Dhawan, Krishna star due to India thrash England found in first ODI
Opener Shikhar Dhawan smashed 98 and debutant tempo bowler Prasidh Krishna claimed 4 wickets while India thrashed England by 66 runs found in the opening one-evening international on Tuesday.
Dhawan started strongly while KL Rahul, 62 not out, and Krunal Pandya, unbeaten 58 off 31 balls, steered the hosts to 317-5 after being placed into bat first at the start of the three ODIs found in Pune.
Chasing 318 for success, England were bowled out for 251 in 42.1 overs despite a blazing 94 by Jonny Bairstow to trail the series 1-0.
Krishna, who exactly returned ODI statistics of 4-54, a good best by an Indian on debut, and fellow instant bowler Shardul Thakur shared seven wickets between them and turned the overall game on its brain after Bairstow put on a blazing starting stand of 135 with Jason Roy.
Krishna broke the stand to send back Roy out for 46 and struck found in his next more than with the key wicket of Ben Stokes for one.
He almost got his third on the next ball when Morgan, who arrived to bat with 4 stitches on the webbing of his hands, edged his first ball to Kohli at slide however the Indian captain dropped the capture.
Thakur soon took over from Krishna to deny Bairstow his hundred immediately after obtaining the opener caught at deep midwicket.
Then struck twice in his next over to send back Morgan, for 22, and Jos Buttler, lbw for just two, as England slipped even more to 176-5.
Moeen Ali built a fighting 30 before falling to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who combined with Pandya and Krishna to wipe off the tail.
For India, left-hander Pandya, who played alongside his youthful brother Hardik Pandya, placed on an unbroken stand of 112 with wicketkeeper-batsman Rahul as India finished with a flourish.
Stokes struck first along with his tempo bowling, claiming Rohit Sharma caught at the rear of for 28. He came back figures of 3-34 from eight overs.
Dhawan placed on 105 for the next wicket with Kohli. He built his 31st ODI fifty with a six off leg-spinner Adil Rashid.
Kohli reached a run-a-ball fifty but fell for 56 to pace bowler Tag Wood.
Dhawan, who hit 11 fours and two sixes in his 106-ball knock, fell brief of his 100 after he mistimed a good pull off Stokes.
Pandya completed his 50 found in 26 balls to record the most effective fifty for an ODI debutant and down the road choked up with emotion even while dedicating the innings to his daddy who died found in January.
