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Debutant Prasidh Krishna and fellow seamer Shardul Thakur combined to derail England's chase and bowl India to a 66-run victory in the one-day series opener in Pune on Tuesday. (Source: Reuters)
Shikhar Dhawan made 98 but it was the blistering unbroken century-plus partnership between KL Rahul and debutant Krunal Pandya which helped India to a strong 317-5. (Source: Reuters)
Jonny Bairstow led England's robust reply with an incendiary 94 before the wheels came off their chase and the tourists folded for 251 in 42.1 overs. (Source: Reuters)
India fielded the Pandya brothers -- Krunal and Hardik -- while England had the Curran siblings -- Sam and Tom -- in their playing XI. (Source: Reuters)
Rahul, who made 62 not out, and Krunal launched a spectacular late assault as India plundered 112 runs off the last 10 overs.Krunal raced to a 26-ball fifty, the fastest by an ODI debutant, with his audacious strokemaking and finished 58 not out. (Source: Reuters)
England got off to a flying start with Bairstow combining with Jason Roy (46) in a free-flowing 135-run opening stand. Debutant Krishna (4-54) finally ended the stand, dismissing Roy and Ben Stokes, who made one, in his successive overs. (Source: AP)
Thakur turned the match on its head with three quick strikes that also included the wickets of Morgan and Jos Buttler.Cruising at 135 for no loss, England slumped to 176-5 and could not recover from there.The remaining two matches are scheduled on Friday and Sunday, both in Pune. (Source: PTI)
