After losing the first ODI of the three-match ODI series against the visiting side India, the hosts England made a superb comeback in the ODI series by winning the second one at Lord’s (London) on Saturday.

Starting from 0-1 behind in the three-match ODI series, English skipper Eoin Morgan decided to bat first after winning the toss. With the help of Joe Root’s century and two more half-centuries, England managed to put a big total of 322/7 at the end of 50 overs.

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In reply, all the Indian batsmen failed to play a big knock as they were bundled out for 236 runs in 50 overs and England won the game by 86 runs.

By winning this important second ODI, England levels the three-match ODI series by 1-1.

Brief Scores: England – 322/7 in 50 overs (Joe Root 113, Eoin Morgan 53; Kuldeep Yadav 3/68)

India – 236 in 50 overs (Suresh Raina 46, Virat Kohli 45; Liam Plunket 4/46)

Result – England won by 86 runs

Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:

i) England batsman Joe Root scored 113 runs.

• Third highest ODI knock by an England batsman against India at Lord’s (London).

ii) England scored 322/7 in 50 overs.

• Third highest ODI total for England against India in England.

iii) At the end of the match, Indian wicketkeeper MS Dhoni has picked up a total of 300 ODI catches.

• Fourth wicketkeeper to take 300 or more ODI catches. The other three wicketkeepers are Adam Gilchrist (Australia & ICC World XI; 417 ODI catches), Mark Boucher (South Africa & Africa XI; 402 ODI catches) and Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka, ICC World XI and Asia XI; 383 ODI catches).

iv) At the end of the game, Indian wicketkeeper-batsman MS Dhoni has scored 10,004 runs in his ODI career.

• 12th batsman to score 10,000 ODI runs
• Fourth Indian batsman to score 10,000 ODI runs. The first three Indian batsmen were Sachin Tendulkar (18,426 runs), Sourav Ganguly (11,363 runs) and Rahul Dravid (10,889 runs).
• Second wicketkeeper-batsman to score 10,000 ODI runs. The first cricketer was Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka, Asia XI & ICC World XI) who scored 13,341 ODI runs as a wicketkeeper-batsman.