England’s current tour of India is popping out to be a story of missed probabilities as Jos Buttler’s team once more failed to take advantage of the slight edge they got each with the bat and ball to find yourself on the losing side in the primary ODI against India on the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) Stadium in Nagpur on Thursday. England had similarly failed to return on top of the situation within the preceding T20I series and lost it 4-1 after winning the third match to scale back the margin. In the primary ODI on Thursday, England made a great start by reaching 70-odd runs without loss within the power-play before they made a hash of things and lost wickets in a cluster to be bowled out for 248.
They then has one other opportunity to take control of the situation after reducing India to 19/2, getting out Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal cheaply.
But Shubman Gill (87) and Shreyas Iyer (59) added 94 runs for the third wicket to take back the initiative. Gill and Axer Patel then propelled India towards victory.
England captain Jos Butler expressed disappointment as his team failed to take advantage of the situation once more after getting two opportunities.
“Upset to not win the sport. Thought we got off to a incredible start within the powerplay. The openers got off to a terrific start but to lose 4 wickets was frustrating. Extra 40-50 runs would have been crucial,” said Buttler through the presentation ceremony after the match.
England lost wickets in a cluster after a great start provided by Phil Salt (43) and Ben Duckett (32). “That just isn’t how we would like to play. We would like to place the opposition under pressure and keep the momentum,” said Buttler.
Buttler agreed that it was becoming a bit predictable for England about how things were getting in this series so far as fast bowling was concerned.
“Guys began well, they were 20 for two. At that time, the sport’s within the balance, if we could have found a method to take a wicket there, but Gill and Iyer placed on a great partnership.
“We would like to play higher really for longer, we now have shown in stages that we’re doing the suitable thing. When we now have the momentum, we would like to attempt to extend that longer,” said Buttler.
The England captain can be hoping that things will turn in favour of his team within the second ODI at Cuttack and make the series more interesting.
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