New Delhi, Feb. 6 -- Following a poor run with the bat in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT), Shubman Gill roared back to form with a brilliant 87 as India defeated England by four wickets in the first ODI to start their ICC Champions Trophy 2025 preparations in the right way in Nagpur on Thursday. India have two more ODIs left before the Champions Trophy starts.

Dropping to no.3 in the absence of Virat Kohli, who missed the game due to a 'sore right knee', Shubman Gill played the sheet anchor's role before being brilliant caught by rival captain Jos Buttler with 13 runs short of a well-deserved hundred.

The right-hander came in the middle when India were two down with just 19 runs on board while chasing England 248. While Shreyas Iyer we...