India hold nerve despite losing three late wickets for 14 runs
Gill (87) and Patel (52) steer India towards victory
Iyer crashes 30-ball half-century
England struggle to 248 all out
Buttler and Bethell make half-centuries
England lose three wickets for two runs after racing to 75-0
First of three ODIs, Nagpur
Daniel Norcross
Test Match Special commentator
England’s challenge is to find the tempo of 50-over cricket. Something that has been conspicuously missing over the last few years. Initial signs are that Salt and Duckett are, tentatively, finding that tempo.
It's just been brought to my attention that someone has left their own stash of 'I Can't Believe It's Not Butter' in the BBC fridge (other butter substitutes are available).
Can someone be so attached to their own spread that they would need to bring it to work? Is it communal?
Dancing from Duckett, clobbering Shami through mid-off, then in no control of one that plops over mid-on for four more.
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Re Jav saying Root should knock white-ball on the head. Root is exactly what this white-ball side needs. You see more and more sides now having Test players in their ODI side rather than specialist white-ball batters because they know how to build an innings. Root being the glue of the order at three was a huge reason why England won the World Cup in 2019. As long as he wants to play white ball, he should be in any side.
Jar, Sutton Coldfield
Image source, ReutersHarshit, the cricketing equivalent of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, is a big lad. He's got shoulders like a man who forgot to take the coat hanger out of his shirt. He's got pace, too. He hurries Salt and hits him in a fleshy bit. Good, hostile over. A maiden.
Something about cricket being played on grass, rather than paper.
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Image source, Getty ImagesLooks a decent England side “on paper”
Andy, Jersey
I had to defrost the car this morning. Comfortably one of the worst household jobs. Not as bad as ironing, but miles worse than mowing the lawn.
Lovely from Duckett. Gorgeous drive through mid-off from Shami for four.
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He’s obviously England’s best player but I really feel like Joe should knock the white ball cricket on the head after the champions trophy. We’ve seen how good he is when focusing on red ball. Go and break that run record
Jav
Here we go then. Phil Salt gets England moving with a couple of boundaries. The first is a slash through the off side, nice shot. The second, hack behind square, is more algricultural.
Nice shot from Ben Duckett to finally get England under way. Cut for three.
Harshit Rana shares the new ball, on his ODI debut. He's in the actual XI, not a sub...
There was quite a lot of slashing and heaving from Salt in that over, but no runs. Lively, noisy crowd in Nagpur.
Swinging both ways, actually.
Hint of swing there. Salt misses with a big drive.
Here we go. Mohammad Shami has the ball. Phil Salt on strike. Two slips.
India: Rohit Sharma (capt), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami
England: Ben Duckett, Phil Salt (wk), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler (capt), Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Saqib Mahmood
The plyers are heading our for the anthems, lining up in the scorching Nagpur sun. There's other cricket today, too. Australia have started their second Test in Sri Lanka and Ireland are playing an ODI in Zimbabwe. Keep an eye on the scores here.
If you're cheery this morning, do get in touch. Text, tweet or WhatsApp us. Give me more optimism than Soham has provided.
Thanks, Soham, that's cheered me right up.
Soham Sarkhel
CricViz analyst
Image source, Getty ImagesThe last time England won an ODI series in India was in 1984 - none of the players in the England ODI squad were born back then. England have lost each of their last six ODI series' (starting from 2006) against India away from home, they have won only five and lost 22 games in them. Since the start of 2006, England have won only 17% of their ODIs against India in India - their worst record against any opposition away from home.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Salt,run out Iyer Salt, run out Iyer | 43 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 165.38 |
Duckett,caught Jaiswal, bowled Rana Duckett, caught Jaiswal, bowled Rana | 32 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 47 | 110.34 |
Root,leg before wicket, bowled Jadeja Root, leg before wicket, bowled Jadeja | 19 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 61.29 |
Brook,caught Rahul, bowled Rana Brook, caught Rahul, bowled Rana | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 |
Buttler,caught Pandya, bowled Patel Buttler, caught Pandya, bowled Patel | 52 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 84 | 77.61 |
Bethell,leg before wicket, bowled Jadeja Bethell, leg before wicket, bowled Jadeja | 51 | 64 | 3 | 1 | 94 | 79.69 |
Livingstone,caught Rahul, bowled Rana Livingstone, caught Rahul, bowled Rana | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 50.00 |
Carse,bowled Mohammed Shami Carse, bowled Mohammed Shami | 10 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 55.56 |
Rashid,bowled Jadeja Rashid, bowled Jadeja | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 50.00 |
Archer,not out Archer, not out | 21 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 116.67 |
Mahmood,stumped Rahul, bowled Yadav Mahmood, stumped Rahul, bowled Yadav | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 50.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 2, byes 1, leg byes 2, total 5 Extras, no balls 0, wides 2, byes 1, leg byes 2, total 5 | ||||||
Total,248 all out 47.4 overs Total,248 all out 47.4 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mohammed Shami | 8.0 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 4.75 |
Rana | 7.0 | 1 | 53 | 3 | 7.57 |
Patel | 7.0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 5.42 |
Pandya | 7.0 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 5.28 |
Yadav | 9.4 | 0 | 53 | 1 | 5.48 |
Jadeja | 9.0 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 2.88 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
75 for 1 (8.5 overs) | Salt |
77 for 2 (9.3 overs) | Duckett |
77 for 3 (9.6 overs) | Brook |
111 for 4 (18.3 overs) | Root |
170 for 5 (32.6 overs) | Buttler |
183 for 6 (35.4 overs) | Livingstone |
206 for 7 (39.5 overs) | Carse |
220 for 8 (42.4 overs) | Bethell |
241 for 9 (46.4 overs) | Rashid |
248 for 10 (47.4 overs) | Mahmood |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jaiswal,caught Salt, bowled Archer Jaiswal, caught Salt, bowled Archer | 15 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 68.18 |
Sharma,caught Livingstone, bowled Mahmood Sharma, caught Livingstone, bowled Mahmood | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 28.57 |
Gill,caught Buttler, bowled Mahmood Gill, caught Buttler, bowled Mahmood | 87 | 96 | 14 | 0 | 133 | 90.63 |
Iyer,leg before wicket, bowled Bethell Iyer, leg before wicket, bowled Bethell | 59 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 44 | 163.89 |
Patel,bowled Rashid Patel, bowled Rashid | 52 | 47 | 6 | 1 | 67 | 110.64 |
Rahul,caught and bowled Rashid Rahul, caught and bowled Rashid | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 22.22 |
Pandya,not out Pandya, not out | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 150.00 |
Jadeja,not out Jadeja, not out | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 120.00 |
Extras, no balls 1, wides 4, byes 0, leg byes 8, total 13 Extras, no balls 1, wides 4, byes 0, leg byes 8, total 13 | ||||||
Total,251 for 6 38.4 overs Total,251 for 6 38.4 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Archer | 7.0 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 5.57 |
Mahmood | 6.4 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 7.05 |
Carse | 5.0 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 10.40 |
Rashid | 10.0 | 1 | 49 | 2 | 4.90 |
Bethell | 3.0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 6.00 |
Livingstone | 5.0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 5.60 |
Root | 2.0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
19 for 1 (4.3 overs) | Jaiswal |
19 for 2 (5.2 overs) | Sharma |
113 for 3 (15.6 overs) | Iyer |
221 for 4 (33.4 overs) | Patel |
225 for 5 (35.4 overs) | Rahul |
235 for 6 (36.2 overs) | Gill |