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IND vs ENG: A 3-match ODI series is being played between India and England. The second match of the series was played on 16 July. In this match, the Indian team batted first after losing the toss. However, Indian batsmen could not impress much in this match. Except Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer, no batsman could impress much. Because of this the Indian team could not score a huge score. Most of the main batsmen of India flopped in this match. In the end, England won the match by 4 wickets due to the brilliant batting of Joe Root and leveled the series 1-1.

India had scored 233 runs

For India, Rohit Sharma played an inning of 26 runs in 47 balls. Apart from this, 31 runs were scored in 30 balls from the bat of Shubhman Gill. Whereas, Virat Kohli had played an inning of 65 runs in 66 balls. He had hit 8 fours. Ishan Kishan got a chance today in place of KL Rahul. But he could not impress much.

He scored 1 run in 8 balls. After this Shreyas Iyer settled at the crease. He played a brilliant inning of 66 runs in 71 balls. He had hit 5 fours and 1 six. Apart from this, Washington Sundar scored 2 runs and Akshar Patel walked out after scoring 1 run. Shivam Dubey also disappointed. He returned to the pavilion on the very first ball without opening his account. In this way, India had scored 233 runs at the loss of 10 wickets in 44 overs.

Joffra Archer bowled brilliantly for England. He took 3 wickets after spending 47 runs in 10 overs. Apart from this, Gus Atkinson took 3 wickets and Saqib Mahmood took 2 wickets.

England’s batting was like this

England also got a bad start while chasing the target of 234 runs. Opener Ben Duckett became the victim of a golden duck. Apart from this, Jacob Bethel had scored 4 runs in 10 balls. Joe Root batted brilliantly. He played a brilliant inning of 99 runs in 133 unbeaten balls. Captain Harry Brook’s bat did not work. He scored 16 runs in 16 balls, while Sam Curran also scored 26 runs in 31 balls. England scored 235/6 runs in 44.1 overs and won the match by 4 wickets.

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