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India defeated England by 4 wickets in the first match of the 3 -match ODI series. The English team, batting first, was reduced to 248 runs. India won the match by scoring 251 runs due to the partnership of Shubman Gill and Akshar Patel.
Harshit Rana, who is making her debut after the match on Thursday, said, I have worked hard for ODI cricket. The player of the match Gill said, the bridge shot I hit was my favorite. Akshar said, I knew that I would bat in the middle order.
Read what the players said after the match …
It was a dream for India to play- joyful Harshit, who took 3 wickets on his debut, said, playing for India was a dream. I prepared myself for this and worked hard. Initially I did not bowl the ball on the right length, but as soon as I corrected it, I got the reward.
Phil Salt and Ben wanted to play in a docket, which is why I kept bowling at stumps. Both sharp and slow balls were proving to be effective in this pitch. Seeing the batsman, I experimented the ball.
I played positive cricket- Gill Shubman, who was the player of the match scoring 87 runs, said, I was playing positive cricket on the pitch. The new ball was also swinging on this pitch, spinners were also getting turn. I think when I was batting around 70 runs, the bridge shot I hit was my favorite. Me and Akshar tried to score a square of the wicket runs. Rohit Bhai told me as vice -captain that whatever is going on in the game, I keep input to him.
I already knew that the middle order would get batting in the middle order Akshar scored 52 runs while batting in the middle order. He said, I already knew that if the wicket fell, the team would go towards left-right combination. Because of this I can get promotion. I was already ready for this.
We tried to bowl spin in the powerplay, but at that time the ball was coming well on the bat. The pitch had a turn for spin bowlers. Adil Rashid bowled brilliantly, he made a change in his speed and got a turn. If we had done this too, we could have got more turn.
Very happy with the performance of the team- Rohit The Indian captain said at the press conference, “I am very happy with the performance of the team.” We all knew that we are playing ODI cricket after a long time. As I thought, the team played accordingly. England started well, but the way we returned was fantastic. Jadeja understood the pitch and bowled.
While chasing the target, we wanted a laftty batsman in the middle order. We know that Akshar is a great batsman, he has proved it many times. Gill and Akshar batted brilliantly.
Disappointed at not winning the match- Jose Butler On the first ODI defeat, Jose Butler said, I am disappointed at not winning the match. Made a great start in Powerplay, but we lost wickets continuously. Seeing the way spin bowlers were getting turn in the second innings, they felt that if 40-50 runs were scored, they would have more pressure on them. We took wickets in the initial over, but Shreyas Iyer came and attacked the counter.
