Gill, Akshar or Sundar, who won the Player of the Match award against England?
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axar patel player of the match: Axar Patel was chosen player of the match for his excellent all-round performance. Bowling first, Akshar played an important role in preventing England from reaching a big score by taking four wickets. After this, India’s victory was confirmed by playing a half-century innings. After the match, Akshar looked very happy with his match-winning performance.
Akshar Patel won the Player of the Match award.
New Delhi. India made a good start to the series by defeating England by 6 wickets in the first ODI. In this match held at Edgbaston, Birmingham, India won due to the brilliant performance of Akshar Patel, Shubman Gill and Washington Sundar. With this victory, India has taken steps towards avenging the shameful defeat in the T20 series. India has taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match ODI series. Many players played brilliantly for Team India in this match, in which Akshar, Sundar and Gill were prominent. In such a situation, let us know who among these three got the Player of the Match award.
Who became the player of the match?
Actually, Akshar Patel was chosen player of the match. Akshar played an important role in India’s victory by making important contributions with both ball and bat in the match. While bowling first, he became the highest wicket-taker for India and while chasing runs in the second innings, he scored a brilliant half-century along with Washington Sundar and sealed India’s victory.
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England decided to bat after winning the toss. After a steady start, the Indian bowlers completely tightened the noose on England. For India, Akshar Patel took maximum 4 wickets, while Gurnoor Brar and Prasidh Krishna got 2 wickets each. Jasprit Bumrah and Shivam Dubey took 1 wicket each. However, Liam Dawson (68 runs in 83 balls with 7 boundaries) and Joe Root (unbeaten 76 runs in 76 balls, which included 1 six and 6 fours) scored half-centuries and somehow took England beyond 250 (258 runs).
Won the match with Sundar
While chasing runs, Akshar Patel made a century partnership with Washington Sundar. Akshar made an unbroken partnership of 102 runs in 105 balls for the sixth wicket and gave the team an easy victory. Sundar scored 52 runs in 63 balls with 1 six and 4 fours, while Patel remained unbeaten on 57 runs in 52 balls.
Gill was also the hero of victory
India won the match in 45.2 overs. Captain Shubhman Gill made a partnership of 43 runs with experienced Rohit Sharma in 7.3 overs. Rohit returned to the pavilion after scoring 11 runs. In the next over, the team also lost the wicket of Virat Kohli (5). India had lost 2 wickets till the score of 48. From here, Gill made a partnership of 101 runs in 103 balls with Shreyas Iyer (35) for the third wicket and brought the team on the track of victory. Captain Gill returned from the field in 25.4 overs due to cramps. By that time, Gill had scored 80 runs facing 75 balls with 1 six and 11 fours.
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Shivam Upadhyay is an emerging sports journalist, who has been working as a sub editor in the country’s prestigious media organization Network 18 Group since November 2025. Cricket is the main area of expertise, but hockey and badminton are also…read more
