England 304 (Root 69, Duckett 65, Jadeja 3-35) vs India
After successful the toss and selecting to take first use of a black-soil floor, England discovered contributions from every of their prime seven, together with a 3rd 50-plus opening stand in consecutive matches from Duckett and Phil Salt, they usually had had designs on a 330-plus complete whereas Root and Jos Buttler had been easing by means of the gears in a fourth-wicket stand of 51.
Nevertheless, each males fell within the area of 4 overs to set off one other dramatic collapse, with England shedding their final seven wickets for 85, together with three run-outs, as they had been dismissed for 304 with one ball left unused.
Nonetheless, England did at the least put a rating on the board, with Duckett and Salt’s stand of 81 in 65 balls persevering with their positive alliance. The place Salt had been England’s principal aggressor of their sturdy begin to the primary ODI, Duckett was the primary man this outing, together with his willingness to throw his fingers by means of any trace of width handing him 10 boundaries in his 65 from 56 balls.
Salt, on the different finish, had been restricted to six from 11 balls within the first six overs when he was gifted a unprecedented let-off by Axar Patel on the deep third boundary. An tried uppercut off Hardik Pandya plopped straight into his fingers … and out once more, with Axar’s informal try giving option to astonishment and embarrassment because the ball fell to floor. Salt’s very subsequent shot was a agency drive for 4 off Shami, and he appeared to have discovered his groove when he launched a Hardik slower ball over long-on for the primary six of England’s innings.
Varun Chakravarthy, nonetheless, was itching to get entangled. After 14 wickets at 9.85 within the T20Is, he had earned his ODI debut on the age of 33, and wanted simply 11 balls to make his mark. Salt had already been warned of the hazards of hitting throughout the road when he did not pay money for a slogged free-hit, and three balls later, an identical swipe resulted in a forefront to a composed Jadeja at mid-off.
Ravindra Jadeja completed with 3 for 35 from his ten overs•Related Press
Root had a first-ball scare as Varun reviewed a decent attraction for lbw that was proven to be lacking leg, however one other huge let-off got here within the subsequent over, as Duckett, on 54, wafted into one other uppercut off Harshit Rana, however Shreyas Iyer at deep third was too sluggish in judging the flight of the ball. He made good floor in the long run with a fingertipped dive, however the likelihood went begging.
Duckett demonstrated his energy and contact with an astonishing whipped pull by means of midwicket off Rana, however the canny Jadeja quickly had his measure. Various his tempo all through his first over, he nearly bowled Duckett spherical his legs as he tried a scoop, then used his angle from around the wicket to power the left-hander to fetch the ball from outdoors his off stump. Duckett knelt right into a slog-sweep and did not pay money for it as Hardik held on at long-on.
Harry Brook arrived together with his approach in opposition to spin below scrutiny, and straight into the enamel of a typical middle-overs squeeze at 102 for two within the sixteenth. He might have gone for a five-ball duck had umpire Brown upheld an lbw attraction from Varun that ball-tracking recommended would clip leg, however signalled his belligerence in Varun’s subsequent over with an astonishing lofted drive for six over large long-off.
The risk from India’s spinners had not been thwarted, nonetheless, and on 16, Root ought to have been despatched on his means as Axar beat him on the sweep however declined to go for the overview. Rohit was seen throwing his fingers up in exasperation one over later, when the massive display screen confirmed three reds on the review-that-wasn’t.
Shubman Gill took three catches together with this stunner to ship again Harry Brook•MB Media/Getty Photographs
India burned their remaining overview when Root tried one other reverse-sweep on 36, with the thinnest brush of glove saving him from Varun’s in any other case adjoining lbw attraction. However undeterred, he stored going for the stroke, with two extra in the identical over, choosing off the huge hole between deep third and additional cowl.
By now, he had his captain for firm. Buttler’s energy is self-evident however his run-a-ball knock was all about placement, as he centered on strike rotation to maintain England’s innings constructing in direction of the projected huge end. Certainly one of his two boundaries was a present – a wild shy from Rana in his follow-through that whizzed previous the keeper for overthrows – however as he and Root nudged alongside to a fifty stand from 52 balls, England had been handily positioned at 219 for 3 within the thirty ninth over.
Buttler, nonetheless, determined the time was nigh to up the ante, and probably the most aggressive shot of his innings could be his final – with mid-off up, he made room to drill Hardik by means of the off facet, however Gill was available within the covers to cling on low with one other excellent take.
With England’s batting depth impacted by an premature hamstring harm for Jacob Bethell, the onus was on Root to bat by means of the innings. However, on 69, he too made room to leg and plopped a lofted drive to Kohli at large long-off, to fall to Jadeja for the fifth time in ODIs. In got here Jamie Overton, trusted as soon as once more at No.7 regardless of his formless shows within the T20Is. Positive sufficient, he threw his lengthy levers in Jadeja’s subsequent over, and handed Gill within the covers his easiest take of the day.
Livingstone survived a tricky likelihood to the keeper off Jadeja on 10, however discovered his vary with two huge sixes to assist hoist the overall previous 300. Adil Rashid did his bit too, clubbing three fours in a row off Shami because the forty eighth over, the largest of the innings, went for 15. Nevertheless, he was then run out for 14 from 5 as he turned blind for a second run after a beautiful return from the deep from Jadeja. It was an error that typified England’s missed alternatives.
Andrew Miller is UK editor of ESPNcricinfo. @miller_cricket
