As KL Rahul returns to form, Krunal Pandya became the fastest to score 50 in ODI debut

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Asmita Thakkar
Asmita Thakkar is a political science student, currently pursuing the third year from MIT- World Peace University (Pune). She herself being a cricketer for five years...
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In the first ODI match for Team India, KL Rahul, who came out to bat in the middle order, regained his form and he batted brilliantly against England. KL Rahul faced 43 balls in this match and scored an unbeaten 62 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 4 fours and played an important role in bringing the team’s score to 317 for 5 wickets in 50 overs. Krunal Pandya, who made ODI debut through this match, played very well and he also scored an unbeaten 58 in this match with the help of 2 sixes and 7 fours.

KL Rahul’s return to form, he performed extremely poor in the five-match T20I series against England, is a good sign for Team India, while Krunal Pandya, who performed brilliantly in Vijay Hazare Trophy, showed his strength in the first match against England. . However his brother Hardik Pandya was dismissed for just one run in this match. KL Rahul, along with Krunal Pandya, scored a 112-run partnership for the fifth wicket in this match, taking the team’s score to an extremely strong position.

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In this match, Indian opener batsman Rohit Sharma hit an innings of 28 runs, but could not take it far, while Shikhar Dhawan played a brilliant innings of 98 runs and missed the 18th century of his ODI career by just two runs. . Captain Virat Kohli was also batting well, but his innings on 56 runs was ended by Mark Wood. The Indian team’s 5 wickets fell for 205, after which Krunal and KL together handled the Indian innings very brilliantly and gave the team a score of 317.

 

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Asmita Thakkar is a political science student, currently pursuing the third year from MIT- World Peace University (Pune). She herself being a cricketer for five years and her interest in politics , sports and journalism makes her a good fit as a sports journalist and political journalist. Apart from journalist, she is also a poet and an actor. She is currently working as a Journalist in SportsDigest.in and can be contacted via [email protected]