Topley's 6-wicket-haul helps ENG win by 100 runs
Cricket / Topley's 6-wicket-haul helps ENG win by 100 runs
Cricket - Topley's 6-wicket-haul helps ENG win by 100 runs
England defeated Team India by a huge margin of 100 runs in the second ODI at Lord's. With this, the three-match series has come to a 1-1 draw. Batting first after losing the toss, England scored 246 runs. In reply, the Indian team was all out for 146 runs in 38.5 overs. For England, Reese Topley took 6 wickets while bowling brilliantly.
At the same time, Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja scored the most runs for India. 29-29 runs came off both the bats. Moeen Ali scored the most runs for England. He scored 47 runs in 64 balls.
Virat did not walk again, Pant-Rohit could not even open the accountTeam India got the first blow for 4 runs. Rohit Sharma got out after scoring 0 runs. After this, Dhawan too could not do much and returned to the pavilion after scoring 9 runs. Both the wickets were taken by Reese Topley. The team management sent Rishabh Pant to bat before Surya Kumar Yadav and he too got out without opening the account.
Kohli, who was completely set up, could not play a big innings once again. He faced 25 balls and 16 runs came off his bat. He also hit 3 fours during this. After 4 wickets fell early, Hardik and Suryakumar Yadav handled Team India's innings for some time and both also shared a partnership of 42 runs in 54 balls, but Reese Topley once again shocked India and Suriya was bowled.
Chahal's brilliant bowling did not work for IndiaYuzvendra Chahal took the most wickets for India. He took 4 wickets in his name. At the same time, Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya got 2 wickets each. Chahal did not allow any English batsman to settle on the crease. England got the second blow in the form of Jonny Bairstow. He was bowled by Yuzvendra Chahal. Bairstow went for a slog sweep on Chahal's fuller ball, but missed it completely. The ball went straight to the wicket. Bairstow was dismissed for 38 runs off 38 balls.
Chahal then sent Joe Root to the pavilion as well. He faced 21 balls and could only manage 11 runs. Chahal did not stop here, he also dismissed Ben Stokes LBW. Stokes was dismissed for 21 off 23 balls. Moeen Ali who was all set. It seemed that he alone would take England's score to 250-270, but he too was dismissed for 47 by Chahal.
Captain Jos Buttler was also a complete flop in the match. His bat got 4 runs in 5 balls. He was clean bowled by Mohammed Shami.
Hardik gave India the first successHardik Pandya sent the pavilion to Jason Roy, who was batting completely set for England. He put the fifth ball of the 9th over at Jason's feet. Roy wanted to send it outside the boundary, but Surya Kumar Yadav took a simple catch. Roy was dismissed for 23 runs in 33 balls.
Virat Kohli, who was not part of the team in the first ODI due to injury, returned to the Indian team. He played in place of Shreyas Iyer, but once again he could not do anything special.
Playing XI of both the teamsIndia - Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Prashant Krishna and Yuzvendra Chahal.England - Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Liam Livingston, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (c), Moeen Ali, David Willey, Bryden Cars, Craig Overton, Reese Topley.