After losing to India in the first ODI, England captain Harry Brook blamed the batsmen. He stated that losing five wickets within 20 runs was the turning point, otherwise the team could have scored up to 330 runs.
Team India has started its ODI series on the England tour with a win. In the first ODI match played on Tuesday, India defeated England by six wickets. With this victory, Team India has taken a 1-0 lead in the series.
Batting first, the England team could not even complete their 50 overs and were all out for 258 runs. In response, the Indian team easily achieved the target of 259 runs in 46 overs, losing only four wickets.
The hero of this match was Axar Patel, who showed his prowess with both bat and ball. He first took four important wickets while bowling and then played an unbeaten half-century innings to lead the team to victory.
Axar was also the fastest run-scorer for India, which helped Team India win the match comfortably.
After the match, England captain Harry Brook blamed his team's batsmen for the loss. He explained where and what mistake his team made in the match, which led to their defeat in the very first match of the series.
Brook said, "Our team lost five wickets within just 20 runs in the middle overs, and from there we fell behind in the match."
He also admitted that the team was on the back foot after this major mistake. However, he praised the lower-order batsmen who took the team past the 250-run mark.
When Brook was asked if a score of 260 could have been defended, he also gave his opinion on the pitch. He said that the pitch slowed down later, which made it easier for the Indian batsmen to score runs.
Brook claimed, "If our team had not lost five wickets within 20 runs, we could have scored between 320 and 330 runs."
For India, big names like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and KL Rahul could not do much in this match. However, the brilliant batting of Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Washington Sundar, and Axar Patel secured an easy victory for the team.
Earlier in the bowling, Axar Patel took four wickets for 62 runs in 9.5 overs. Besides him, Prasidh Krishna and Gurnoor Brar got two wickets each, while Shivam Dube and Jasprit Bumrah also claimed one wicket apiece.
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