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Twitter Reactions: Eng vs Ind (Third ODI) – Joe Root, Eoin Morgan give comfortable series victory for England
By Sandy - Jul 18, 2018 1:07 am
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Joe Root’s (100*) consecutive second ODI century and skipper Eoin Morgan’s unbeaten 88 helped the England team to clinch a comfortable 8 wickets victory (with 33 balls remaining) against India in the third and final ODI of the three-match ODI series at Headingley (Leeds) on Tuesday. This victory helped the English team to win the ODI series by the 2-1 margin.

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England team restricted the visitors to 256/8 at the end of first 50 overs. In reply, England reached the target in 44.3 overs after losing only their both openers (260/2).

English captain Eoin Morgan decided to field first after winning the toss. India had a poor start as their opener Rohit Sharma fell on just 2. Then another opener Shikhar Dhawan and skipper Virat Kohli created an important 71-run partnership for the second wicket.

But since that partnership was broken, India lost their wickets in regular intervals. While Dhawan was run out for 44 off 49 balls (7 fours), Kohli carried the innings and scored a brilliant half-century in 55 balls. Later, Kohli was bowled out for 71 off 72 balls (8 fours) after the English leggie Adil Rashid delivered a beauty that surprised everyone including Kohli.

Dinesh Karthik failed to utilise a good opportunity as he was bowled by Adil Rashid for 21 off 22 balls. MS Dhoni held the wicket from one side for a long time and scored 42 off 66 balls with 4 fours while Hardik Pandya scored 21 runs.

In the end, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Shardul Thakur played some important knocks that helped the Indian team to cross the 250-run mark. Kumar scored 21 off 35 balls while Shardul was unbeaten on 22 off 13 balls (2 sixes). These knocks helped the visiting to put 256/8 on the board at the end of 50 overs.

Among the English bowlers, left-arm pacer David Willey (3/40) and leg-spinner Adil Rashid (3/49) picked up three wickets each while another right-arm pacer Mark Wood (1/30) claimed a wicket.

In reply, England lost their openers James Vince (27) and Jonny Bairstow (30), but the Indian bowlers failed to take any more wickets as the English batsmen Joe Root and skipper Eoin Morgan put an unbroken 186-run partnership to seal the match as well as the series victory.

Morgan was not out on 88 runs off 108 balls while Root completed his second consecutive ODI century in the final ball by hitting a four (100 not out off 120 balls).

Shardul Thakur (1/51) was the only Indian bowler to pick up a wicket in this game while Vince was run-out.

Brief Score: India – 256/8 in 50 overs (Virat Kohli 71, Shikhar Dhawan 44; David Willey 3/40)

England – 260/2 in 44.3 overs (Joe Root 100*, Eoin Morgan 88*; Shardul Thakur 1/51)

Result – England won by eight wickets and won the series by 2-1

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