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Gritty England go down, India win match by 15 runs

| | Jan 20, 2017, at 03:49 am
Cuttack, Jan 19 (IBNS): Chasing a mammoth target of 382 runs, England's chase fell short by 15 runs as the Indian bowlers scripted yet another escape in the 50-over format, here on Thursday in the second ODI match of the three-match series.

The England innings ended at 366 runs for the loss of 8 wickets at the end of their 50 overs.

England started off in an attacking fashion, scoring 28 runs inside four overs before Alex Hales (14) edged one off Jasprit Bumrah to Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Following the fall of the wicket, Jason Roy and Joe Root forged a good partnership and added a 100 runs for the second wicket.

Root (54 off 55 balls) fell prey to Ashwin's guile, while Jedeja accounted for Roy (82 off 73).

Root and Roy also hit 8 and 9 boundaries respectively, with the latter hitting two sixes.

England's run chase was however propelled by skipper Eoin Morgan's innings of 102 runs.

The southpaw hit six fours and five sixes in the 81 deliveries he faced.

His cause was ably supported by Moeen Ali (55 off 43 balls), who hit six boundaries and added 93 runs along with Morgan.

For India, Ashwin was the pick of the bowlers, picking up three wickets, followed by Bumrah, who picked up a couple.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ravindra Jadeja accounted for a scalp each.

Propelled by Yuvraj Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni's  centuries, India set England a steep target of 382 runs, earlier in the day.

Losing the coin toss, Virat Kohli and his men were put in a spot of bother, as they were reeling at 25 runs for the loss of three wickets.

Yuvraj and Dhoni combined together and took the team to a safe position when the former finally departed.

The left-right combination accounted for 256 runs for the fourth wicket.

Yuvraj (150), adjudged the Man of the Match, also registered his highest ODI score en route to his innings.

The southpaw also tonked 21 fours and three sixes in his 137-ball innings.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the former Indian skipper, got off to a slow start, but later picked up pace, hitting six maximums and 10 boundaries in his 122-ball innings of 134 runs.

The Indian run feast was also helped by cameos from Kedar Jadhav (22), Hardik Pandya (19) and Ravindra Jadeja (16).

Jadhav in a short stay at the crease hit three fours and a six in his 10-ball innings.

Pandya and Jadeja hit a six each, with the former hitting two fours, one more than the latter.

They both played nine and eight balls respectively.

Sending the English bowlers for a leather hunt, the Indian batsmen hit as many as a dozen sixes and 42 boundaries.

Earlier, Chris Woakes started off in an emphatic fashion for his team, picking up KL Rahul and Virat Kohli in one over to leave the home side reeling.

Woakes stuck again, sending southpaw Shikhar Dhawan back to the pavillion and silencing the Indian faithfuls, who had gathered in large numbers at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack.

For England, Liam Plunkett picked up a couple of wickets alongside Woakes, who accounted for four scalps.

India had already hoodwinked the English side in the last ODI, when, while chasing 350 runs they had lost the top four batsman.

It was skipper Virat Kohli and middle order batsman Kedar Jadhav who took the initiative to ensure India's victory, ably aided by Hardik Pandya's calm innings of 40 odd runs.

The home-side is up 2-0 and have taken an unassailable lead.


(Reporting by Sudipto Maity)

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