India vs England, 2nd ODI - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

India continue their domination over England. For the first time in this tour, England batted well for long phases but they were still a bit short on a wicket that was usually conducive for strokeplay. There was a bit of dew as well which didn’t help their cause in the second half. India will be elated with the way Rohit batted tonight. He looked positive from the outset and played his natural free-flowing game. So, both these sides only have one more game to go before the Champions Trophy. India will be eyeing to carry the winning momentum ahead of the marquee event. England, on the other hand, need to improve their all-round game if they are to prosper in sub-continental conditions. That’s all from our side. Join us for the final ODI of the series after a couple of days. Until next time, goodbye and cheers!I

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Rohit Sharma (2/2): (On the importance of middle overs) It's quite important, the game can go either side. If you manage and squeeze in the middle overs, it helps you not to worry at the death. In both the game, even in Nagpur, we squeezed in the middle overs and even here we squeezed in the middle overs. When you take wickets in the middle overs, you can contain the opposition. We want to keep getting better as a team. I said after the last match as well, we want to get better as a team and as players. As long guys are clear what they are supposed to do and whatever the captain and coach is saying, if they execute it then there's not much to think about.

Rohit Sharma | India captain and Player of the Match (1/2): It was good, really enjoyed being out there, scoring some runs for the team. Important game, series on the line. 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. I wanted to stay focused and bat as deep as possible. Looking at the pitch when you play on black soil, the pitch tends to skid on a bit so it's important that you show the full face of the bat. Then they were trying to bowl into the body and not give room so I prepared my plan as well. I accessed the gaps and obviously, I got good support from Gill and then Shreyas. We enjoy batting with each other, Gill is a very very classy player. I have seen him from close quarters and he doesn't get overawed by the situation. The numbers are there as well if I'm not wrong.

Jos Buttler | England captain: I thought we did a lot of things well, we got into a nice position with the bat. We needed someone to push on and get us to 350. Credit to Rohit, he batted superbly, he has been batting like this since a few years in ODI cricket. Wanted to get runs on the board, it skidded on a bit and the opposition also played well. We played the powerplay brilliant, we needed someone to kick on and a score around 330-350 would have been defendable. Just keep taking steps in the right direction, the results are not there but we need to keep going and be positive.

Shubman Gill: Was feeling good when I was batting out there and obviously batting with Rohit bhai, he makes it look easy. The way he took on the bowlers, we have seen that in the last couple of years how he has batted in ODIs and the way he dominated the bowlers today was a treat to watch. It was a good wicket to bat on, the odd ball was keeping a bit low but overall a good wicket. The chat was simple, just play according to the ball and try and dominate when you can.

Most defeats in ODIs after scoring 300+
28 England (in 99 matches)
27 India (in 136)
23 West Indies (in 62)
19 Sri Lanka (in 87)

Series defeat for England
Fourth in a row in ODIs since WC 2023
Seventh in a row in India in ODIs in the last 20 years
Ninth in ten across white ball formats vs India in last 10 years

Most wins after 50 ODIs as captain
39 C Lloyd/ R Ponting/ V Kohli
37 H Cronje
36 V Richards/ Rohit Sharma
34 S Pollock

21:43 Local Time, 16:13 GMT, 21:43 IST: If not for those easy wickets that India lost towards the end, this could have looked so bad for England. Rohit Sharma hit them like a storm in the powerplay. He raced to fifty off just 30 balls and once the powerplay was done Gill exploded. When those two were batting it looked like India would win the game with some 15 overs to go. That's how bossy both were. Didn't spare Rashid, didn't spare anyone until Overton and Livingstone were handed the ball. England bowled down the leg-side quite often and paid the price. Even when the ball started turning Rohit looked in great control and hitting sixes on his way to his 32nd ODI hundred silencing all critics. India contniued their experiment to push Axar up at No. 5 and he batted well alongside Shreyas before a miscommunication. England came back with a few wickets but India already had the game in their bag. Rohit came, he made his intent clear, stuck to a plan and executed it to the T. He makes Cricket look so much better when he gets going.

Root to Jadeja, FOUR, advances and plays a lovely inside-out cover drive. Finds the gap betweem mid-off and cover and that's 2-0 to India with a game to go

Root to Jadeja, no run, flighted delivery on the stumps, Jadeja defends to mid-on

Root to Jadeja, wide, fired down leg, scores level!

Root to Axar, 1 run, oh the bumper from Root, Axar pulls to deep backward square leg

Atkinson to Axar, 1 run, wanted to smack it and finish it. But found mid-on and they steal a run with the overthrow

Atkinson to Axar, no run, short of length delivery angling in, Axar looks to guide it to third man and misses

Atkinson to Jadeja, 1 run, full and fired down leg, Jadeja glances to fine leg

Atkinson to Jadeja, no run, short and angling in, Jadeja lets it go

Atkinson to Jadeja, FOUR, sweetly timed down the ground. Full and on the stumps, Jadeja places it past mid-on to the right and it speeds to the boundary

Atkinson to Axar, 1 run, fullish and on the stumps, Axar wrists it to deep mid-wicket