India vs england 2nd odi: England have scored 304 runs in the second ODI. Joe Root and Ben Docket made the biggest contribution in taking England to this big score. Joe Root put a fifty in Cuttack after the failure of Nagpur ODI. Root scored 69 runs. In the last over, Liam Livingstone played a big role in bringing England to 300. The most successful bowler for Team India was Ravindra Jadeja, who took a total of 3 wickets. Now India will have to score 305 runs to win.
Joe Root and Ben Docket half -century
In this match, England captain Jose Butler won the toss and chose the first batting. Phil Salet and Ben Docket gave the English team a good start on an 81 -run opening partnership, but Salt was dismissed by 26 runs. Shortly after that, Docket also kept walking on a score of 65. Harry Brook got two, but he could not convert his 31 runs into a big innings. There was a 51 -run half -century partnership between Butler and Route.
India’s deadly bowling in the last over
By the 40th over, England had scored 230 runs at the loss of 4 wickets. Joe Root was still standing at the crease, which seemed as if the England team could try to get close to 350 runs. Alam was that England had lost 2 more wickets by the 45th over and the score reached only 258. Liam Livingstone stood by one end, but wickets continued to fall from the other end. India looted 74 runs in the last 10 overs, but even before the completion of 50 overs, the Indian bowlers took all the remaining 6 wickets in England. Livingstone played a crucial innings of 41 runs, putting big shots in the final overs.
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