One of our sweetest ODI wins: Virat Kohli on the 1st ODI win against England

 

India captain Virat Kohli on Tuesday said that the win in the ODI series-opener against England as one of their “sweetest in the recent past”. He also praised the opener Shikhar Dhawan who smashed a blistering 98 runs as well.

While chasing 318, England had a flying start at 135 for no loss in the 15th over before Indian bowlers brought the team back in the game, where the debutant pacer Prasidh Krishna claimed 4/54 — the best by an Indian on debut alongside Shardul Thakur’s three scalps and Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s two.

“This is one of our sweetest wins in the recent past. This one is right up there with any other. Getting nine wickets so quickly is outstanding. To come back into the game the way they did is brilliant. I’m a really, really proud man right now,” said Kohli at the post-match presentation following the 66-run win.

However, England was bundled out for 251 after that flying start. Meanwhile, KL Rahul, who was out of form during the T20I series, has returned too.

“As I mentioned in the past as well, we promote players who have intent. Special mention to Shikhar’s innings as well. KL as well, back among the runs. We want to back the people who we know will go out and do a selfless job. For every spot we have two-three players available. Right now we are on the right path and have a big pool of players to choose from. Shikhar’s body language was amazing when he wasn’t playing. He was so helpful for us. Today he deserved the result,” said Kohli.

After having won the four-match Test series 3-1 and five-match Twenty20 International series 3-2, India started their three-match One Day International series with a stunning win. While they need another win to clinch the series against England, the visitors need one win to level the series as well. It will be interesting to see which team will have the last laugh when the again take on each other on March 26 in Pune.

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