Bowled and beautiful: Jasprit Bumrah bamboozles England to script 10-wicket win for India in first ODI

LONDON, July 12

India captain Rohit Sharma notched up a sublime fifty as the tourists thrashed England by 10 wickets after a career-best performance of 6/19 by Jasprit Bumrah in the first One-day International of the three-match series at the Oval here today.

When there is swing and seam movement, it is exciting times for white-ball cricket Jasprit Bumrah, Player of the match

Looking at the pitch and the overhead conditions, bowling was the right call to make. We never worry about the conditions… during the T20s as well when the pitch was flat; we came out and did the job Rohit Sharma, India Captain

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Rohit (76 not out) and fellow opener Shikhar Dhawan (31 not out) made light work of England’s 110, knocking off the victory target with 31.2 overs to spare.

Earlier, England had a horror start after being put in to bat when Bumrah rattled Jason Roy’s stumps with an in-swinger and then deceived Joe Root two balls later with a delivery that nipped away. Both players failed to get off the mark.

Ben Stokes also perished for a golden duck in the following over, edging behind off Mohammed Shami (3/31), before Bumrah accounted for Jonny Bairstow (7) and Liam Livingstone (0) to leave England reeling at 26/5 in overcast conditions.

Captain Jos Buttler (30) and Moeen Ali (14) led a brief recovery but both were dismissed in quick succession before a 35-run ninth-wicket stand between David Willey (21) and Brydon Carse (15) pushed England past 100.

The home side were eventually bowled out in 25.2 overs for their lowest total against India in 50-over cricket. Their previous lowest — 125 — came at Jaipur in 2006.

The second match of the series takes place at Lord’s on Thursday. — Reuters

Brief scores: England: 110 (Buttler 30; Bumrah 6/19, Shami 3/31); India: 114/0 (Rohit 76*, Dhawan 31*)

6/19 Bumrah racked up his best figures in ODI cricket. He also bettered Ashish Nehra’s 6/23 as India’s best ODI figures against England.

4 Ducks for England — Jason Roy, Joe Root, Ben Stokes and Liam Livingstone.