Kohli, Jadhav star in tall India chase

Published January 16, 2017
PUNE: England paceman Chris Woakes reacts as Indian captain Virat Kohli and his team-mate Kedar Jadhav run between the wickets during the first ODI at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium on Sunday.—Reuters
PUNE: England paceman Chris Woakes reacts as Indian captain Virat Kohli and his team-mate Kedar Jadhav run between the wickets during the first ODI at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium on Sunday.—Reuters

PUNE: Virat Kohli and Kedar Jadhav hit centuries and combined in a 200-run stand to help India comfortably chase down a steep target of 351 against England and win the first One-day International by three wickets on Sunday.

India’s chase seemed over when England reduced them to 63-4 in the 12th over but captain Kohli and local boy Jadhav turned the match on its head with the hosts reaching the target with 11 balls to spare to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

The touring side, who lost a five-match test series 4-0 before returning home for Christmas, would have felt confident of victory after posting 350-7.

Half-centuries from Jason Roy, Joe Root and Ben Stokes took England to their highest ODI total against India, who won the toss and opted to bowl first.

England lost Alex Hales early but opener Roy (73) and Root, who top-scored for his side with 78, added 69 for the second wicket to lay a solid foundation.

Roy was given out leg before on 18 off paceman Umesh Yadav but reviewed successfully to overturn the decision with replays showing the ball was missing the stumps.

Stokes provided the late assault with a 40-ball knock of 62, studded with two fours and five sixes, as India bled 105 runs in the last eight overs.

Left-arm seamer David Willey gave England the ideal start with the ball by dismissing Indian openers Lokesh Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan inside the first six overs.

Yuvraj Singh, playing his first ODI in over three years, and former skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni did not last long either as India were left staring at a heavy defeat.

But Kohli, playing his first match as India’s full-time captain across all formats, and Jadhav then took the attack to the England bowlers.

Kohli, who was the highest scorer in the recent test series, was stranded on 99 for three deliveries before he danced down the pitch to hit paceman Chris Woakes for a six and bring up his 27th ODI hundred, which came in 93 balls.

Jadhav, who struggled with cramp towards the end of his knock, guided the same bowler to third man for a boundary to bring up his second ton off 65 balls.

Stokes dismissed Kohli after a 105-ball 122, studded with eight fours and five sixes. Jadhav was out after a 76-ball 120, with 12 fours and four sixes, to fast bowler Jake Ball, the most successful English bowler with three for 67.

Hardik Pandya, unbeaten on 40, and Ravichandran Ashwin (15 not out) combined in a crucial eighth-wicket stand of 38 at the end to take India home.

The second match of the series will be played at Cuttack on Thursday.

Scoreboard

ENGLAND:

J.J. Roy st Dhoni b Jadeja 73 A.D. Hales run out 9 J.E. Root c Pandya b Bumrah 78 E.J.G. Morgan c Dhoni b Pandya 28 J.C. Buttler c Dhawan b Pandya 31 B.A. Stokes c Yadav b Bumrah 62 Moeen Ali b Yadav 28 C.R. Woakes not out 9 D.J. Willey not out 10

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-11, W-6, NB-4) 22

TOTAL (for seven wkts, 50 overs) 350

FALL OF WKTS: 1-39, 2-108, 3-157, 4-220, 5-244, 6-317, 7-336.

DID NOT BAT: Adil Rashid, J.T. Ball.

BOWLING: Yadav 7-0-63-1 (1nb, 3w); Pandya 9-0-46-2; Bumrah 10-0-79-2 (3nb, 1w); Jadeja 10-0-50-1; Ashwin 8-0-63-0 (2w); Jadhav 4-0-23-0; Yuvraj Singh 2-0-14-0.

INDIA:

K.L. Rahul b Willey 8 S. Dhawan c Moeen b Willey 1 V. Kohli c Willey b Stokes 122 Yuvraj Singh c Buttler b Stokes 15 M.S. Dhoni c Willey b Ball 6 K.M. Jadhav c Stokes b Ball 120 H.H. Pandya not out 40 R.A. Jadeja c Rashid b Ball 13 R. Ashwin not out 15

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-4, W-11) 16

TOTAL (for seven wkts, 48.1 overs) 356

FALL OF WKTS: 1-13, 2-24, 3-56, 4-63, 5-263, 6-291, 7-318.

DID NOT BAT: U.T. Yadav, J.J. Bumrah.

BOWLING: Woakes 8-0-44-0 (2w); Willey 6-0-47-2 (3w); Ball 10-0-67-3 (4w); Stokes 10-0-73-2 (2w); Adil Rashid 5-0-50-0; Moeen Ali 6.1-0-48-0; Root 3-0-22-0.

RESULT: India won by three wickets to lead three-match series 1-0.

UMPIRES: C.K. Nandan (India) and H.D.P.K. Dharmasena (Sri Lanka).

TV UMPIRE: R.S.A. Palliyaguruge (Sri Lanka).

MATCH REFEREE: A.J. Pycroft (Zimbabwe).

MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Kedar Jadhav.

SECOND MATCH: Cuttack (D/N), Jan 19.

THIRD MATCH: Kolkata (D/N), Jan 22.

Published in Dawn, January 16th, 2017

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