NEW DELHI: India, batting first for the first time in this edition of the World Cup, got off to a poor start in their clash against defending champions England in Lucknow on Sunday.
Captain Rohit Sharma played the first over of the match from David Willey as a maiden.
Shubman Gill got off the mark with a superb shot through point for four off Chris Woakes in the next over and then Rohit smashed Willey for a four and 2 sixes in the next over.
With the pitch hardly offering any resistance, India seemed to have got off to a fine start till disaster struck in the next over.
Woakes got the last delivery of his next over come in sharply and it sneaked through Gill's bat-pad gap to crash into the stumps.
Gill fell for 9, India 26/1 in 4 overs, crowd stunned and silenced.
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In the 4 matches that he has played so far, Gill has scored 16 (vs Pakistan), 53 (vs Bangladesh), 26 (vs New Zealand) and 9 (vs England) today.
Gill had missed the matches against Australia and Afghanistan due to dengue.
