1st ODI: Kohli, Jadhav score tons as India beat England in Pune

Indias Kedar Jadhav celebrates after scoring a century 100 runs during the first oneday international cricket match between India and England at The MCA International Cricket Stadium in Pune PicAFPVirat Kohli and Kedar Jadhav slammed quickfire centuries to steer India to a threewicket victory over England in the first OneDay International at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium here on SundayChasing a difficult 351run target the hosts were tottering at 634 when the duo came together to add 200 runs between them in 243 overs India now lead the threematch series 10Kohli who thus enjoyed a victorious start to his stint as Indias limitedovers captain plundered 122 runs over 105 deliveries hitting eight boundaries and five sixesJadhav smashed 120 runs over a whirlwind 76ball innings that included 12 boundaries and four sixes He fell to pacer Jake Ball while attempting another big hitIndias captain Virat Kohli plays a shot during the first oneday international cricket match between India and England at The MCA International Cricket Stadium in Pune PicAFPHardik Pandya then scored an unbeaten 40 off 37 balls to ensure that India crossed the line with three wickets and 15 overs to spareJake Ball was the most successful among the England bowlers with figures of 367 while fellow pacers David Willey and Ben Stokes returned 247 and 273 respectivelyChasing a difficult target the hosts were off to a poor start with the England pacers striking early blowsThe perennially underperforming Shikhar Dhawan was the first to go edging Willey to Moeen Ali at third manWilley dismissed Lokesh Rahul the other Indian opener in his very next over with an inswinging full length delivery that uprooted the middle stumpComeback man Yuvraj Singh seemed to be in decent touch during his 12ball stay in the middle that produced 15 runs But he was done in by a poor piece of shot selection edging a Stokes delivery which was sailing down the leg side to England wicketkeeper Jos ButtlerBall clinched the coveted wicket of Mahendra Singh Dhoni when the former India captain misjudged the bounce of a shortpitched delivery while attempting a pullThe ball took the upper edge and lobbed up for an easy catch to Willey at midwicket as the hosts lost almost their entire top order by the 12th overBut with the Indians seemingly tottering their way towards defeat Kohli and Jadhav turned the tide with their dominant battingFollowing the duos departure Pandya finished off the chase with Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin providing excellent support at the other endAshwin finished things off in style with a six off Ali in the penultimate overEarlier halfcenturies by Jason Roy 73 and Joe Root 78 helped England post a mammoth 350 for seven in 50 overs against India in their first OneDay International ODI match at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium here on SundayBesides Roy and Root allrounder Ben strokes 61 and wicketkeeper Jos Buttler also produced fine knocks and contributed handsomely to the visitors causePut in to bat England started the proceedings on a cautious note as both openers Roy and Alex Hales 9 were playing the ball to its meritJust when things seemed good for the visitors India bounced back in style to sent back Hales in the seventh over with 39 runs on board He was run out by medium pacer Jasprit BumrahThe fall of wicket brought in Root who along with Roy forged a crucial 69run partnership with an average run rate of 567In the 19th over Mahendra Singh Dhoni planned a stumping dismissal of Roy off leftarm spinner Ravindra Jadeja as the batsman was terribly mistaken as the ball went straight on underneath his batRoy played 61 deliveries and slammed 12 boundaries with 11967 strike rateThe fall of Roys wicket brought in skipper Eoin Morgan who also contributed 28 runs and built 49run partnership with Root for the third wicketBut after seven overs Morgan was sent packing by medium pacer Hardik Pandya with 157 runs on board He gave an easy catch to Dhoni who did not make any mistakeIncoming batsman Buttler and Root then slammed 63 runs in 10 overs for the fourth wicket to put England on drivers seat before Buttler was caught by Shikhar Dhawan off Pandya in the 38th overThe middleorder also stepped up to the occasion as Ben Strokes and Moeen Ali 28 stitched a 73run partnership for the sixth wicket in just six oversAlis 17ball knock was laced with three boundaries and one six while Strokes slammed two boundaries and five massive sixesSeventh and eighth wicket also contributed as they scored 34 runs in the end to post 350 in their allotted 50 oversFor India medium pacers Pandya and Bumrah took two wickets each while leftarm spinner Jadeja and pacer Umesh Yadav chipped in with one wicket each