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 bought 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 workforce was seen joyously celebrating within the stadium. Nevertheless, the host broadcasters then captured an intense second which grabbed everybody’s consideration.
For just a few seconds, the digicam panned in 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 essential one concerning the workforce’s future.
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Throughout the match, Rohit as soon as once more failed to go away a mark with the bat as he bought dismissed for 2 by Saqib Mohammad.
“Fairly blissful. All of us knew we’re taking part in this format after a very long time. I assumed proper from the start we performed as per expectation. They did begin nicely however the way in which we got here again was excellent. We needed a leftie within the center,” mentioned Rohit in the course of the submit match presentation.
“It is so simple as that. We all know they are going to spin it again into the left-handers so we needed a leftie. Gill and Axar batted brilliantly out within the center. Nothing particular. General as a workforce I simply need us as a workforce to maintain doing the suitable issues as a lot as attainable,” he added.
The second ODI of the three-match collection will probably be performed on Sunday in Cuttack.
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