Bumrah's career-best performance with the ball (6/19), together with a strong unbeaten opening stand between Rohit and Dhawan, helped India defeat England by a score of 10-wickets in the first One-Day International and grab a 1-0 series lead on Tuesday at The Kennington Oval.
Bumrah's outstanding effort assisted India, which had won the toss and chosen to bowl first in bowler-friendly conditions, to dismiss England for a meagre 110 in 25.2 overs. The 28-year-old became the first Indian fast bowler to take six wickets in an ODI in England with his career-best ODI statistics of 6 for 19. Mohammed Shami (3 for 31), who is now tied for third-fastest to 150 wickets, and Prasidh Krishna (1/26) gave him strong support.
The highest scorer for England, who frequently lost wickets, was captain Jos Buttler (30 off 32). The other two key players for the hosts were Brydon Carse (15 off 26) and David Willey (21 off 26).
Rohit and Shikhar, who were chasing a modest score, put up an unbroken century combination and propelled India to a convincing 10-wicket victory in the 18.4 overs. In his 58-ball undefeated 76, Rohit smashed six fours and five sixes, and Dhawan concluded on 31 not out from 54 after hitting the winning boundary. In the process, the pair became the fourth to surpass 5000 partnership runs for the first wicket.
The Indian skipper was a little jittery while Dhawan got off to a calm start. However, Sharma soon got over it and began playing his shots, including a hook for a six off David Willey.
Reece Topley, who had given 16 runs, was pulled for a four by Sharma as the left-hander, who was on 2 off 17, got going with a few cover drives for boundaries in the seventh over. Sharma pulled Craig Overton for two consecutive sixes in the 10th over, beginning the fifty-year partnership—the 33rd fifty-plus partnership for these two—and bringing the score to 50.
Sharma was striking the boundaries, while Dhawan only made his first 20 runs at a strike rate of just 50. When Brydon Carse went up in a leg-before shout at one point, England reviewed the call, but the umpire decided in Sharma's favour. He reached 50 by hitting a short ball from the same bowler for another six, making it 49 deliveries for his half-century.
The opening pair reached their 18th century partnership before Sharma hit Carse for another six and Dhawan added a fourth run as India triumphed by a margin of 31.2 overs.
In the first over of the innings, Bumrah produced a double-wicket maiden to give India the perfect start and frighten England. The bowler initially bothered Jason Roy with a few strongly swung in deliveries before bowling one slightly wide and having the batter inside-edge it onto the stumps. A little extra bounce bothered No. 3 batter Joe Root, who outside-edged the ball to Rishabh Pant.
Ben Stokes also left the game without contributing, giving England three ducks in a row among their top four players in an ODI. The left-hander got an inside edge to the keeper while attempting to contain Shami, who entered from around the wicket.
Soon after, Bumrah eliminated Bairstow for his third wicket. In addition, Liam Livingstone was dismissed for a duck after being bowled by Bumrah's inswinging delivery.
Buttler rode the bounce and nearly chopped it on in Hardik Pandya's first over as he was playing in an ODI for the first time. Had Pant not turned down a difficult opportunity down the leg side, Bumrah, who was handed a fifth straight over, would have taken the wicket of Moeen Ali.
When England was behind 26-5, Buttler and Moeen played their shots and attempted to work together to rally England. Before Moeen was thrown out by Krishna, they contributed 27 runs. From that point forward, Buttler was in charge, but while playing the pull, he also reached out to Shami. As England was in disarray at 68/8, Overton was also bowled in the same over.
Willey and Carse's helpful partnership for the ninth wicket allowed England to surpass the 100-run threshold. When Carse was dismissed by Bumrah with a thumping yorker, their 35-run partnership in 41 balls came to an end. England was bowled out for 110, their lowest ODI total against Pakistan, after Topley smacked a six off Chahal, but Willey was bowled by Bumrah.
Brief scores: England 110 all out in 25.2 overs (Jos Buttler 30, David Willey 21; Jasprit Bumrah 6/19, Mohammed Shami 3/31) lost to India 114 for no loss in 18.4 overs (Rohit Sharma 76 not out, Shikhar Dhawan 31 not out) by 10 wickets