India’s batting might crushes England in Orange City

• Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer led India to a comfortable four-wicket win over England in the first One-Day International at the VCA Stadium.

• The duo displayed free-flowing strokeplay, sending the English bowlers on a leather hunt.

• Their 94-run alliance off 64 balls for the third wicket ensured the host chased down a target of 249 in the 39th over.

• The home team’s disciplined bowling performance led by debutant pacer Harshit Rana and Ravindra Jadeja helped India bundle England out for 248.

• India started poorly when Yashasvi Jaiswal and skipper Rohit Sharma fell cheaply.

• Shreyas Gill punished the English pacers’ unidimensional plan by deploying his trademark short-arm jab pulls without any risk.

• Axar Patel ensured the momentum was not lost and took on the spinners from the get-go.

• England elected to bat and got off to a flyer in the PowerPlay when Phil Salt went after Harshit.

• Harshit returned strongly, backing his strength of bowling into the pitch and troubled the batters with his bounce to pick two wickets in the 10th over.