India ease to six-wicket win over England in first ODI

BIRMINGHAM, England, July 14 : India bounced back strongly from a 4-0 Twenty20 series whitewash to beat England by six wickets in the first one-day international at Edgbaston on Tuesday.Captain Shubman Gill top scored with 80, before retiring hurt with his side needing 110 runs from 24.2 overs, and Axar Patel hit 57 as they reached their target of 259 comfortably on a balmy evening.Washington Sundar (52) wrapped up the match with a flourish, hitting a six that also brought up the 100 partnership with Patel, for a final score of 262-4 off 45.2 overs.Patel had earlier taken four wickets on an outstanding afternoon for the left-arm spinner. Top-order batters Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma had both gone cheaply, the first lbw for five to Jofra Archer and the latter caught by England captain Harr