India vs england 2nd odi: India defeated England by four wickets in the second ODI here on Sunday with a 136 -run partnership for the first wicket with captain Rohit Sharma (119 runs) and Shubman Gill (60 runs). Created an unbeatable lead of 2-0.
Rohit, who has been struggling to score runs for a long time, took a beautiful six in the long -off of Adil Rashid in the 26th over on the batting pitch and completed his 32nd hundred in the ODI, and breathed peace which was clearly visible on his face. . For this, he played 76 balls in which seven sixes and nine fours were hit.
Ravindra Jadeja’s bowling bowling
At the Barabati Stadium, left -handed spinner Ravindra Jadeja bowled brilliantly and took three wickets for 35 runs, which India strengthened their grip in the middle overs and held England for 304 runs in 49.5 overs. Then India achieved this target by scoring 308 runs for six in 44.3 overs with Rohit’s 12 fours and seven sixes in the 90 -ball innings. This victory will be to boost morale for India before the Champions Trophy.
Rohit played 70 runs for the third wicket with Shreyas Iyer (44 runs). The innings of the Indian captain ended in the 30th over, in an attempt to play the ball of Liam Livingstone, by catching Adil Rashid on the midwicket. Then the team’s score was 220 runs for three wickets. After this, Akshar Patel (41 not out) and Ravindra Jadeja (11 not out) easily took the team to the team.
Rohit returned in form
Rohit, who was dismissed cheaply in the last match, made a strategy to play aggressively from the beginning in the match. In the second over, he flick Atikson’s ball and lifted it to the midwicket which was welcomed by the audience with joy. The Indian captain returned to the form and sent the ball of Saqib Mahmood for six runs in the next over.
Then in the fifth over, Rohit sent his intentions by sending Mahmud’s ball for sixes. He scored a half -century with four fours and four sixes in just 30 balls. Gill took a run off Mark Wood’s ball in the 14th over, which completed a 100 -run partnership between the two. Although Woods were harassing the batsmen at their own pace, Rohit and Gill kept dominance completely.
Gill’s half -century
Gill completed his half -century by taking a run on Adil Rashid in the next over. Rohit was again seen in the old rhythm and he scored fast and then hit a six on the Long leg on Atkinson. England captain Jose Butler changed the bowling to bowling Jamie Overton (two for 27 runs in five overs), who bowled Gill on the best yorker as soon as he came, which ended his 52 -ball innings which ended nine fours And a six was included.
Now Virat Kohli (05) was at the crease and the enthusiasm of the audience was worth seeing. The star had hit a four after playing carefully, but Adil touched the bat off Rashid and the field umpire signed a knot out but reached the pavilion after the review was seen in Ultraz. Shreyas Iyer, who scored half -centuries in the first ODI, landed and now after 20 overs, India’s score was 151 runs for two wickets.
Sports had to be stopped due to floodlight malfunction
The game had to be stopped for about 35 minutes due to floodlight malfunction. When the floodlight deteriorated, the hosts scored 48 runs without losing wickets. One of the eight floodlights near ‘Clock Tower’ failed, causing the players to go out of the field.
England won the toss
Earlier, England, who came out to bat after winning the toss, laid a good foundation with the contribution of Docket, Root and captain Jose Butler (34 runs). England’s score was 200 runs for three wickets in 35 overs, which seemed that the team would be successful in scoring more than 330 runs. Jadeja dismissed the aggressive Ben Docket (65 runs) and the crease Joe Root (69 runs), which could not increase the strong start to a big score.
Jadeja’s disciplined bowling curbed his run speed. If Liam Livingstone had not scored 41 runs from two fours and two sixes in 32 balls and Adil Rashid had not scored 14 runs in five balls, the score would not have reached here. Three England players were run out in the last two overs, which reduced the team one ball first. This is the lowest score since 2011 at Barabati Stadium as the average score has been more than 350 since then.
Jadeja wooed Docket with a wide ball to play the shot, the batsman tried to play on the leg side and Hardik Pandya caught the catch. Jadeja walked the route for the fifth time in ODIs, the England batsman tried to put a cover drive on the deep extra cover and caught Kohli. Jadeja dismissed Jamie Overton on the final ball of his spell and Shubman Gill caught the third catch during the innings.
Harshit Rana proved to be expensive
India, however, lost two reviews by taking some wrong decisions. Both were off the ball of mysterious spinner Varun Chakraborty (one wicket for 54) against the routes. Harshit Rana proved to be expensive, who gave 14 runs in his two overs in which Docket took advantage of his speed and easily shot. Docks were in excellent form and scored a half -century in 36 balls. Phil Soult hit Pandya’s slow ball to long on, hitting the first six of the innings.
England had scored 75 runs without losing wickets in 10 overs but the Salt could not redeem the good start and became a victim of Varun Chakraborty to make his debut in the 11th over. Docket was sent to the pavilion by Jadeja, which led England to 102 runs for two wickets without wickets.
India got the right opportunity to pressurize, but Root and Harry Brooke (31 runs) took over England’s innings and carried forward the score of six runs per over. Route scored 150 runs for two wickets in 27 overs thanks to the route. But Rohit Sharma put Harshit Rana back on bowling and Gill’s brilliant fielding stopped the partnership for 66 runs.
Last ODI in Ahmedabad on 12 February
India has made two changes to Virat Kohli and Varun Chakraborty in place of openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Kuldeep Yadav. Kohli could not play in the first ODI match due to injury. Kuldeep has been rested, which gave Chakravarti a chance to make his debut. England also made three changes and included Mark Wood, Jamie Overton and Gas Atkinson in the XI. The third and final ODI will be played on 12 February in Ahmedabad.
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