England shouldn't be too
disappointed. It was a case of just everything that could go wrong,
going wrong. They lost the toss, the skies were overcast, the ball
swung, their batting fell apart, and there was nothing their
bowling could've done. India were clinical, and rode their luck,
and then rode home on Bumrah's back. It's time then for us to head
out, as I, Vineet Anantharaman, sign off on behalf of
Pradeep Krishnamurthy, Nikhil Jadhav, and our scorer,
Siva. Until we hop over to the other side of London, and the
Poms hopefully turn up, ta ta!!
Jasprit Bumrah | MoM:
When there's swing and seam movement, it is very exciting in
white-ball cricket to get that opportunity because you have to be
defensive with the kind of pitches we usually get. When I bowled
the first ball, I found some swing and we tried to exploit that.
When it doesn't swing, I have to pull my lengths back. When the
ball is doing something you don't have to try a lot. When the
wicket is flat your accuracy is tested. It is a good place to be
when the ball is swinging. As soon as Shami bowled the first over,
we had a conversation to go fuller. Very happy for him, he gets a
lot of wickets. I told him when he beats the bat, that there would
be days when he'd run through the side. When the ball is moving
around, the keeper and the cordon is very active. Very happy that
Rishabh has been working hard on his keeping as well as his
batting.
Rohit Sharma | Winning
captain: Looking at the overhead conditions and the pitch, the
toss was a right call to make. We used the conditions upfront
really well. We never worry about the conditions because we have
got the guys who can just come out and use those conditions. There
was some swing and seam upfront and we exploited them well. When
you play in such conditions, you have to understand the assistance
and have field placements accordingly. We knew our bowlers could
swing the ball both ways and hence had that kind of field. Shikhar
and me understand each other quite well, except for the first ball
where there was that misjudgement. He is playing ODIs after a long
time. We know what he brings to the table for us. Experienced
player and he has done well for us in the past in these conditions.
The hook is a high risk shot, I understand that, but as long as it
comes out right, I am happy.
Jos Buttler | Losing
captain: Very tough day to take, but we've got to dust
ourselves down quickly. Little surprised by the movement, bit
muggy. India exposed the conditions superbly. They have bowled
really well in the powerplay. It is something we need to discuss
and work out. We have some guys in the form of their lives in Tests
coming here and getting nicked off. Jasprit is a great bowler to
come up against. He has bowled fantastically well today and
deserves these figures. It is never easy when you are forced to try
and force wickets. Isn't nice when your bowlers have to take as may
risks and when you ask so much out of them.
STAT: 10-wicket wins for
India in ODIs
123/0 vs East Africa Leeds 1975
97/0 vs SL Sharjah 1984
116/0 vs WI Port of Spain 1997
197/0 vs Zim Sharjah 1998
91/0 vs Kenya Bloemfontein 2001
126/0 vs Zim Harare 2016
114/0 vs Eng The Oval 2022*
This is the first instance of England losing a home ODI by a
10-wicket margin
and their first such defeat anywhere since the WC 2011 quarterfinal
defeat against SL in Colombo RPS
Four century partnerships in ODIs at a venue
H Masakadza - B Taylor in Bulawayo
Fakhar Zaman - Imam-ul-Haq in Bulawayo
Rohit Sharma - S Dhawan at The Oval*
16:56 Local Time, 15:56
GMT, 21:26 IST: And India are done with their thumping. As if
knocking England out for 110 wasn't bad enough already, they've
reached 111 without losing a single wicket. A 50-overs-a-side
contest doesn't last a total of 50 overs. It's been that lopsided.
This was meant to be a day-nighter! Rohit Sharma is a pro at
bossing these small chases with his aggressive approach to just
stamp the opposition out of the contest, and he did just that
today. England's bowlers were extremely keen to bowl short to him
despite the ball seaming around, and he just kept smoking them into
the stands at fine leg for fun. Shikhar Dhawan, who's now playing
just the ODI format, which is the rarest of the three, was scratchy
at the start owing to his lack of match time, but then steadied
himself towards the end as he found his timing. Nevertheless, it's
the first innings, or rather Bumrah's first over, where the game
was decided. Stick around, we'll get you the presentations.
18.4
Brydon Carse to Dhawan,
FOUR, 141kph, short, angling away, dishing out width, a
cracking cut, over point, and Dhawan seals the formality. 1-0
..
STAT: 250th six in ODIs
for Rohit
18.3
Brydon Carse to Rohit, 1 run,
137kph, length, on off, tucked to deep square leg, and India level
scores
18.2
Brydon Carse to Rohit,
SIX, smoked over backward square leg. Guess the delivery ..
duh, England are overdoing it on a day when Rohit refuses to miscue
one
18.1
Brydon Carse to Rohit, 2
runs, absolutely delightful clip off his legs, all along the
carpet, and deep square leg has to run across to cut it off
STAT: Most century
partnerships in ODIs
26 S Tendulkar - S Ganguly
20 T Dilshan - K Sangakkara
18 Rohit Sharma - V Kohli
18 Rohit Sharma - S Dhawan
16 A Gilchrist - M Hayden
17.6
Moeen Ali to Rohit, 1 run,
waits for the ball to spin in, and rides the bounce to turn it
towards backward square leg
17.5
Moeen Ali to Dhawan, 1 run,
an arm ball, angling in on off, chopped through point to bring up
India's 100. It's their 18th century stand as well
17.4
Moeen Ali to Dhawan, 2 runs,
some intent .. stepping out, taking it at the pitch of it, and
whipping it uppishly over mid-wicket
17.3
Moeen Ali to Dhawan, no run,
another inviting tossed up delivery, and another one rejected with
a forward defence
17.2
Moeen Ali to Dhawan, no run,
gets slightly across, covering the line in defence
17.1
Moeen Ali to Dhawan, no run,
pretty full on off, blocked back
Harsha Bhogle: Rohit
Sharma and the pull shot. The love story continues.....
They've called for
drinks. 14 runs | 33 overs. This is plain carnage.
16.6
Brydon Carse to Rohit, 2
runs, full, on off, clipped through square leg
