Ind vs eng, shreyas iyer: The Indian cricket team defeated England by four wickets in the first ODI played in Nagpur. After winning this match, India took a 1-0 lead in the 3-match series. Shubman Gill, who came to bowl at number three after Virat Kohli, was the hero of the match. Gill played a brilliant innings of 87 runs off 96 balls. Apart from him, Shreyas Iyer batted in T20 style.
Shreyas Iyer’s brilliant innings
Shreyas Iyer scored 59 runs off 36 balls at a strike rate of 163.89. In which he hit nine fours and two sixes. Virat Kohli could not play the match due to a knee injury. Harshit Rana and Yashasvi Jaiswal made their ODI debut in this match. Shreyas Iyer was not part of the playing XI in the first ODI. He was included in the team at the last minute after Kohli was injured.
What did Shreyas Iyer say?
Regarding Nagpur ODI match, Shreyas Iyer said, ‘I was watching the film at night and thinking that I will rest today. Then Rohit Sharma called me and said that you have to be ready to play. Because Virat’s health is not good. After this I left the film incomplete and went to sleep. When asked why you were not initially in the playing XI? Responding to this, he said, “I just want to enjoy this victory.”
India won a big victory.
Talking about the match, England won the toss and decided to bat first. England, who came out to bat first, were all out for 248 runs in 47.4 overs. Jacob and Butler scored half -centuries for England. Harshit Rana and Ravindra Jadeja took 3-3 wickets. In response, the Indian team achieved the target by losing 6 wickets in 38.4 overs. Shubman Gill scored 87 runs for India. While Akshar Patel scored 52 runs off 47 balls.
