It was Yashasvi Jaiswal who bought Harshit Rana a wicket in the first ODI against England with a screamer and in the second game, Shubman Gill took a catch that looked impossible for most bits. It all happened in 29th over when Rana bowled a smart slower delivery into the wicket after seeing Harry Brook advance. The England batter went for a big one down the ground but due to the extra bounce it hit the ball high in the air with mid-on up.
India vice-captain Shubman Gill ran back from mid-off looking over his shoulder in the procedure keeping eyes on the ball and then dived full length forward to time the catch to perfection stretching both hands out and collecting it cleanly. Here is the video of the catch...
Partnership broken in style!
An excellent running catch by Vice-captain Shubman Gill Follow The Match https://t.co/NReW1eEQtF#TeamIndia | #INDvENG | @IDFCFIRSTBank | @ShubmanGill pic.twitter.com/tbtNEu1l0V BCCI (@BCCI) February 9, 2025
Rohit Sharma loses cool at Rana
Moments later after Brook's wicket, Rana bowled a brilliant over but it was spoiled by himself with a wild throw at the stumps. England captain Jos Buttler defended a delivery to the left of the Indian pacer and was out the crease a little.
Rana in his follow-through collected the ball and gave away needless four runs which resulted in skipper Rohit Sharma losing his cool at the pacer. Watch the clip here...
Rohit Sharma was visibly irate when Harshit Ranas reckless overthrow resulted in an unnecessary boundary.#INDvENGpic.twitter.com/7isBgo6tUp (@whyy__prince) February 9, 2025
Earlier, England openers Phil Salt and Ben Duckett got their team a fine start with a 81-run stand for the first wickets. Spinner Varun Chakaravarthy provided India their first break in Cuttack as he dismissed Salt. Duckett who played a good knock of 65 off 56 deliveries was also sent back to the pavilion moments later.
Rana dismissed Brook for 31 but despite these dismissals, Captain Jos Buttler and Joe Root worked in middle-over phases to rebuild the innings. England later on cross the 250-run mark in 43 overs. However, both Root 69 (72) and Buttler 34 (35) were dismissed in the last ten overs of the innings.
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