In the first ODI of the three-match India vs England series, Team India captain Shubman Gill and fast bowler Gurnoor Brar collided with each other while taking a catch. The ball went up in the air, so no one called for a catch; There was a collision between Brar coming from mid-on and Gill coming from mid-off.
The incident occurred during the first ball of the 16th over when Prasidh Krishna ran in to bowl to Jos Buttler as the wicketkeeper batsman tried to flick it through his pads, and the ball took a bit of catch as it found the thick edge and went into the air.
Shubman Gill and Gurnoor Brar escape fatal injury
Gurnoor Brar and Shubman Gill had their eyes on the ball; Not sure if any of them called or not. Brar held on even after hitting Shubman Gill’s shoulder. After the catch, Gurnoor Brar gave a strange reaction to his captain as he lay down after being hit by the bowler. Jos Buttler returned on the score of 5 runs.
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Both almost escaped a fatal injury, because whenever such clashes happen, most of the time one of the cricketers gets injured. India may have been lucky not to lose their captain to injury.
Virat Kohli reacted on the clash between Shubman Gill and Gurnoor Brar
Virat Kohli was seen laughing, looking at the hitting player and celebrating with Prasidh Krishna. He was also seen dancing with outstretched hands and showing hand movements. Virat looked very sharp in the field today and hit some boundaries while fielding in the cover position.
Kohli returned to action after missing the Afghanistan series due to a hamstring injury during the Tata Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 final. Before the IPL, he was in great form in the ODI series against South Africa and New Zealand respectively.
Gurnoor Brar took double wicket
Talking about the match, England captain Harry Brook won the toss in Birmingham and decided to bat first. Openers Ben Duckett and Jacob Bethel made cautious starts against Jasprit Bumrah and Prasidh Krishna. He first took charge against Gurnoor Brar in the latter stages of the powerplay.
However, Brar had the last laugh when he dismissed both the openers in the same over; First it was the struggling Bethel who returned to the pavilion after scoring 14 runs off 31 balls, then Duckett was out for 43 runs.
Shubman Gill keeps pressure on England batsmen
Shubman Gill has been active as a captain today as he rotated his bowlers well and attacked the English batsmen as soon as the first two wickets fell, brought back Jasprit Bumrah as Harry Brook and Joe Root came to the crease, with the fast bowler taking the wicket of Brook.
After this, the Men in Blue team defeated all the England batsmen by losing 5 wickets in a span of 19 runs, Root now remains at the crease and Liam Dawson has come to bat. They will first focus on building partnerships and scoring as many runs as possible.
