Rishabh Pant was at his very best whereas taking India previous the successful line within the third and closing ODI towards England on Sunday. India have been reeling at 21/2, after dropping each its openers cheaply, when Pant walked out to bat at quantity 4. The autumn of Virat Kohli after which Surya Kumar Yadav made the chase tougher for India, however Pant held his floor.
Scoring his maiden ODI century, Pant took India to a collection victory with a boundary off his trademark reverse sweep shot. As Pant completed the job for his crew, an elated skipper Rohit Sharma gave a thumbs-up response to the southpaw. Pant replied to the gesture in a similar way.
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Rishabh Pant is a particular participant and this was a really particular knock. pic.twitter.com/92FaBzsqFz
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) July 17, 2022
India registered a 5-wicket victory, chasing England’s 259, to seal the sport and collection. Successful the toss, India determined to bowl, a call that was quickly proved proper by Mohammed Siraj and Hardik Pandya.
Siraj, within the second over of the match, dismissed Jony Bairstow for a duck and adopted it up with Joe Root’s wicket to convey the host down at 12/2. And simply when England gave the impression to be gaining some momentum with the partnership between Ben Stokes and Joe Root, Pandya despatched each the batters pavilion. At 149, half of the English crew was again within the pavilion. A 48-run partnership between David Willey and Craig Overton introduced some stability to the innings however England was bundled up for 259 within the forty sixth over.
Pandya completed up with a four-wicket whereas giving 24 runs and returned to play a vital half with the bat as effectively. The all-rounder scored 71 off 55 balls whereas constructing a vital 133-run partnership with Rishabh Pant for the fifth wicket.
India goes residence with a 2-1 collection victory in each the white ball collection towards England. After defeating the hosts within the 3-match T20I contest, the Indian crew got here to England for the primary ODI. Banking on a Jasprit Bumrah present, India completed up the English innings at simply 110 runs and returned to chase it down in 18.4 over.
Bumrah completed together with his career-best figures of 6 for 19. Whereas the host saved their hopes alive with a victory within the second ODI, the collection ultimately settled in India’s favour.
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