India Vs England, 1st ODI- As it happended
Kuldeep Yadav picked his career best 6 for 25 and Rohit Sharma made his 18th century as
India won the match by 8 wickets and 59 balls to spare. Rohit Sharma hit a sublime century to help India beat England.
Riding on a terrific 167 run partnership between Rohit Sharma and Skipper Virat Kholi,
India on Thursday thumped England by 8 wickets in the first one-day international at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.
Chasing a target of 269, India chased down the total with 59 balls remaining. Shiker Dhawan (40off27) and
Rohit Sharma provded India with a solid start, contributing 59runs for the first wicket. After Dhawan
departure, kohili once again came to bat at number three position ahead of KL Rahul. Both Rohit and Kholi
played brillinty against theEngland spinners and seamers alike. Rohit brought his 18th century off 82 balls
and went on to remained unbeaten on 137. His innings was laced with 15 boundaries and foue sixes. Virat
also played a stellar 75-run knock off82 balls before getting out stumped off Adil Rashid delivery. For
England, none of the bowlers looked threating against Rohit and Kholi. Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid took one
wicket each.
