The Men in Blues secured a series in the three-match ODI series of England’s tour of India 2025 after a stunning four-wicket victory at Cuttack.
Rohit Sharma played a captaincy innings while chasing the target, laying a platform for a comfortable victory at Barabati stadium. With the win, India secured a 2-0 unassailable lead in the series.
The hosts secured a four-wicket win in the first match played at Nagpur and continued to haunt visitors with back-to-back wins on home ground.
Earlier England won the toss where opener Ben Duckett and Joe Root smashed half-centuries in the top order to give a jump start for the side. With contributions from Phil Salt, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler and Livingstone, the visitors were able to post a total of 304 in their innings.
𝗔 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸! ✅
The Rohit Sharma-led #TeamIndia beat England by 4⃣ wickets in the 2nd ODI & take an unassailable lead in the ODI series! 👏 👏
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— BCCI (@BCCI) February 9, 2025
Jadeja played a crucial role in picking three wickets with an economy of 3.50. Meanwhile, Varun Chakravarthy, Hardik Pandya, Harshit Rana, and Mohammed Shami picked one wicket each to dismantle England.
In pursuing a target of 305, Indian openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill gave a solid start by forging a 136-run partnership for the first wicket.
With Gill dismissed for 60 runs by Jamie Overton in the 17th over, Virat Kohli who returned to the squad scored only 5 runs before Adil Rashid sent him back to the dugout.
However, joining with Shreyas Iyer, Rohit shattered the bowling attacks from England bowlers to cross 200+ runs marks in the innings.
He smashed 119 runs in the 90 deliveries before being dismissed by Livingstone. Meanwhile, Shreyas Iyer got run out for 44 runs in the 37th over. With KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya contributed 10 runs each, Axar Patel stood unbeaten with 41 runs.
At the other end, Jadeja scored 11* runs to secure a stunning four wicket win in Barabati Stadium.
