🏏England tour of India 2025: 1st ODI: 6/2/2025 at 1:30 PM IST🏏 - Page 11

end of over 22

9 runs

ENG: 126/4

CRR: 5.72

JC Buttler

29 (34)

JG Bethell

2 (9)

Kuldeep Yadav

5-0-30-0

RA Jadeja

4-0-11-1

22.3

4

Jadeja to Buttler, FOUR, lovely, too full and sliding onto the pads - Buttler gets close to the ball, that allows him to play against the turn and he whips it past the diving mid-wicket fielder

end of over 23

7 runs

ENG: 133/4

CRR: 5.78

JG Bethell

3 (12)

JC Buttler

35 (37)

RA Jadeja

5-0-18-1

Kuldeep Yadav

5-0-30-0

"As long as Butler anchors the innings, England can eye a 300 total," reckons Vinod. "If he falls early, they might struggle to push past 240-250 at best!"

Butler needs to go

end of over 24

2 runs

ENG: 135/4

CRR: 5.62

JC Buttler

36 (41)

JG Bethell

3 (14)

Mohammed Shami

5-1-20-0

RA Jadeja

5-0-18-1

"Now it's official Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood are out of Champions Trophy?" Think it's about to be announced, AR-Khan. We had this yesterday

England opt to bat

ENG

136

-4

(24.2)

CRR 5.59

P'SHIP 25(35)

end of over 25

3 runs

ENG: 138/4

CRR: 5.52

JG Bethell

5 (18)

JC Buttler

37 (43)

RA Jadeja

6-0-21-1

Mohammed Shami

5-1-20-0

Gagan: "@Alan I know about the myth of Nelson bringing a wicket but why do people hop on one leg? Legendary umpire David Shepherd always used to do it. " Because Nelson (acrophycally) had "one arm, one eye, one leg" ... Although only the first of those is true

"Is Bethell comfortable playing spin? If not, he is costing England games by being out there. He can get his apprenticeship in a more low key environment, not international games." Yeah, Sam... but that's not the way Baz's England roll