Ind vs Eng 2024/25, Ind vs Eng 1. ODI Match Report, 6. February 2025

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England 248 (Buttler 52, Bethell 51, Jadeja 3-26) vs India

India Bowled England out for 248 in the first ODD in Nagpur and included themselves as favorites to take a 1-0 lead in this three-match series.

Just as it was in the T20i series that India won 4-1, the spins did the most harm and suffered five of the nine layoffs carried out by Bowlers, with Ravindra Jadeja, who ended with 3 for 26 seamers, but did their bit A little, with Hardhit Rana marking his girl ODI performance by 3 for 53.
After making his T20i debut as a controversial concussion that has been replaced midway through the fourth T20i in Pune, Rana was in the river from OFF and initiated a top-order collapse with two of three wickets to fall over the course of Eight deliveries at the end of what had been a productive powerplay for England. Also his ODD debut was Yashasvi Jaiswal, who was drafted to XI on Thursday morning, after Virat Kohli sustained an injury to his right knee on the threshold of the match.
Given that Jos Buttler chose to beat after winning the thrown, England’s Captain Rue, what looks like an under-couple score. His 52 and Jacob Bethell’s 51 were the only scores of note, the couple combined for 59 for the fifth wicket, which came after a strong foundation from the visitors openers had been run.

What began as an attentive start of this red earthen track was taken up a few notches by Phil Salt, smashing Rana’s third over 26, including three sixes. The nature of these strikes – a top edge, a struck -sweep from a slower ball and a heave over the midwick to finish over – along with 15 taken by Axar Patel’s opening set of six proposed salt and Ben Duck Kett was now on one with the surface.

Unfortunately, the same could not be said of their run when their opening stand was broken on 75 by a miscommunication when salt was sent back and tried a third. Shyreas Iyer completed the dismissal and chased the ball to the point limit before tossing to the striker’s end to find salt comfortably shortly after his land.

Back came Rana with a smell with two wickets below. Duckett dressed a pull shot that required a spectacular catch from Jaiswal, ran back from the Midwick before a well-convicted dive. Harry Brook was then taken down well on the leg of KL Rahul – who had turned Rishabh Mortgage into Wicketkeeping tasks – after a rising length – delivery caught the lower glove.

At 111 for 4 in the 20th over, buttler continued on caution that he needed to beat through the rest of the laps. A 38 score of fifty or more came up of 58 balls – his first in India – with somewhat strangled work around India’s spinners. But nine deliveries after raising the milestone, gave an abuse from an Axar-Lang-Hop Hardik Pandya a simple catch on short fine leg.

Bethell assumed the responsibility of beating deeply, though no one was able to offer him the same support he had delivered his captain. Liam Livingstone (caught behind for Rana’s Third) and Brydon Carse (Bowled for Mohammed Shami’s first) was undone at the return of pace. And moments after Bethell registered his second odine and half a century from 62 deliveries – with four borders where his first was a sharp move from Rana in six – he was eventually judged LBW by review and tried to find the earthwick -border from Jadeja, who had originally had not been released.

Jofra Archer noted a quick 21 not out, including a ruted hooks of Hardik, which was squeezed by two well -beaten Fires to give England a chance to violate 250. Koldseep, but had the final with a wrong ‘UN that beat it Promoting Saqib Mahmood to a stumping to close the first laps with 14 deliveries left.