IND vs ENG ODI Man of the Match: The Indian fast bowler was awarded the match award for the fourth time in his career.
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During the first ODI of the ongoing India’s tour of England at The Oval, India beat England by 10 wickets to attain a 1-0 lead in this three-match series.
Chasing a paltry 111-run target, captain Rohit Sharma and veteran batter Shikhar Dhawan put together a match-winning 114-run opening stand to seal the chase in the 19th over.
Sharma, easily the more fluent of the two Indian batters today, scored his 45th ODI half-century, 33rd as an opener, 16th away from home, seventh in England, fourth as captain and third against England. Not afraid to play his shots, Sharma ended up scoring 76* (58) with the help of seven fours and five sixes.
comfortable win for india with more than an over to spare…oh wait..#ENGvIND
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) July 12, 2022
Playing an ODI after five months, Dhawan didn’t look in the best of touches. However, the left-handed batter was mature enough to fight it out in the middle by spending time in the middle scoring 31* (54) including four fours.
IND vs ENG ODI Man of the Match
One of the easiest ODI run-chases in modern-day cricket wouldn’t have been possible without fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah’s career-best bowling figures in this format. Third-best ODI bowling figures for an Indian bowler, Bumrah was phenomenal with the new ball to pick figures of 7.2-3-19-6.
Not very difficult to guess for this particular match, Bumrah was declared the Player of the Match for the fourth time (third in England) in his career. A first spell reading 5-2-9-4 comprised of wickets of Jason Roy (0), Joe Root (0), Jonny Bairstow (7) and Liam Livingstone (0) as Bumrah played a key role in reducing England to 26/5 in the eighth over.
“When there’s swing and seam movement, it is very exciting in white-ball cricket to get that opportunity because you usually have to be defensive with the kind of pitches. When I bowled the first ball, I found some swing and we tried to exploit that. When the ball is doing something you don’t have to try a lot. It is a good place to be when the ball is swinging,” Bumrah told Sky Sports during the post-match presentation ceremony.
