England won the toss and decided to bat first against India. A high-on-confidence Indian cricket team is looking to clinch another series on the UK tour unless England find a way to tackle the marauding Kuldeep Yadav when the two teams clash in the second and penultimate ODI at Lord’s in London on Saturday. It is a short turn-around from the first ODI at Trent Bridge, as also from the T20I series that finished 2-1 in India’s favour Sunday. Get live cricket score of India vs England 2nd ODI at Lord’s here. (LIVE SCORE)
16:12 hrs IST: Tidy over from Chahal, just four runs off it. England are 60/0.
16:08 hrs IST: Seven runs off Kaul’s fourth over. India need wickets here. England are 56/0. Chahal comes into the attack.
16:05 hrs IST: Overall, it has been a good start from the hosts. The wicket doesn’t have much in it for the seamers. Would be interesting to see how India’s wrist spinners perform here.
15:56 hrs IST: A quiet phase for England and India will not mind. The openers are being kept in check and the bowlers are performing quite well. ENG 39/0
15:48 hrs IST: A good comeback by Siddarth Kaul as he kept Roy and Bairstow in check. Finally, a good over for the bowlers as England are 23 for no loss.
15:44 hrs IST: There is no stopping Bairstow as England are off to a brilliant start. The opener pounced on a short delivery from Umesh Yadav and pummeled him for a six over fine leg.
15:39 hrs IST: Siddarth Kaul was the given the ball for the second over and Johnny Bairstow slammed him for two exquisite boundaries. The first one was a brilliant cover drive and then, he followed it up with one straight down the ground. ENG 12/0
15:33 hrs IST: Four off the first delivery for Jason Roy but Umesh Yadav was able to restrict him in the next few deliveries as the first over comes to an end. ENG 4/0
15:27 hrs IST: India have completely dominated England in the limited overs series. The visitors won the Twenty20 series 2-1. England’s only win had come at Cardiff, and this playing surface is similar to the Cardiff one.
15:13 hrs IST: Now, a look at the playing XI for India — RG Sharma, S Dhawan, V Kohli, L Rahul, S Raina, MS Dhoni, H Pandya, S Kaul, U Yadav, K Yadav, Y Chahal.
15:09 hrs IST: A look at the England XI – : J Roy, J Bairstow, J Root, E Morgan, J Buttler, B Stokes, M Ali, D Willey, L Plunkett, A Rashid, M Wood.
15:05 hrs IST: England have won the toss and captain Eoin Morgan has decided to bat first.
15:02 hrs IST: Hello and welcome to the 2nd ODI encounter between England and India at the Lord’s.
Perhaps the game was scheduled for Saturday, keeping in mind the FIFA World Cup final on Sunday. But, with only a day’s gap between the two matches, it hasn’t worked out in England’s favour who have their task cut out once again after going down by eight wickets in the series opener.
In conditions resembling those in Manchester, in terms of a dry pitch, the English batsmen failed to comprehend Kuldeep’s wrist spin. Like at Old Trafford, he was also helped by the breeze blowing across the ground and gained drift, bamboozling the batsmen to pick his best figures in ODI cricket.
Unlike in the T20 series, England do not have the option of battling this phenomenon with a practice outing against the spin-bowling machine, Merlyn. With both teams travelling to London on Friday, there might not even be enough time to sit down for some video analysis. In that light, the English batsmen will have to contend mentally with how to play Yadav tomorrow.
It will be easier said than done. Some of it is down to shot selection. At 70-odd for no loss after 10 overs, Jason Roy didn’t need to play the two reverse sweeps in two overs against the wrist spinners, the second resulting in his dismissal. Skipper Eoin Morgan didn’t play the best shot against Yuzvendra Chahal either. Yadav outfoxed both Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root, with the latter in particular looking all at sea.
It has been a poor ten days for Root, and England’s prime batsman for the summer is looking bereft of any confidence. This was the third time in three innings that he was out to wrist spin, falling to googlies in the two T20Is he played. A sharp leg break did the job at Trent Bridge, in what is quickly becoming a problem for Root.
Source: HindustanTimes