India defeated England in 1st ODI by 8 Wickets

India defeated England by 8 wickets on Thursday in the first match of the three-match ODI series. India got the target of 269 from England at the loss of 2 wickets in 40.1 overs. Rohit Sharma scored the highest 137 runs. This is their 18th century in ODI cricket. Captain Virat Kohli contributed 75 and Shikhar Dhawan contributed 40 runs. Earlier, India decided to bowl after winning the toss. England's innings was reduced to 268 runs in 49.5 overs. For him, Jos Buttler scored 53 runs. Kuldeep Yadav took 6 wickets for India. He became the first spinner to take 6 wickets in England.

Rohit became the highest scorer in England: Rohit Sharma has become an Indian batsman who scored the highest individual score in England. He left Virat Kohli behind. Prior to this, Kohli made a 107 in the first ODI in Cardiff in 2011. After captaining to 50 matches, Virat Kohli has equaled Ricky Ponting and C. Lloyd in the case of winning most matches. He captained India for 50 ODIs. In this Virat wins in 39 and had to face defeat at 10 while there was no result of 1 match.