India versus England 2nd ODI: Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes knock help England chase down to level the series

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Thanks to a superb batting effort by Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes, England chased down a massive target in the 2nd One-day international played at MCA Stadium, Pune on Friday.

England stand-in captain Jos Buttler won the toss and decided to field first. After 3 tight overs by Topley and Sam Curran, Topley got rid of Shikhar Dhawan with a good catch by Ben Stokes at slips. Rohit Sharma played some lovely boundaries putting the pressure back on the England bowlers. The Indian captain Kohli looked in great touch hitting bad balls away for boundaries. Rohit was unfortunate as he could not place the ball giving a simple catch to Adil Rashid at short fine leg. At the end of the first 10 overs, India made 41 for a loss of 2 wickets.

After the field restrictions, Kohli and KL Rahul took some time to settle by rotating the strike well keeping the scoreboard ticking. Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid bowled tight lines not allowing them to score runs easily. Jos Buttler dropped a simple chance to get rid of Kohli. The Indian captain reached his fifty off 62 balls while KL Rahul looked composed reaching a half-century off 66 balls. As run of play, Rashid dismissed Kohli for the third time in the limited-overs series. Kohli and KL Rahul added 121 runs for the 3rd wicket.

Rishabh Pant came to the crease and took few balls to settle before taking on the England bowlers. On the other hand, KL Rahul kept on rotating the strike. Pant was given out for LBW and immediately reviewed it; the decision was overturned as it hit the bat going for a boundary. The umpire did not give any runs. The explosive Pant survived another chance due to DRS as he was given out by the umpire for caught as it hit the elbow. Both Pant and KL Rahul plundered the England bowlers with big shots. Pant completed his fifty off just 28 balls while Rahul completed his 5th ODI century off 118 balls. Tom Curran dismissed KL Rahul giving an easy catch to Topley. Rahul and Pant added 113 runs for the 4th wicket.

Hardik Pandya smashed 3 sixes off Sam Curran in the 46th over to maintain the momentum for India. Pant was dismissed for a sensational knock of 77 off 40 balls with 3 fours and 7 sixes. Pandya and Pant added 37 runs in quick time. Jos Buttler dropped a sitter to get rid of Hardik. Hardik played a cameo scoring 35 off 16 balls. Thanks to superb batting effort, India posted 336 for 6 in 50 overs.

Chasing 337 runs to win, Jason Roy looked in sublime touch hitting boundaries at will putting the Indian bowlers under pressure. Jonny Bairstow took some time to settle before launching an attack. At the end of the first 10 overs, England made 59 for 0.

After the field restrictions, Roy and Bairstow continued their aggressive intent making life tough for the hosts. Roy completed his fifty-off just 48 balls to continue the momentum in favor of England.  He made batting look easy and completed his half-century off 45 balls.

A superb fielding effort by Rohit Sharma resulted in the run-out of Jason Roy to break 110 runs opening stand. Ben Stokes came to the crease putting pressure on the Indian bowlers including Kuldeep Yadav and Krunal Pandya. Bairstow also joined and kept the scoreboard ticking hitting boundaries. Stokes coming at number 3 reached his fifty off 40 balls. Stokes was given not out in a controversial manner that was given not out after the third umpire took some time. 

Stokes upped the ante and made a mockery of the bowling line up. It was an amazing batting effort by both Stokes and Bairstow. Bairstow completed his 11th ODI century off 95 balls. Bhuvneshwar Kumar struck for India getting rid of Stokes taking the gloves providing an easy catch to Pant. Stokes and Bairstow added 175 runs for the 2nd wicket.

Prasidh Krishna gave some hopes to the team as he dismissed Jonny Bairstow giving a simple catch to Kohli and then produced a superb yorker to get rid of Jos Buttler.

The Indian captain bought Kuldeep Yadav and Krunal Pandya into the attack but Liam Livingstone and Dawid Malan kept on milking the bowling. Livingstone smashed big shots to ease the pressure helping England chase down 337 in 43.3 overs. Livingstone and Malan added unbeaten 50 runs for the 4th wicket.

England 337 for 4 in 43.3 overs ( Jonny Bairstow 124, Stokes 99, Krishna 2/58, Kumar 1/53) beat India 336 for 6 in 50 overs ( KL Rahul 108, Pant 77, Kohli 66, Topley 2/50, Curran 2/83) by 6 wickets.

For his superb 124 off 112 balls, Jonny Bairstow was named the man of the match award. With this win, England leveled the 3 match ODI series at 1-1. The third and decider will be played on the same ground on 28th March.



 





Bairstow and Stokes lead England to victory in the 2nd ODI to level the series at 1-1. 

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