Adil Rashid. Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar vents out his frustration on-air as he was clearly unhappy over Rahul deliberately playing extremely slow to give Gill a chance to score his century.

IND vs ENG 1st ODI Live: OUT!

Adil Rashid gets the reward of his tight bowling. He has dismissed Axar Patel. It was pitched outside off and the ball turned too much to go through the bat-pad gap of Axar and rattle the stumps. The southpaw departs for 52 off 47. Shubman Gill gave a shocking reaction to it from the other end. He kept his right hand over his head, watching the dismissal.

IND 221/4 (33.4)

IND vs ENG 1st ODI Live: Fifty for Axar Patel!

Axar Patel scored his fifty in 46 balls. He gets there with a four down the ground. A crucial knock this is for him, considering there is Champions Trophy right after this three-match series. Axar bowled well in the first innings and he now shows his all-round talent with a well-crafted fifty.

IND 220/3 (33)

IND vs ENG 1st ODI Live: Maiden over!

Really good bowling from Adil Rashid. It’s a maiden over from him to Shubman Gill. India need only 41 runs to win the game. Meanwhile, Gill is 25 away from his century. Will he go for it? Or he is going for it already?

IND 208/3 (32)

IND vs ENG 1st ODI Live: FOUR!

A beautiful lofted sweep shot from Shubman Gill for a four. He didn’t try to keep it down and the ball raced away for the boundary through the gap between the deep square leg and fine leg fielders. With that Gill races to the 74-run mark.

IND 206/3 (29.5) 

IND vs ENG 1st ODI Live: FOUR, FOUR!

Jofra Archer was hit for two fours by Shubman Gill in the over. Archer didn’t bowl well in this over as he was hit one of his boundaries on short ball and the other one on a delivery having width. India need only 70 to win the game. 

IND 179/3 (27)

IND vs ENG 1st ODI Live: Fifty for Shubman Gill!

Shubman Gill has slammed his half-century in 60 balls. He is struggling with some problem in his legs but still continues to hold one end tight for India and score runs. The hosts are 164 for 3 in 24.5 overs vs England.

IND vs ENG 1st ODI Live: FOUR!

A flighted delivery outside off-stump from Liam Livingstone and Shubman Gill has lofted it over extra cover for a classy four. India need 89 runs more to win. The asking rate is just 3.42 for them. It all seems like a cakewalk from this point.

IND 160/3 (24)

IND vs ENG 1st ODI Live: Good review!

Shubman Gill was given out LBW on the third ball of the over bowled by Liam Livingstone and he decided to review against it. It was a right call from the batter as he had got a big inside edge on it. Gill knew about it so he was extremely confident while going for the review. 

IND 149/3 (22)

IND vs ENG 1st ODI Live: Gill is injured!

Shubman Gill seems to be in some discomfort. It has something to do with his legs. We have a short stoppage in play. The play is set to resume now after Gill gets some treatment. Let’s hope it is not serious.

IND 143/3 (21)

IND vs ENG 1st ODI Live: SIX!

17.5 – It was in the arc and went out of the park. Jacob Bethell gave the ball flight and Axar Patel smashed it over the deep mid-wicket for a biggie. Connection was really sweet and the ball travelled to a distance of 82 metres. Even the bowler was left impressed over the shot.

IND vs ENG 1st ODI Live: OUT!

Big wicket for England this is! Shreyas Iyer departs after scoring 59 runs off 36 balls. He went for a cross-batted shot but missed the ball completely. Iyer was caught plumb in front of the stumps and the umpire had no hesitation in raising his finger. Iyer still decided to go upstairs and burnt one review of India in the process.

IND 113/3 (16)

IND vs ENG 1st ODI Live: Fifty for Shreyas Iyer!

Shreyas Iyer reached his fifty in only 30 balls. He smashed 8 fours and 2 sixes by the time he got to the milestone. India are simply cruising in the chase of 249 runs against England at the moment. 

IND 101/2 (14)

IND vs ENG 1st ODI Live: FOUR, FOUR, FOUR!

Conecutive sixes to Jofra Archer and now three fours to Brydon Carse in one over, Shreyas Iyer is having a lot of fun here in Nagpur. He is looking really confident in this chase. The right-handed batter is currently at 35 off 16 balls.

IND 71/2 (10)

IND vs ENG 1st ODI Live: SIX! SIX!

Wow! A short ball from Jofra Archer and Shreyas Iyer has played a superb pull shot on it for a six. The ball sailed over the deep mid-wicket fence for a biggie. Archer follows it up with another short ball and Iyer plays an upper cut on it for another six. 2 in 2.

IND 43/2 (7)

IND vs ENG 1st ODI Live: India are 2 down!

Rohit Sharma is gone! Another big wicket for England and they have their tails up now. India are in some good trouble here in what is their dress rehearsal for the Champions Trophy. Rohit played the flick shot a bit early and that sees him top edging the ball in the air. Liam Livingstone took the catch inside the circle. Rohit fell for 2 runs off 7 balls. 

IND 19/2 (5.2)

IND vs ENG 1st ODI Live: OUT!

Yashasvi Jaiswal is gone! It is a peach of a delivery from Jofra Archer to get the wicket.

IND 19/1 (4.3)

IND vs ENG 1st ODI Live: Luck favours Jaiswal!

Yashasvi Jaiswal got a thick outside edge on the third ball of Saqib Mahmood’s over, but he was luckly that the ball flew over the slips to run away for a four. The southpaw then slammed a superb drive down the ground to earn another four. 12 came off the over.

IND 19/0 (4)

IND vs ENG 1st ODI Live: End of first over!

Only one run came off the first over bowled by Jofra Archer. Just when I type this, Yashasvi Jaiswal has cut away England pacer Saqib Mahmood’s short ball for a four on the off side. India are 5/0 after 1.1 overs now.

IND vs ENG 1st ODI Live: The chase begins!

India begin their chase with Yashasvi Jaiswal taking the strike and Rohit Sharma at the other end. Jofra Archer will bowl the first over. Here we go…

IND vs ENG 1st ODI Live: England all out for 248!

Kuldeep Yadav gets the wicket of Saqib Mahmood and England are all out now. What started as a promising innings for England has been stopped at 248. They should have batted better.

ENG 248 (47.4)

IND vs ENG 1st ODI Live: OUT!

46.4 – Ravindra Jadeja has cleaned up Adil Rashid. You miss I hit kind of thing it was. Rashid missed hit shot and that disturbed the timber work.

ENG 242/9 (47)

IND vs ENG 1st ODI Live: OUT!

Big wicket for India this is! Jacob Bethell is gone and England are in all sorts of trouble now. They are 8 down. And what a good review that from Ravindra Jadeja that helps India claim this wicket. Bethell missed his cross-batted shot and got hit on the back foot. Umpire was unconvinced with the appeal but Jadeja asked the captain to take it upstairs. Ball tracking revealed that it would have hit hte middle stump and off-stump. As soon as the big screen showed “OUT”, India captain Rohit was extremely happy.

ENG 220/8 (42.4)

IND vs ENG 1st ODI Live: Fifty for Bethell!

Jacob Bethell raced to his half-century in 62 balls. He got there with a single on the last ball of the 42nd over. A crucial fifty this is for England as they are struggling hard to survive for their quota of 50 overs.

IND vs ENG 1st ODI Live: WICKET!

Mohammed Shami strikes. He has got the wicket of Brydon Carse and England are in some real trouble now. They are seven down with around 10 overs of play still left in their innings. It was a short of length ball from Shami and Carse wanted to pull it but missed. The ball rattled the stumps.

ENG 206/7 (39.5)

IND vs ENG 1st ODI Live: OUT

OUT!!! WOAHH!!! Such a dream debut for pacer Harshit Rana as he takes his third wicket of the day. This time, Liam Livingstone becomes his prey and departs for five. Rana offers some bounce as the ball hits the edge and Livingstone takes a good catch behind the stumps. Sixth wicket gone for England. 

ENG 184/6 (35.4 overs)

IND vs ENG 1st ODI Live: 4 runs off the over

After losing the wicket of Jos Buttler, England are showing a cautious approach against India’s bowling unit. Liam Livingstone has joined Jacob Bethell at the crease and the duo is forming a stable partnership for five-down England. In the previous over of Kuldeep Yadav, the duo scores four runs. 

ENG 182/5 (35 overs)

India vs England Live: BIG WICKET!

Axar Patel has got the big fish for India. He has removed Jos Buttler just after the player scored his fifty. Buttler departs for 52 off 67 balls and England are some trouble now as they still have 17 overs of play left.

ENG 170/5 (33)

India vs England Live: Fifty for Jos Buttler!

30.4 – A single and Jos Buttler races to his 27th ODI fifty with it. It comes off 58 balls and that too at a crucial time for England. This also turns out to be first ODI fifty for Buttler on Indian soil in 17 ODIs that he has played.

India vs England Live: Buttler’s big feat!

As Jos Buttler reached 47, he got his highest scored in ODI format on Indian soil.

India vs England Live: SIX

SIX!!! After Jos Buttler, Jacob Bethell also opens his arms and starts dealing in fours and sixes. In the previous over of Hardik Pandya, Bethell hammers a huge maximum. Short and down leg, he gets inside the line and then pulls it fine, right onto the advertisement board at long leg. 

ENG 153/4 (28 overs)

India vs England Live: Sham back into the attack

As England get a stable partnership from Jos Buttler and Jacob Bethell, India get desperate for more wickets. India skipper Rohit Sharma now turns back to veteran pacer Mohammed Shami and hands over the ball to him. In his previous over, Shami leaks only two runs. 

ENG 135/4 (24 overs)

India vs England Live: Good over for England

After a brief hiatus, England finally get a big over as Jos Buttler hits some boundaries. In the previous over of Kuldeep Yadav, Buttler hits two boundaries as the spinner concedes nine runs. England need more of these to bounce back in the game. 

ENG 126/4 (22 overs)

IND vs ENG 1st ODI Live: OUT

OUT!!! Ravindra Jadeja has joined the party in style as he dismissed Joe Root for 19. Jadeja bamboozles Root with his spin as he strikes directly onto his pads and on-field umpire signals LBW out. Despite opting for a DRS review, Root, who is Virat Kohli’s competitor in the Fab 4 race, had to depart. England lose their fourth wicket. 

ENG 111/4 (18.3 overs)

India vs England Live: England steady

The duo of Jos Buttler and Joe Root is steadily taking England ahead in the game. The duo is forming a stable partnership as three-down England eye some boundaries. In the previous over of Ravindra Jadeja, the duo scores two runs. 

ENG 104/3 (17 overs)

IND vs ENG 1st ODI Live: Kuldeep into the attack

India skipper Rohit Sharma hands over the ball to spinner Kuldeep Yadav. India need more wickets at this moment, in order to maintain their dominance in the game. However, in his first over, Kuldeep leaks nine runs, which include a boundary from Joe Root. 

ENG 94/3 (14 overs)

IND vs ENG 1st ODI Live: 4 runs off the over

After losing three wickets in a quick succession, England have gone on the backfoot. Currently, England have Jos Buttler and Joe Root standing unbeaten at the crease. The duo is forming a stable partnership and bringing the visitors back into the game. In the previous over of Hardik Pandya, the duo scores four runs. 

ENG 85/3 (13 overs)