IND VS ENG: India beat England in the first ODI match, here are five reasons for the victory

India defeated England by 66 runs in the first ODI. In the match, India scored 317 runs, losing 5 wickets in 50 overs. In response to this, England’s team collapsed for 251 runs in 42.1 overs. The batsmen and bowlers contributed equally to this victory of Team India. We are going to enumerate five reasons for Team India’s win here.

First reason – Team India may have started slowly in the match, but Shikhar Dhawan’s 98-run innings helped Team India reach a big score. During this, Virat also played an innings of 56 runs in the middle order for the Indian team.

The second reason – For Team India, the middle order and the lower order also contributed to the batting along with the top order in the match. For India, KL Rahul played an unbeaten 62 and Krunal Pandya, who was playing a debut match, scored an unbeaten 58 runs.

The third reason – England had a great start chasing the target. There was a big 135-run partnership between Johnny Bairstow and Jason Roy. But the fast bowlers made the return of Team India by taking wickets in the crucial time. Shardul Thakur managed to show Johnny Bairstow the path of the pavilion on a personal score of 94 runs.

The fourth reason – In this victory of Team India, it was the role of the famous Krishna playing debut match, who took the maximum 4 wickets, and forced the England team to kneel. At the same time, the famous Krishna met the rest of the bowlers as well.

Fifth reason – Indian captain Virat Kohli’s strategy in the match was also successful. He used the bowlers properly to prevent England from reaching the target.