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The Indian cricket team took a 1-0 lead in the three-match ODI series with a dominant 10-wicket victory against England at The Oval on Tuesday, July 12.

The Men in Blue rode on an inspirational bowling performance from Jasprit Bumrah (6/19) and the 114-run stand between Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan to seal India’s maiden 10-wicket win over England in One Day International cricket.

India won the toss and opted to bowl first. Virat Kohli and Arshdeep Singh were ruled out from the first ODI with groin and abdominal problems.

Hosts England, meanwhile, have opted to play with one frontline spinner in Moeen Ali.

Jasprit Bumrah made an early breakthrough for India as he dismissed Jason Roy and Joe Root for zero runs in the second over to reduce England to 6/2. Bumrah ended his first over as a wicket maiden.

Mohammed Shami opened his account as he dismissed the dangerous Ben Stokes for a golden duck. While the left-hander tried to defend Shami’s back of a length delivery, the ball took an inside edge and flew towards Rishabh Pant’s right side where he completed the important dismissal.

This would be the first time England saw their three batsmen getting out for ducks since 2018, when the Eoin Morgan-led team were reduced to 4/3 against Australia.

Bumrah’s third over saw him concede five-wides after dismissing Jonny Bairstow. Bairstow, who scored 291 runs in six games in 2021, could score just seven runs in his first 50-overs outing of 2022 as Bumrah’s short of a length delivery took a thick edge and went straight to Pant.

Jasprit Bumrah added a fourth wicket to his name as his yorker-length inswinging delivery beat Liam Livingstone, who attempted to flick that ball but failed.

This meant Bumrah became the third Indian bowler to grab four wickets in the first 10 overs in an ODI, after Javagal Srinath (vs Sri Lanka, 2003) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (vs Sri Lanka, 2013).

England ended their powerplay phase at 30/5, with the Indian bowlers comfortably in the driver’s seat.

All-rounder Moeen Ali, who stitched a 27-run partnership with Jos Buttler, fell prey to Prasidh Krishna as he caught Moeen’s mistimed shot.

Reeling at 53/6 in 14 overs, Mohammed Shami came to haunt the English batters once again as he dismissed England captain Jos Buttler for 30. A short ball by Shami saw Buttler pull it towards deep backward square leg where Suryakumar Yadav took a fine catch just at the boundary line.

Buttler’s dismissal marked Mohammed Shami’s 150th wicket in One Day internationals, and became the fastest Indian (80 matches) to the landmark figure as he went past Ajit Agarkar’s record of 97 ODIs.

Come the 17th over, England lost their eighth wicket. Shami dismissed Craig Overton with his trademark vertical seam that went through the latter’s bat and pad to hit the stumps.

England managed to reach 100 in 21.4 overs, but it didn’t take long for the hosts to lose another wicket as Jasprit Bumrah bowled a 144kph delivery that angled back into Brydon Carse and hit the middle stump.

England would be bundled out for 110 in 25.2 overs, with the wicket of David Willey being Jasprit Bumrah’s sixth in the fixture and he ended with his career-best figures of 6/19.

With a target of 111 handed to them, India captain Rohit Sharma and his opening partner played a calm innings. The duo, who started the ODI match needing six runs to complete 5,000 runs for the opening wicket, helped the Men in Blue to go past 50 runs within the mandatory powerplay overs.

In the 17th over, Rohit would notch his 45th half-century as he smashed a maximum over fine leg.

The next over saw the Rohit-Dhawan pairing register their 18th century stand in ODI cricket, equalling the record Rohit shared with Virat Kohli. Overall, the duo are third behind Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly who stitched a record 26 100-plus partnerships in their celebrated 50-over cricket careers.

India would complete their run chase of 111 in 18.4 overs, with Shikhar Dhawan hitting the winning runs off Brydon Carse to steer India to a commanding 10-wicket victory at The Oval.

Going by the numbers, this is the first instance of India beating England by 10 wickets in an ODI match.

Rohit Sharma’s India have now taken a 1-0 lead in the three-game ODI series and will reconvene for the second ODI at the iconic Lord’s Stadium on Thursday, July 14. Match coverage will begin from 5:30 PM IST.