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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Taha Hashim

India ease home in opening ODI after below-par England look short of ideas

England's Jofra Archer (left) reacts as India's Shreyas Iyer (right) and Shubman Gill celebrate another boundary.
England's Jofra Archer (left) reacts as India's Shreyas Iyer (right) and Shubman Gill celebrate another boundary. Photograph: Aijaz Rahi/AP

A different format, a much-changed India, but the same result. England fell to a four-wicket defeat in the opening one-day international at Nagpur, Shubman Gill top-scoring with 87 in a successful chase of 249.

Gill, who did not play in the preceding Twenty20 series, was backed up by half-centuries from Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel in what was no straightforward reply. England’s spinners found assistance, with India requiring technique and ticker to take the lead in the three-match series.

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