A change in personnel worked wonders for India as they finally managed to end their losing streak in the recent weeks with a win over England. India had handed Ireland a historic 2-0 T20I series win, before going on to lose 4-0 to England, also in the T20I format.
However, as the focus shifted to ODI cricket, the side was boosted by return of Shubman Gill, Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma, and Virat Kohli.
While Bumrah took the early focus with a stellar bowling spell, finishing with 1/31, and Rohit and Kohli were left wanting on a wicket that had some help for the bowlers, it was India skipper Gill who led the side’s charge and made significant gains in the process.
Before he retired hurt at 80* off 75 balls, Gill had smacked 11 fours and a six to set India well on track for their chase against England. This means an increase in 12 rating points for Gill, and the batter is now merely 11 rating points away from Daryl Mitchell, who holds the top spot in the ODI Batting Rankings.
Mitchell had 93 runs from the first two games of the ODI series against West Indies, and the stage is set for the two batters to challenge each other for the top spot.
