India Beat England in the 2nd ODI by 4 Wickets and Sealed the Series, Rohit Slams a Century
The second match of the three-match ODI series between India and England took place at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack, Which India won by four wickets to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.
India Won the 2nd ODI Match in Cuttack: The second match of the three-match ODI series between India and England was played at Barabaati Stadium in Cuttack, which Rohit and company won by four wickets to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. The explosive innings of Rohit Sharma (119) and Shubman Gill (60) laid the foundation for this huge victory.
India vs England 2nd ODI Playing 11
India Playing 11: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakravarthy.
England Playing 11: Philip Salt(w), Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler(c), Liam Livingstone, Jamie Overton, Gus Atkinson, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Saqib Mahmood.
After winning the toss and batting first, England could not play the full 50 overs and were all out for 304 runs with one ball to spare. In reply, India won the match by scoring 308 runs in 44.3 overs with Rohit Sharma's stormy century and Gill's fiery innings.
For England, Joe Root (69) and Ben Duckett (65) played brilliant half-century innings. Apart from these, Liam Livingstone scored 41 runs in 32 balls, hitting two fours and as many sixes. Harry Brook (31) and captain Jos Buttler (34) also contributed some runs. Ravindra Jadeja took the maximum of three wickets for India. Mohammad Shami, Harshit Rana, Hardik Pandya and Varun Chakraborty, who was playing his debut match, got one wicket each.
Chasing the target, openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill gave a great start to Team India. A century partnership was seen between the two. In the match, captain Rohit scored 119 runs in 90 balls, Gill scored 60 runs in 52 balls, Kohli was able to score only 5 runs in 8 balls, Shreyas Iyer scored 44 runs in 47 balls, KL Rahul scored 10 runs in 14 balls, Hardik Pandya was out after scoring 10 runs in 6 balls.
While Akshar Patel remained unbeaten on 41 runs and Ravindra Jadeja on 7 runs. During this, Jamie Overton took the maximum two wickets for England.
Player of the Match: Rohit Sharma (IND) 119 (90).
