"The umpire was forced to change the ball within the first 3 overs of the game".
The 1st ODI match between India and England has started today. India and England will play 3 ODI matches, of which 1 has been played today. And in today's match, India won by 66 runs. India started batting first but a strange thing happened at the beginning of the game today that the umpires had to change the ball in just 3 overs of the game.
Opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan's short shot made a hole in the ball which made the umpires decide to change the ball at the beginning of the game for the first time. It is not uncommon to see such shoots at the beginning of the game.
Such a scene was seen in today's match in Pune, India. Usually the white ball has to be changed a little faster than the red ball but it was so fast that it was not expected. Shikhar Dhawan played from a good opening but went close to a century but was eventually caught by Ben Stokes and left the field.
Dhawan scored 98 runs, losing hundreds for just two runs. India lost 5 wickets in 50 overs and managed to score 317 runs. Then England started batting with the target of 318 runs. The batting line is right towards their first powerplay but it breaks towards the last.
As a result, their wickets fell frequently after 160 runs and in the end they lost all their wickets and ended their innings at 251 runs. On the other hand, India won the match and the player of the match was Shikhar Dhawan.