Twitter Reactions: India lynch England to go one up in the ODI series
Rohit's hundred and Kuldeep's six-wicket haul helped India win the game in a one-sided affair.
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An eight-wicket win in ODI cricket with almost 10 overs to spare is a one-sided affair. It wasn’t expected to be such an easy game on a high-scoring venue but Team India choked England to an undersized total. When they walked out to chase down 269 it was all too easy. Rohit Sharma stood there, took his time and then just put up a commanding performance to lead the Indian team to an authoritative victory.
Virat Kohli won the toss and asked England to bat first. Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow had a good start to the innings enjoying the pace Indian bowlers had to offer. But once Kuldeep Yadav was introduced in the attack, things just changed and changed forever. He dismissed Roy in his very first over for 38 and returned to pick another couple of wickets in his next.
Bairstow didn’t read the one that came back into him and was out lbw for 38 as well. Joe Root was hit in front of the stumps from the one that turned into him as well and he had no idea where the ball was going. Yuzvendra Chahal then dismissed Eoin Morgan and Kuldeep returned in his second spell to pick another three wickets.
The left-arm wrist spinner ended his ten overs with a six-wicket haul and spent just 25 runs making it the best bowling figures by an Indian bowler in England. As a result, England were bowled out for 268.
When India walked out to bat, England didn’t have a chinaman in their line-up and no bowler troubled them at all. After the initial couple overs where the ball-shaped just a bit there was no movement and the batsmen stood their ground and played all the kinds of shots, they wanted to. Shikhar Dhawan scored a brisk 40 from 27 balls but miscued one from Moeen Ali. Thereafter Kohli and Rohit had a 167 runs partnership and they commanded Team India towards a huge win.
Rohit got to his 18th ODI hundred en route and Kohli who looked really good to convert his fifty into a big knock was dismissed on75 off an Adil Rashid googly he failed to read. KL Rahul then walked in at 4 and they completed the formality with Rohit remaining unbeaten on 137.
Here is how Twitterati reacted to Team India’s huge win:
Good performance by our bowlers to set it up for #TeamIndia!
Clinical finish by our top order, led by @SDhawan25 only to be followed by a dominating partnership between @ImRo45 and @imVkohli. #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/E72yBswB7R— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) July 12, 2018
Wah wah wah Rohit Sharma @ImRo45 class💪💯
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) July 12, 2018
Fair to say @ECB_cricket have been the best side for a while but this will be a great series . @BCCI @imVkohli @ImRo45 in good touch. Gonna be one amazing World Cup next year in England.
— David Warner (@davidwarner31) July 12, 2018
What a high quality spin bowling spell from @imkuldeep18 . His top 5 best ODI performances have all come overseas. Katappa ne Baahubali ko kyun maara pata chal gaya, but how to play Kuldeep, England ko abhi nahi. Great effort #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/PJDDTWoeeI
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) July 12, 2018
— Brendan Taylor (@BrendanTaylor86) July 12, 2018
Most wins after 50 ODIs as captain:
39 C Lloyd/ R Ponting/ V KOHLI
37 H Cronje
36 V Richards
34 S Pollcok
33 Wasim Akram/ Waqar Younis#ENGvIND— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) July 12, 2018
Most ODI Hundreds as an Opener
45 Tendulkar
28 Jayasuriya
26 Amla
23 Gayle
21 Dilshan
20 Anwar
19 Ganguly
18 Gibbs
17 Haynes
16 ROHIT / Gilchrist
15 Tharanga / M Waugh
14 Sehwag / Astle / Warner pic.twitter.com/dzIQhEqTFH— Cricketopia (@CricketopiaCom) July 12, 2018
Two outstanding individual performances for India today:
Kuldeep Yadav 6/25: Best figures by an Indian vs England in England
Rohit Sharma 137* : Highest score by an Indian vs England in England#ENGvIND #INDvENG— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) July 12, 2018
Comprehensive victory for India to start the one day series. Brilliant innings from Rohit ably supported by Shikhar and Virat, but Kuldeep Yadav turned the game in favour of India with that incredible spell. Well begun India #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/HMALpfWvrl
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) July 12, 2018
DID YOU KNOW: England have not bowled a single line no-ball in their last 35 ODIs. Their bowlers have delivered 9280 consecutive balls without overstepping.
Their last bowler to overstep was Liam Plunkett against India in Cuttack in January 2017. #EngvInd
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) July 12, 2018
Dear @imVkohli,
Please do the needful to make it a contest between best odi sides in the world.
Do your thing. Drop kuldeep from next 2 odis. #INDvENG #ENGvIND— SwingAndSeam (@swing_seam) July 12, 2018
Fantastic innings from @ImRo45 . Makes batting look so easy. And this victory was a stroll in the park for India. Kuldeep's match to remember though #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/37xIytgMau
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) July 12, 2018
Most Wins as an ODI Captain after 50 matches
39 Clive Llyod
39 Ricky Ponting
39 VIRAT KOHLI pic.twitter.com/SEtMzblnSx— Cricketopia (@CricketopiaCom) July 12, 2018
Kuldeep Yadav bowled 10 overs without conceding a boundary at a venue where the last two totals by England were 481 and 444. What a bowler. #EngvInd
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) July 12, 2018
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