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India skipper Rohit Sharma in chat with head coach Gautam Gambhir© X (Twitter)
India are off to a fiery begin within the three-match ODI collection in opposition to England. Rohit Sharma and co registered a thumping four-wicket win within the first ODI and took 1-0 lead on Thursday. Enjoying in Nagpur, England acquired bundled out for 248 after opting to bat first. Debutant Harshit Rana and Ravindra Jadeja had been the star bowlers for India with their respective three-wicket hauls. Later, India fumbled a bit however half-centuries from Shubman Gill, Axar Patel, and Shreyas Iyer took the hosts throughout the road in 38.4 overs.
After claiming a memorable win, the Indian staff was seen joyously celebrating within the stadium. Nonetheless, the host broadcasters then captured an intense second which grabbed everybody’s consideration.
For just a few seconds, the digital camera panned in the direction of the Indian dugout, the place skipper Rohit Sharma was having an extended chat with head coach Gautam Gambhir. Seeing the expressions of the duo, one can guess that it was not an animated dialogue however an necessary one relating to the staff’s future.
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Through the match, Rohit as soon as once more failed to go away a mark with the bat as he acquired dismissed for 2 by Saqib Mohammad.
“Pretty happy. We all knew we are playing this format after a long time. I thought right from the beginning we played as per expectation. They did start well but the way we came back was superb. We wanted a leftie in the middle,” mentioned Rohit through the publish match presentation.
“It is as simple as that. We know they will spin it back into the left-handers so we wanted a leftie. Gill and Axar batted brilliantly out in the middle. Nothing specific. Overall as a team I just want us as a team to keep doing the right things as much as possible,” he added.
The second ODI of the three-match collection will probably be performed on Sunday in Cuttack.
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