Chasing a target of 247, India got off to a poor start as they lost the wicket of Rohit Sharma in the third over of the day. It was Reece Topley who was responsible for the batsman as the Indian captain departed for a ten-ball duck. It was a length ball on the stumps, Rohit went for a drive without getting close to the pitch of the ball. In the end, he was beaten on the inside edge and the ball hit the front pad en route to the keeper. Replays confirm that no bat was involved, but the ball hit the middle and over the top, meaning it was declared out.
Its aim India Rohit Sharma missed a good opportunity after scoring a half-century in the first match.
Hardik Pandya’s steady pace medium bowling coupled with clever variations from Yuzvendra Chahal saw India bundle out England for 246 in 49 overs in the second ODI at Lord’s on Thursday.
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However, it was Moeen Ali (47 off 64 balls) who took the attack back into the opposition camp with his audacious hook and pulled off sixes with a slog sweep as England’s total had some semblance of respectability, as the apprehensive The top order promised a lot, but delivered. little.
Moeen and David Willey (41 off 49 balls) put on 62 runs for the seventh wicket to help chase down the target of 250.
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On a two-paced track, Chahal (10-0-47-4) was brilliant at managing his length while giving the ball a lot of air as he got rid of England’s ‘Big Three’ – Jonny Bairstow (31), Joe Root had got. (11) and Ben Stokes (21) – and then got Moeen out only when he looked dangerous.
At the other end, Pandya (6-0-28-2), who is slowly finding his bowling rhythm back, picked up the wickets of Jason Roy (23) and Liam Livingstone (33) and Rohit Sharma scored runs. – Flow stopped. Had another good day at the office, maneuvering his six-man attack.
Mohammed Shami (10-0-48-1) was as regal as ever as he dismissed rival skipper Jos Buttler (4) with a sharp inswinger that came into the tail late.
Jasprit Bumrah (10-1-49-2) and Shami were once again in the zone, although it was not as big a defeat for England as compared to the opening game.
It was a steady start for England as Roy tried to break the shackles by first charging down the track off Shami and smashing him for a six over mid-wicket and then hitting him for a boundary from the same area.
Rohit displayed excellent improvisation skills when Pandya was brought into the powerplay. Roy goes for a cheeky flick and Suryakumar Yadav takes the easiest catch from a few yards to the backward square leg boundary.
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