England fall short by 15 runs as India wrap up the series
England tour of India, 2nd ODI: India v England at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, Jan 19, 2017
England in India ODI Series – 2nd ODI
England v India
India 381/6(50 0vers) Yuvraj Singh 150 off 127, 21 fours, 3 sixes, MS Dhoni 134 off 122, 10 fours, 6 sixes. CR Woakes 60/4, LE Plunkett 91/2
England 366/8 off 50 overs JJ Roy 82 off 73, 9 fours, 2 sixes, JE Root 54 off 55, 8 fours, EJG Morgan 102 off 81, 6 fours, 5 sixes, MM Ali 55 off 43, 6 fours, JJ Burmrah 81/2, R Ashwin 65/3
India won by 15 runs
India led the 3-match series 2-0
Yuvraj Singh’s career-best 150 after six years and a 10th ODI century from MS Dhoni ensured India to 381 for 6 in the Cuttak ODI, England had begun with a bang taking three wickets in five overs including Virat Kohli for 8- but struggled to make further inroads and were reliant on their batting strength to pull them back up.
Yuvraj and Dhoni’s partnership of 256 in 230 balls. Yuvraj made his first hundred since the 2011 World Cup. India knocked 94 runs in the 10 overs between the 30th and 40th and finished with 73 off the last five. Woakes finished with 4 for 60.
Several records tumbled, along the way, England’s highest score batting second in a one day international, The fourth highest match aggregate in history, Eoin Morgan’s first century for 18 months