PUNE, Mar 23:
India skipper Virat Kohli today described the win in the opening ODI against England as one of their “sweetest in the recent past”, lavishing special praise on under-fire opener Shikhar Dhawan who struck form in the game.
Chasing 318, England had the game in the bag at 135 for no loss in the 15th over before Indian bowlers scripted a wining comeback with debutant pacer Prasidh Kumar snaring 4/54 — the best by an Indian on debut. This was after Dhawan’s 98-run knock.
“This is one of our sweetest wins in the recent past. This one is right up there with any other. Getting nine wickets so quickly is outstanding. To come back into the game the way they did is brilliant. I’m a really, really proud man right now,” said Kohli at the post match presentation post the 66-run win.
England collapsed to 251 all out after a flying start.
K L Rahul too was back among the runs after a lean T20 series.
“As I mentioned in the past as well, we promote players who have intent. Special mention to Shikhar’s innings as well. KL as well, back among the runs. We want to back the people who we know will go out and do a selfless job. (PTI)
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