The England team defeated West Indies by 238 runs in the first ODI and took a 1-0 lead in the series. 21-year-old Jacob Bethell played the biggest role in England’s victory, scoring a brilliant innings of 82 runs with the help of 8 fours and 5 sixes in 53 balls, and took one wicket and winning the Player of the Match title.
After the match-winning performance, Jacob Bethell gave all the credit to his RCB mate and veteran player Virat Kohli. The English all-rounder said that he has improved a lot as a player after spending about two months in India during the IPL. He also said that Virat Kohli has given him a lot of information about batting.
I am a better batsman than I was before- Jacob Bethell
Speaking about his performance in the first ODI against West Indies at the post-match presentation, Jacob Bethell said,
“𝑰𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍. 𝑰 𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓. 𝑻𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒑. 𝑶𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇. 𝑫𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒏’𝒔 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅. 𝑰𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒏.”
Bethal then said about his experience in IPL 2025,
“𝑰 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕. 𝑰 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍. 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒂 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝑷𝑳. 𝑽𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒕 𝑲𝒐𝒉𝒍𝒊 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆.”
Status of England and West Indies first ODI match-
The first ODI match between England and the West Indies was played at Edgbaston. Batting first, the host team scored 400 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. In response, while chasing the target, the West Indies team was all out for 162 runs in 26.2 overs, and England won by 238 runs.
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