IND vs ENG: Rohit-Dhawan duo made this record their name

India (India) England (England) India defeated England by 10 wickets in the first match played between With this win, India have taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. During the match, the pair of Indian captain Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan recorded a special record in their name. The pair of Rohit and Dhawan completed 5000 runs as opener partners in ODIs. This opening pair is second in terms of highest run partnership for India in ODIs.

Sachin-Ganguly pair on top

The pair of captain Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan completed 5000 runs as an opener partner in the first ODI played at the Oval. In this case he called the great batsman Sachin Tendulkar. (Sachin Tendulkar) and former explosive batsman Virender Sehwag (Virendea Sehwag) left the pair behind. Sachin and Sehwag had scored 3919 runs in ODIs as partners. While Dhawan and Rohit have scored more than 5000 runs. In this case, Sachin and Sourav Ganguly at number-1 (Saurav Ganguly) is of. Both of them have scored 6609 runs as openers.

Captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, the England team was all out on the score of 111 runs. During this, Jasprit Bumrah took 6 wickets while bowling brilliantly for India. Including 3 maiden overs. In response, the Indian team won the match by 10 wickets in 18.4 overs without losing a wicket. Rohit scored 76 not out and Dhawan scored 31 not out.