India vs England, 1st ODI: Rohit Sharma hit a sublime century to help India beat England

India vs England, 1st ODI: Rohit Sharma hit a sublime century to help India beat England

1st ODI of India vs England was on 12th July 2018 at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. India beat England by 8 wickets. Player of the Match was Kuldeep Yadav.

Depending on a 167-run partnership between opener Rohit Sharma and skipper Virat Kohli, India beat England by 8 wickets on Thursday in the first one-day international at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. The target of 269 was chased by India with 59 balls remaining.

Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma contributed 59 runs for the first wicket which was a solid start for India. After Dhawan, Kohli once again came to bat at the 3rd position ahead of KL Rahul. Both Rohit and Kohli played brilliantly against the England spinners. Rohit brought his 18th century off 82 balls and went on to unbeaten on 137. His innings was laced with 15 boundaries and four sixes.

Virat also played a stellar 75-run knock off 82 balls before getting out stumped off Adil Rashid’s delivery. For England, none of the bowlers looked threatening against Rohit and Kohli. Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid took one wicket each.