New Delhi, July 15 -- India all-rounder Axar Patel was on top of his game during the first ODI against England at Birmingham's Edgbaston on Tuesday. Patel registered figures of 4/62 from 9.5 overs to help India dismiss England for 258.

He then performed brilliantly with the bat under pressure after the likes of Rohit Sharma (11) and Virat Kohli (5) failed to fire early on.

Patel walked out to bat at No 6 and scored 57 runs from 52 balls, slamming five fours and one six. The 32-year-old was involved in an unbeaten 102-run partnership with Washington Sundar for the fifth wicket.

Patel joined an elite list of Indian cricketers to have scored a half-century and taken four wickets in an away ODI match. He became the third Indian to do so, a...