India beat England by four wickets in second ODI to seal series victory – as it happened

India clinched the ODI series against England with a four-wicket win in Cuttack. Captain Rohit Sharma’s stellar 119 runs and Shubman Gill’s 50 anchored the chase of 305. Despite late wickets from England, India reached 308-6 with 34 balls remaining. England’s innings featured contributions from Ben Duckett and Joe Root but fell short.

Rohit Sharma’s century had set India on the way to an emphatic win in the 2nd ODI despite England setting them a target of 305. India needed just 30 to win off the last 10 overs but they ended up losing wickets in the 40th and the 41st overs to suddenly be down to their last four wickets. Ravindra Jadeja finally finished it off with a four and India won by four wickets. The hosts have also taken a 2-0 lead in the rubber, thus confirming a series win for themselves….Read More

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Feb 9, 2025 10:34 PM IST

India vs England LIVE SCORE, 2nd ODI: Onto Ahmedabad we go

India vs England LIVE SCORE, 2nd ODI: So that’s that for this series. England are really getting a beating going into the Champions Trophy and to a certain extent they really have to look at themselves. Today, they could have really put this game completely out of India’s grasp during their innings. Almost every time it looked like they were set to put up a big partnership, a questionable shot came along and ended it. It was somewhat similar from India but that is largely because that incredible opening stand between Rohit and Gill set the game up so beautifully for them. England now have one more game to try and get a win in their kitty before the tournament.

Feb 9, 2025 10:26 PM IST

India vs England LIVE SCORE, 2nd ODI: Rohit is the player of the match

India vs England LIVE SCORE, 2nd ODI: No surprises that Rohit Sharma is the player of the match. He did something that fans in Cuttack will probably remember for the rest of their lives. “It was good and really enjoyed being out there, scoring some runs for the team. Important game with the series on the line but I broke it down to pieces about how I wanted to bat. Longer than T20s and shorter than Tests and I wanted to break it down. I wanted to bat as deep as possible and that was my focus. Looking at the pitch – when you play on black soil, it tends to skid on a bit and you have to show the full face of the bat initially. Then they bowled into the body and kept it on the stumps and that’s where I prepared my plan and tried to access the gaps. Got very good support from Gill and Shreyas as well. Enjoy batting with Gill. Very classy player and doesn’t seem to get overawed by the situation and the numbers are there as well, if I’m not wrong, for Gill. The middle overs are quite important and that’s where the game can go either side. If you squeeze the middle overs, you need not worry much about the death. The middle overs is very crucial and even in Nagpur, we squeezed them and got wickets. When you keep taking wickets, the run-scoring is not easy. We want to keep getting better as well. Nothing specific we want to work on but overall we want to keep getting better as a player and team. That is what we want to do. As long as guys are clear about what they are supposed to do, if they keep doing that not much to think about.”