India beat England in the first ODI of the seven match series. Yuvaraj played a scintilating knock which helped India to score a mamooth total of 387 in 50 overs. The start was excellent with Gambhir (51) and Sehwag (85) adding 127 runs for the first wicket. Sehwag's 85 came off 73 balls with 10 fours and 3 sixes.
Though the ground was small, the batsmen has to clear them. If they miss the timing or if they do not put the use the power, it will land in fielder's hand as it happened in the case of Gambhir.
Raina and Yuvaraj added 89 for the 3rd wicket off which Raina scored 43 runs off 44 balls with 3 sixes. Yuvaraj then started blasting all the bowlers all over the ground. Yuvaraj's 50 came off 42 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes. He scored his next fifty in just 22 balls to reach his 100 which consisted off 11 fours and 4 sixes. When India finished their innings at 387, he was not out on 138 off 78 balls with 16 fours and 6 sixes. This is his 9th hundred in ODI and has 3 centuries to his account in test cricket.
Broad once again proved costly against India. He was hit for 6 sixes by Yuvaraj in T20 world cup and now he was demolished by Yuvaraj once again. His figures were 0 for 74 in his 10 overs. Harmison conceded 75 runs in his 10 overs picking 2 wickets. Patel finished with 2 for 78 in 9 overs.
Chasing huge total requires big knock from the top order in lesser deliveries. Starting the innings with the required run rate of 7.76 runs per over, England lost the first 4 wickets for 38 runs. Skipper Pietersen top scored for England with 63 runs off 66 balls. Bopara played consolation knock off unbeaten 54 off 38 balls with 2 fours and 5 sixes. England ended their innings at 229 in 37.4 overs, giving India the victory by a margin of 158 runs. Zaheer Khan picked 3 wickets.
Yuvaraj Singh was declared man of the match for his wonderful, firing century which helped India to start the series with a victory.
Scoreboard:
Match: 1st ODI
Venue: Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot
Teams: India and England
Captains: MS Dhoni and Kevin Pietersen
Toss: India won the toss and decided to bat
Match Result: India won by 158 runs
Series Result: India leading by 1-0
Man of the Match: Yuvaraj Singh (India)
India 387 for 5 in 50 overs (Gambhir 51, Sehwag 85, Raina 43, Yuvaraj 138 not out, Y Pathan 0, MS Dhoni 39, Rohit Sharma 11 not out, Extras--20 (b 1, lb 9, w 10), Anderson 8-0-52-0, Broad 10-0-74-0, Flintoff 10-0-67-1, Harmison 10-0-75-2, Patel 9-0-78-2, Collingwood 1-0-15-0, Pietersen 2-0-16-0)
Fall of Wickets: 1-127 (Gambhir, 19.5 ov), 2-153 (Sehwag, 23.6 ov), 3-242 (Raina, 36.5 ov), 4-247 (Pathan, 37.3 ov), 5-352 (Dhoni, 47.1 ov)
England 229 all out in 37.4 overs (Bell 25, Prior 4, Shah 0, Pietersen 63, Flintoff 4, Collingwood 19, Patel 28, Bopara 54 not out, Broad 26, Harmison 0, Anderson 0, Extras--6 (lb 2, w 4), Zaheer Khan 7-1-26-3, Munaf Patel 6-1-20-1, RP Singh 4-0-25-1, Yousuf Pathan 3.4-0-41-1, Sehwag 9-0-68-1, Harbhajan Singh 8-0-47-1)
Fall of Wickets: 1-12 (Prior, 3.2 ov), 2-17 (Shah, 4.5 ov), 3-34 (Bell, 10.3 ov), 4-38 (Flintoff, 10.6 ov), 5-76 (Collingwood, 17.4 ov), 6-147 (Patel, 26.1 ov), 7-150 (Pietersen, 27.1 ov), 8-195 (Broad, 35.3 ov), 9-207 (Harmison, 35.6 ov), 10-229 (Anderson, 37.4 ov)
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