Sports14 July, 20263 min read
India Beat England By Six Wickets In First ODI At Edgbaston
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India chased 259 to win by six wickets at Edgbaston. Shubman Gill top-scored with 80 not out.
India win at Edgbaston
India beat England by six wickets in the first ODI at Edgbaston, reaching 262-4 off 45.2 overs after England were all out for 258. Shubman Gill top-scored with 80 before retiring hurt with his side needing 110 runs from 24.2 overs, and Axar Patel made 57 as India chased down the target comfortably. Washington Sundar wrapped up the match with a flourish, hitting a six that brought up the 100 partnership with Patel, and Patel had earlier taken four wickets in a man-of-the-match performance.
England’s innings featured a collapse from 107-6, including Sam Curran out for a duck at 80-5 and Brook caught for one by Rohit at slip off Bumrah’s first delivery of his second spell. The result left England facing a three-match ODI series where two more ODIs follow, in Cardiff on Thursday and at Lord’s on Sunday, with the match being England’s first since Brendon McCullum was sacked as head coach of the test team.
Cramp, selection, and roles
Gill said he had suffered cramp but was already feeling better, adding: "I wanted to finish the job for the team, but I had to come out. Very glad with the result," as the BBC noted he expected to be fit for Thursday’s second game in Cardiff.
England’s chase had been shaped by Axar Patel’s bowling, with the BBC recording that "Axar 4-62" preceded Patel’s unbeaten 57 in the run chase.
Ahead of the opener, the Times of India reported that head coach Gautam Gambhir and senior batter Virat Kohli were notably not seen interacting during India’s training session in Birmingham on Monday.
For England, Sky Sports said Jos Buttler would make his 200th ODI appearance, while Jacob Bethell was set to open with Ben Duckett at Edgbaston as the hosts named their team ahead of the series opener.
What it means next
The BBC framed the defeat as part of England’s continuing one-day woes, noting that "England's one-day woe" followed their 4-0 T20 series win over India but left them outplayed in the ODI opener at Edgbaston.
“England are eighth in the world rankings and need to remain in the top nine.”
It also said England are eighth in the world rankings and need to remain in the top nine for automatic qualification, while the series continues with the second ODI in Cardiff and the third at Lord’s.
The match was also positioned as Brendon McCullum’s reduced role as England’s white-ball coach, with the BBC stating that in theory he is England’s white-ball coach until his contract expires at the end of the 50-over World Cup in southern Africa in the autumn of 2027.
For India, the BBC highlighted a different ODI XI boosted by the inclusion of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah and Shubman Gill, while the chase was led by Gill’s 80 and completed by Axar Patel and Washington Sundar.
With the series set to move from Edgbaston to Cardiff and then Lord’s, the sources also pointed to the ODI schedule and broadcast coverage, including that play starts at 11:00 a.m. BST for the first ODI and the second match follows on Thursday at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff.