India faltered completely in the second ODI against England which was played at the Lord’s on July 14, 2022, and lost by a huge margin of 100 runs as the hosts leveled the series 1-1.
It was an emphatic win by the England side, who were asked to bat first by Rohit Sharma who won the toss. England came in unchanged while India made one change with Shreyas Iyer making way for Virat Kohli, who had missed the first ODI due to a groin niggle.
With the 110 all out on their minds in the first ODI, England started off cautiously but it seemed like the history will repeat itself a bit. Despite Jason Roy making 23 and Jonny Bairstow made 38, England found themselves 102/5 in 22 overs.
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Then Moeen Ali (47), Liam Livingstone (33), and David Willey (41) added crucial runs taking England to a decent final total of 246 in 49 overs. For India, Yuzvendra Chahal picked 4/47, while Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya picked 2 wickets apiece.
India was expected to have a cakewalk of a chase, given how they hunted down 110 runs in the first match, but England opening bowlers Reece Topley and David Willey, along with Craig Overton came out all guns blazing.
They took advantage of the Lord’s surface and it resulted in Rohit Sharma making 0 and Shikhar Dhawan making 9 runs. Rishabh Pant made a duck after being promoted to no.4.
Virat Kohli’s rotten run continued as after hitting 3 sublime fours in his 16-run knock, his habit of poking at deliveries outside off led to his downfall.
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After this, England kept picking wickets at regular intervals as Suryakumar fell for 27, Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja made 29 runs each and Mohammad Shami made an entertaining 23 runs.
Reece Topley was the pick of England bowlers, finishing with his career-best 6/24, which are also, the best-ever ODI bowling figures by an Englishman at Lord’s. India was bundled out for 146 runs inside 39 overs and lost the match by 100 runs.
England leveled the series 1-1 with the final ODI to be played at Manchester on July 17, Sunday.
BRIEF SCORES:
ENG 246 (M ALI 47, D WILLEY 41; Y CHAHAL 4/47) defeated IND 146 (H PANDYA 29; R TOPLEY 6/24) by 100 runs.
England level series 1-1.
