Jasprit Bumrah took his career-best figures of 6/19 as India defeated England by 10 wickets in the first ODI of the three-match series at The Oval on Tuesday. England,
Bumrah ended with envious figures of 7.2-3-19-6 as India skittled out England for 110, their lowest against the visitors, after opting to bowl in overcast conditions.
Skipper Rohit Sharma (76 not out off 58) and Shikhar Dhawan (31 not out off 54), who was playing his first competitive game since the IPL, steered India home with an unbeaten 114-run stand off 18.4 overs.
While Dhawan understandably took time to get into the rhythm, Rohit regaled the crowd with some sublime shots, including the two front foot pulls off Craig Overton that went for a six and four.
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Dhawan, who struggled to 2 off 17 balls, got going with back-to-back boundaries off Reece Topley. India had all the time to breeze to victory, allowing the southpaw to take it easy.
Rohit reached the 50-run mark with his third six of the innings, an effortless hook off Brydon Chase over fine leg. He pulled Chase towards the end of the innings for his fifth maximum before Dhawan hit the winning boundary.
Sent into bat first, England were tottering at 26/5 in 7.5 with Bumrah taking four of them. However, knocks from captain Jos Buttler, Moeen Ali and David Willey helped the hosts cross the 100-run mark. Buttler top-scored for England with 30.
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Bumrah, thus joined Stuart Binny (6/4 vs BAN), Anil Kumble (6/12 vs WI), Ashish Nehra (6/23 vs ENG) and Kuldeep Yadav (6/25 vs ENG) in the six-wicket club. Besides Bumrah, Mohammed Shami and Prasidh Krishna took three and one wickets respectively.
Earlier, India opted to bowl first against England after Rohit Sharma won the toss at The Oval. Expectedly, India are missing the services of Virat Kohli due to a groin strain. Shreyas Iyer will bat at No.3.
The BCCI confirmed Virat Kohli's groin strain on Twitter. "Virat Kohli and Arshdeep Singh were not considered for selection for the first ODI against England. Virat has a mild groin strain while Arshdeep has right abdominal strain. The BCCI Medical Team is monitoring them," BCCI said.
India are coming into the series after having defeated England 2-1 in the T20 series. Prior to that, England emerged triumphant in the rescheduled fifth Test match against India.
Playing XIs
England: Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler(w/c), Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Craig Overton, David Willey, Brydon Carse, Reece Topley
India: Rohit Sharma(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Prasidh Krishna
