The Indian cricket team kickstarted the ODI leg of the England tour of India 2025 with a hard-fought four-wicket victory! 🇮🇳

Opting to bat first, England registered 248/10 courtesy of Jos Buttler and Jacob Bethell’s fifties, which was chased down comfortably in 39 overs.

Here are the 🔝 moments from the ODIs’ curtain raiser:

Jaisu & Harshit Rana make their ODI debuts!

🔊 Encouraging words from Captain RO and Mohd. Shami as the two youngsters receive their caps!

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…And then combine to dismiss Ben Duckett!

Pacer Harshit Rana bagged his maiden ODI wicket after Yashasvi Jaiswal took a jaw-dropping catch! Amazing shuruwat! 🔥

𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 – 𝟳𝟳/𝟮 (𝟵.𝟯 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀)

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𝙘 Pandya 𝙗 Axar = Dangerous-looking Jos Buttler departure!

Coming in at the end of the powerplay, the England skipper played a decent 52 off 67 balls to steady the ship before a rather soft dismissal. Nonetheless, they all count, don’t they?! 😏

𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 – 𝟭𝟳𝟬/𝟱 (𝟯𝟯 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀)

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Mohd. Shami चा comeback wicket!

Making his comeback in ODIs after 445 days, the right-arm pacer got the better of Brydon Carse in classic Mohammad Shami style to bag his first ODI scalp since the ICC World Cup 2023. 👏

𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 – 𝟮𝟬𝟲/𝟳 (𝟯𝟵.𝟱 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀)

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Visitors bundle out within 250!

Thanks to three-wicket hauls by Harshit Rana & Ravindra Jadeja, England could muster a paltry 248 runs. From 75/1 to 248 all-out, a terrific bowling effort, indeed! 💪

𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 - 𝟮𝟰𝟴/𝟭𝟬 (𝟰𝟳.𝟰 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀)

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An innings that made us go – ShreYASSSSS!

Following 19/2 in the run chase, Shreyas Iyer joined Shubman Gill in the middle and accelerated at pro max speed! 💨

The right-handed batter completed his half-century in just 30 balls, laced with eight fours and two cracking maximums. A mature knock helped the team overcome the early blues.

𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 - 𝟭𝟭𝟯/𝟯 (𝟭𝟲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀)

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A GILL-orious knock, Baapu’s कमाल batting!

While Shubman’s 87 helped anchor the run chase, Axar Patel recorded his third ODI fifty in what was a perfect blend of defense and attack in equal proportions.

The southpaw, however, departed for 52 as Adil Rashid got his first wicket with a peach of a delivery.

𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 - 𝟮𝟯𝟱/𝟲 (𝟯𝟲.𝟮 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀)

It was only a matter of time before Team India concluded the proceedings as Ravindra Jadeja applied the finishing touches in the 39th over to ensure a winning start to the ODI series. 💙

 

Brief scores: England 248/10 (Jos Buttler 52; Harshit Rana 3/53, Ravindra Jadeja 3/26) lost to India 251/6 (Shubman Gill 87, Shreyas Iyer 59; Saqib Mahmood 2/47) by 4 wickets.