England dominated with both bat and ball to defeat India by 86 runs in the second One-Day International (ODI) at Lord’s on Saturday.
Having posted a total of 322/7 in their 50 overs. It was Joe Root’s 12th century and a blitz by Willey at the end that got the hosts to the healthy total. Kuldeep Yadav starred with the ball for India and Liam Plunleet for England scalping four wickets. England proceeded to dismiss the visitors for 236 runs.
The hosts have now levelled the three-match series at 1-1. India had thrashed England by eight wickets in the series opener.
The only bright spot for India was the fact that former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni reached two personal milestones during the game by completing 10,000 runs and 300 catches.
The veteran star joined Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid as the only Indians reach the 10,000-run mark in ODIs.
Dhoni is currently on 10,004 ODI runs. Sachin tops the list among Indians with 18,426 runs, Ganguly is second with 11,221 while Dravid is third at 10,768.
Following the defeat, social media was rampant with various tweets from both England and Indian media, here are the pick of the tweets.
Indian former cricketers and media:
Fear India decided early that there was no chance to win this and are just batting the overs.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) July 14, 2018
Forget the situation the game is in, for a batsman who has played at no 6 for the greater part of his career, to score 10k runs is staggering.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) July 14, 2018
A friend in Oxfordshire mailed to say his dream sporting contests were:
1. England vs Croatia (in cricket)
2. England vs India (in football)— Ramachandra Guha (@Ram_Guha) July 13, 2018
And then here is how the English media reacted :
GET IN!!! We make it 1-1 and the series will be decided at Headingley on Tuesday!
Scorecard/Clips: https://t.co/FQTvupHoGK#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/1oUn940ZxC
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 14, 2018
India cannot be happy with that chase … almost as if they decided to have an afternoon middle practice after around 30 overs … for such a formidable Batting line up that can’t be right … #ENGvIND #Lords
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) July 14, 2018
I think today showed,when you play Class bowlers you require Class Batters to cope .. @root66 is so important to this One day team .. #Lords
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) July 14, 2018
Watch highlights as Joe Root and David Willey’s 83-run partnership sets England up for victory in the second ODI against India
👉 https://t.co/Vv2RekLIqg#ENGvIND#bbccricketpic.twitter.com/MHqEa7EfSy— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) July 14, 2018
With the series locked at 1-1, it is over to Leed’s in 72 hours time.
