India won by 158 runs against England the first One-Day International of the seven-match series in Rajkot. On Friday at the Madhavrao Scindia Stadium After posting an enormous total of 387 runs with the help and Virender Sehwag’s flamboyant 85 runs and Yuvraj Singh’s unbeaten 138 runs, India bundled England for 229 runs. India won the toss and put in to first bat the Indian batsmen made happy after since all the way through the first few over. England’s nemesis Yuvraj toyed with the bowlers to raise ninth ODI hundred, his second in opposition to the visitors.

Yuvraj, who was affliction from a rear twinge, dealt the bowlers in boundaries, and hit sixteen 4s and six 6s in his 78-ball long jaunt. All that he hit start itself on the further side of the rope. Yuvraj was also active in two key partnerships. He added 89 runs with Suresh Raina for the third wicket and 105 runs with captain MS Dhoni for the fifth wicket. Sehwag made 85 runs in 73 balls with the help of ten 4s and three 6s. For the third wicket Suresh Raina 105 runs with captain MS Dhoni for the fifth wicket. He strides away with the ‘Man of the match’ award.

Indian openers-Gautam Gambhir and Sehwag gave an excellent begin ahead of spinner Samit Patel ruined their 127-run partnership. Kevin Pietersen, who condemned fifty, was jammed short of the pleat for 63 runs. A fling from Rohit Sharma was composed by Dhoni and bails were dislocate long prior to KP could arrive at home. After his firing, it was just a substance of time.

Though, Ravi Bopara (54) showed some temperament down the order and slammed his 3rd ODI fifty, his partners could not give him adequate hold up. Last two batsmen James Anderson and Steve Harmison fell devoid of any contribution. India and England second ODI on November 17 at Indore on Monday.

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