Skipper Rohit Sharma opposed a flood lamp failing to recover with a splitting 119 as India brushed up to a four-wicket, series-clinching sway England in the 2nd one-day global on Sunday.
Chasing 305 for success, Rohit’s 90-ball knock, tied with 12 fours and 7 6s, established the chase as India accomplished success with 33 spheres to save in Cuttack.
The hosts took an unsurpassable 2-0 lead in the three-match collection, which comes in advance of the 50-over Champions Trophy beginning February 19 in Pakistan and Dubai.
Rohit, 37, preponderated with his 32nd ODI lot in 76 spheres with a 6 off leg-spinner Adil Rashid after he placed on 136 keep up opening up companion Shubman Gill.
“It was good, really enjoyed being out there, scoring some runs for the team,” Rohit claimed after being called gamer of the suit in his 50th ODI as captain of India.
On his batting strategies, Rohit claimed, “I broke it into pieces how I wanted to bat. It’s a format that is longer than T20 cricket and a lot shorter than Tests. Still, you need to assess and bat according to the situation.”
Rohit, that racked up 2 in the opening suit, handled the bowlers with a flurry of borders.
A 20-minute break because of a flood lamp failing at the ground did not quit Rohit, that reached his fifty to conquer a lean spot in India’s current Test collection loss in Australia.
He balanced simply 10.37 in his previous 16 innings prior to the ODI collection throughout all layouts in the 2024-25 period.
Rohit, that showed a selection of strokes including his hallmark pull, ultimately was up to Liam Livingstone’s leg-spin and strolled off to an applause.
Vice- captain Gill, that made 60, struck his 2nd succeeding half-century in 45 spheres after he made 87 in the opening win.
– Kohli flops –
Jamie Overton removed Gill and India shed Virat Kohli, that missed out on the opener because of an aching right knee, captured behind for 5 off Rashid.
India stammered between however Shreyas Iyer’s 44 and an unbeaten 41 by Axar Patel guided the group home.
Earlier Ben Duckett and Joe Root attracted attention for England with ratings of 65 and 69 to assist their group to 304 full blast in 49.5 overs.
Indian rewriter Ravindra Jadeja returned numbers of 3-35.
The left-handed Duckett appeared shooting and place on 81 with opening up companion Phil Salt, that made 26.
Duckett reached his 50 off 36 spheres prior to Salt came to be debutant rewriter Varun Chakravarthy’s very first ODI gate.
Duckett was disregarded by by left-arm rewriter Jadeja, going down to his knees in frustration.
Harry Brook signed up with Root, that played his 2nd ODI given that his go back to the layout after the 2023 World Cup, and both rebuilt the innings in a 66-run third-wicket stand.
Fast bowler Harshit Rana sent out Brook back for 31, with Gill taking a spectacular catch running in reverse from mid-on.
Root persevered and place on 51 with captain Jos Buttler prior to England shed 3 fast gates, however Livingstone’s 41 enhanced the overall.
“We played the powerplay brilliant, we needed someone to kick on and a score around 330-350 would have been defendable,” claimed Buttler.
On the last suit in Ahmedabad on Wednesday and the complying with Champions Trophy strategies, Buttler claimed, “Just keep making steps in the right direction, the results are not there but we need to keep going and be positive.”
Brief ratings:
England 304 full blast in 49.5 overs (J. Root 69, B. Duckett 65, L. Livingstone 41; R. Jadeja 3-35) v India 308-6 in 44.3 overs (R. Sharma 119, S. Gill 60, S. Iyer 44, A. Patel 41 not out; J. Overton 2-27)
Result: India won by 4 gates
Toss: England
Series: India lead the three-match collection 2-0
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