Extending their good work in the Test series to the shorter version of the game, the Indian under-19 cricket team humbled their England counterparts by 46 runs in the first one-day match in Agartala on Tuesday.
Replying to the hosts' formidable score of 299 for 9, the England under-19 side was bundled out for 253 in 46.4 overs at the Maharaja Bir Bikram stadium.
M Tehlan (51, 64 balls, three fours) top scored for the Indians, who opted to bat after their new captain Manoj Tiwari won the toss in the morning.
The English colts had a poor start, losing two quick wickets before middle order batsmen M Ali (57, 72 balls, 7x4, 2x6), T Smith (56) and W Gifford (33, 55 b, 4x4) tried to rescue the side.
In the end, the visitors fell well short of the Indian total.
India's Gaurav Dhiman, who scored 43 and claimed two wickets, was declared man of the match.
The second one-dayer will be played at the same ground on Wednesday.
Scorecard
India: 299 for 9
A Srikanth c b Harmison b Smith 8
B Marathe c S Devies b Griffiths 27
G Dhiman c M O'shea b B Harmison 43
M Tiwari run out 46
M Tehlan st S Devies b Lawson 51
R K Shukla c S Devies b Lawson 33
R Sharma c Stokes b M Ali 13
A G Pradip not out 28
P Chawla B Griffiths 32
S Nadeem run out 1
Extras: (lb-1, nb-5, wb-11) 17
Total: (for 9 wkts in 50 overs) 299
Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-72, 3-95, 4-166, 5-219, 6-226, 7-252, 8-298, 9-299.
Bowling: A Harrison 10-O-49-0, T Smith 10-0-49-1, D Griffiths 4-0-48-2, M Ali 8-0-52-1, B Harmison 1-0-7-1, M Lawson 9-0-46-2, M Stokes 8-0-47-0.
England:
J Denly c A G Pradip b G Dhiman 0
M Stokes c S Marathe b G Dhiman 0
S Davis run out 04
W Gifford run out 33
B Harmison b K Sharma 15
M Ali c M Tehlan b A G Pradip 57
M O'shea c S Marathe b P Chawla 3
T Smith c G Dhiman b S Nadeem 56
A Harrison st. S Marathe b A G Pradip 12
M Lawson not out 7
D Griffiths b K Sharma 26
Extras: (b-6, lb-3, nb-5, wb-26) 40
Total: (all out in 46.4 overs) 253
Fall of wickets: 1-00, 2-01, 3-21, 4-53, 5-72, 6-81, 7-167, 8-218, 9-220.
Bowling: G Dhiman 07-00-58-02, K Sharma 7.4-01-20-02, P Chawla 10-01-52-01, S Nadeem 10-01-23-01, M Tiwari 03-01-22-00, R Sharma 01-00-07-00, A G Pradip 06-00-45-02, M Tehlan 02- 00-17-00.
