Yuzvendra Chahal’s amazing spell helped Team India restrict England at 246 in the first innings of the ongoing second ODI of the three-match series, here at Lord’s on Thursday.
Chahal scalped four wickets while Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya took two and Mohammed Shami and Prasidh Krishna settled with one each. For England, Moeen Ali and David Willey were the pick among the batters as they scored 47 and 41 runs, respectively, to take their team to a decent total. Put to bat first, England started off the proceedings at a decent rate with the opening batters Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow providing a strong stand. The duo smashed quick runs and took their team across the 40-run mark in 8 overs.
Hardik Pandya brought Team India their first breakthrough after he dismissed Roy, who was caught by Suryakumar Yadav and departed after scoring 23 runs off 33 balls. Joe Root walked into the crease and joined hands with Bairstow.
The pair of Root-Bairstow then stabilized the innings for some time as they stitched a 31-run partnership before Yuzvendra Chahal bowled Bairstow out at 38, leaving England’s total at 72/2 in 15 overs.
Ben Stokes was the new man in, who tried to stitch a partnership with Root but could not stand for long as the latter fell prey to Chahal’s spell and got LBW in the 18th over. Jos Buttler came to the crease but departed in the very next over after being bowled out by Mohammed Shami, with the team’s total at 87/4.
Liam Livingstone was the next man in as he tried to anchor the innings with Stokes. The duo then played a brief innings but their happiness was short-lived as Stokes was LBW by Chahal in the 22nd over and departed after scoring 21 runs.
Livingstone was then joined by Moeen Ali and the duo changed the momentum of the game. They stitched a 46-run partnership and brought England into the game. It was then in the 29th over, when Hardik Pandya sent Livingstone back to the dugout, after he scored 33 runs and left England’s total at 148/6.
David Willey came to the crease with Moeen Ali and the duo continued with the carnage. They stitched a 60-run partnership and took England across the 200-run mark in 41 overs. Their reign finally came to an end after Chahal struck again and dismissed Moeen Ali in the 42nd over.