India National Cricket Team captain Shubman Gill opened up on the performance of his side in the first ODI of the three-match series against the England National Cricket Team on Tuesday, July 14. India beat England by 6 wickets with 28 balls to spare to take a 1-0 lead in the series.
Speaking after the win, Shubman Gill credited Axar Patel and Washington Sundar's innings and was happy with the team's overall performance, and also spoke about how England put them under pressure and then the team bounced back.
Harry Brook won the toss and elected to bat first, as they announced their playing XI on the eve of the match. Shubman Gill and Team India played three seamers and two spinners in the game, with Jasprit Bumrah coming back into the side for the first time since the 2023 ODI World Cup final.
The home side had a cautious start against the likes of Bumrah and Prasidh Krishna. Openers Ben Duckket took charge against the young Gurnoor Brar, but the pacer came back strong in the game after the change of ends, providing the breakthrough, while Jacob Bethell struggled and was back for 14 runs, and in the same over Duckket went back for 43 runs.
England crumbled in the middle overs as they lost 5 wickets within the span of 19 runs, putting them on the back foot. But Joe Root and Liam Dawson stood strong as they stitched a partnership of 121(134), with Dawson scoring 68(83) and Root was unbeaten on 76 runs as they were bowled out for 258, with Axar Patel picking 4/62.
Axar Patel shines bright for India
Coming out to chase, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill had a steady start; they looked in good touch after being set. Rohit went for the big shot and mistimed it off Sam Curran’s delivery, and was back in the pavilion for 11 runs; soon, Virat Kohli followed for just 5 runs as India were on the back foot.
Then Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer stitched a partnership of 101 runs off 103 deliveries. But the India captain had to walk back to the pavilion with a possible hamstring injury while he was well set on the score of 80 runs. Soon Iyer was dismissed with a direct hit from Brook, who sent back the vice-captain for 35 runs.
Axar Patel and Washington Sundar stood tall as both batters scored half-centuries. They stitched a 102-run partnership and took India home as both were unbeaten on the score of 57 and 52 runs.
"We bounced back": Shubman Gill praises India's bowling attack
Gill heap praised Washington Sundar and Axar Patel for their innings and also highlighted the fact that India's middle order and lower middle order getting runs will provide confidence to the team. He also backed the team's batting performance.
Shubman Gill said, "When you see the lower order team finish off like that, it gives you a lot of confidence. It was more about our combination (on wanting to bowl first). We back our batting order to chase. Our bowling overs in the middle overs was decent."
"We were put under pressure but we bounced back by taking 5 wickets. We'll try to see which combination gives the best depth. The condition here will be similar to South Africa. The ball was kicking off. If we can test different combinations, it'll be great for us."
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