Things got extremely emotional for debutant Krunal Pandya on Tuesday after his breathtaking fifty in 26 balls against England. While speaking after the innings, Krunal was in tears as he could not speak while dedicating the knock to his late father. Krunal remained unbeaten on 58* off 31 balls. His knock comprised of seven fours and two sixes.

“This one is for my dad. I did get emotional (holding back tears),” Krunal said as he was then hugged by Hardik on the sidelines.

Here is the video that is winning hearts already:

The finish just came out of nowhere with Krunal suddenly starting to time everything right off the middle upon his arrival to the crease.

Krunal and KL Rahul stitched a 112-run stand to provide India the finishing kick after a middle-order collapse.

It would now be interesting to see how he is used with the ball. Another thing to watch out for is how many overs does Hardik bowl.

For India, Shikhar Dhawan was the top-scorer with 98 runs. India skipper Virat Kohli also got his eye in but perished for 56.

Kohli would now hope that the bowlers do the job for them. Eyes would be on Kuldeep Yadav for sure in the absence of Yuzvendra Chahal.

England has the depth in their batting and is the best side in the 50-over format, hence it will not be easy for the hosts. India would look to make early innroads with the new ball.