India bounce back from T20 series loss with six-wicket win over England in first ODI

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/india/fcOzl2uI/"]India[/a] captain Shubman Gill top-scored with 80, before retiring hurt ‌with his side needing 110 runs from 24.2 overs, and Axar Patel hit 57 ‌as they reached their target of 259 comfortably on a ‌balmy evening.[/p][p]Washington Sundar (52) wrapped up the match with a flourish, hitting a ‌six that also brought up the 100 partnership with Patel, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/cricket/england-UJC5mtAU/india-fcOzl2uI/?mid=OvD4dlhg"]for ‌a final score of 262-4 off 45.2 overs[/a].[/p][p]Patel had earlier ‌taken four wickets in a man-of-the-match performance by the left-arm spinner.[/p][p][b]"The way the ‌T20 series went, I think this is the perfect start for us,"[/b] he said.[/p][embed guid="2087c658-ed77-4fe6-8912-f50974202893" url="https://x.com/BCCI/status/2077092536565567586" social-type="twitter" /][p]Top-order batters Virat Kohli and Rohit ‌Sharma had both gone cheaply, the first lbw ⁠for five to Jofra Archer ‌and the latter caught by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/UJC5mtAU/"]England[/a] captain Harry Brook for 11, but rising ​hopes of a home victory were soon dispelled as the runs piled up.[/p][p]Gill said he had suffered cramp but was ​already feeling better: [b]"I wanted to finish the job for the team, but I had to come out. Very glad with the result," [/b]he added.[/p][p]England ​had started the day by winning the toss and opting to bat but lost both openers and Brook in the space of ⁠six balls to slump to ​64-3 after a 61-run opening stand.[/p][p]Jacob Bethell was first out, caught by a diving Washington Sundar off Gurnoor Brar, and fellow-opener Ben Duckett (43) followed three balls later when he was caught by Jasprit Bumrah on ‌the boundary.[/p][p]Brook was caught for one by Rohit at slip off Bumrah's first delivery of his second spell, with Jos Buttler coming to the crease in his 200th ODI.[/p][p]Buttler went for five, caught by Brar off Prasidh Krishna, and England were reeling after Sam Curran was out for a duck at 80-5.[/p][embed guid="d570a3e1-09c4-4ea6-8820-359e0b188ef3" url="https://x.com/BCCI/status/2077088382480699608" social-type="twitter" /][p]The collapse continued when Will Jacks was caught one-handed by a diving KL Rahul, but Liam Dawson and Joe Root, dropped on seven by Shivam Dube, dug ‌the home side out of a hole with a 121-run partnership.[/p][p]Dawson ​departed for 68 off 83 balls, his highest score in international ‌cricket, while Root battled on to 76 not out.[/p][p]Nottinghamshire seamer Josh Tongue, making his ODI debut, was bowled middle stump by Patel with 13 balls remaining to close out England's innings.[/p][p][b]"I think we lost five for 20 in that ‌middle period, which is always going to put us on the back foot,"[/b] said Brook.[/p][p][b]"We would have definitely liked to have played slightly better in that period of the game."[/b][/p][p]The match was England's first since Brendon McCullum was sacked as head ⁠coach of the test team.[/p][p]Two ⁠more ODIs follow, in ‌[a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/cricket/england-UJC5mtAU/india-fcOzl2uI/?mid=dhBCfSM5"]Cardiff on Thursday[/a] and at Lord's on Sunday.[/p]