With Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes and Joe Root featuring in an ODI XI together for the first time since England’s epic triumph in the 2019 World Cup final, this was supposed to be one big English batting party.
Known for batting in ODIs and even Tests in cavalier fashion these days, England looked set to take that template forward when India won the toss and asked them to bat first in the first ODI at The Oval.
Except that the hosts didn’t account for a ‘perfect storm’ in Jasprit Bumrah, which made a mockery of their ambitions and techniques against the moving ball. On a cloudy afternoon, on an unusually greenish pitch, which perhaps had been prepared to test India’s batsmen, Jasprit Bumrah came down like a ton of bricks on England, and they had nowhere to hide and surrendered to his class.
Returning devastating, career-best figures of six for 19 in 7.2 overs of top-class fast bowling, Bumrah, with fine support from new-ball partner Mohammed Shami (3-31) sent England crashing to 110 all out in 25. 2 overs. The reliable firm of skipper Rohit Sharma (76 not out, 58b, 7x54, 5x6) and Shikhar Dhawan (31 not out, 54b, 4x4) then completed the demolition job, crossing the target in just 18.4 overs to ensure a 10-wicket romp for India. This is the first time that they have beaten England by that big a margin in an ODI.
England now just have a day to recover from this bruising defeat, before they take on India, who have a 1-0 lead in the three-match series, in the second ODI at Lord’s on Thursday. Rohit and Dhawan’s unbeaten 114-run opening stand was their 18th 100-run alliance in ODIs, and they have now also crossed 5,000 runs as a pair.
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