The England captain Jos Buttler has addressed the side’s defeat in the first ODI match of the India tour and cited the batting collapse as the reason for the loss.
Three Lions are set to play a three-match ODI series as a part of England’s tour of India 2025 where they lost the five-match T20I series 4-1. However, they looked for a comeback in the ODI series ahead of the Champions Trophy 2025.
But they suffered a 4-wicket loss in the match which gave the hosts 1-0 lead in the series. Speaking in the post match conference, Buttler said, “Disappointed not to win the game. We got off to a fantastic start in the powerplay but we lost wickets.”
“Another 40-50 runs could have been handy with the way the wicket played towards the end. The guys started really well.”
“The game was in the balance at that point, but credit to Shreyas Iyer to build that partnership. We have to play better for longer,” concluded Buttler.
Batting First England started well with Phil Salt and Ben Duckett putting a 75-run stand. But after the dismissal of the top order Jos Buttler came to the rescue smashing a fifty in the middle order before being dismissed by Axar Patel.
Jacob Bethell also put up a half-century helping the side to cross 200+ runs. But with the dismissal of these batters, England Eventually crumbled to lose all wickets for scoring 248 runs.
Harshit Rana and Jadeja picked three wickets each while Shami, Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav picked one wickets each.
With the target of 249, Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma opened the innings where they failed to give a jump start. However, Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer joined hand to forge 94 runs partnership for the third wicket. Iyer smashed 59 runs before being dismissed on lbw by Jacob Bethell.
Axar Patel who came to bat after Iyer, smashed a fifty and contributed the side to cross 200+ runs.
Shubmn Gill smashed 87 and missed his century as he was dismissed by Saqib Mahmood. With Jadeja and Pandya contributing remaining runs India secured a four wicket win with 74 balls to spare.
