IND vs ENG: Rohit Sharma’s historic century also did not work, England defeated India at Lord’s

London : England defeated India by 27 runs in the third and deciding ODI played at Lord’s on Sunday and won the three-match series 2-1. After scoring 387 runs for three wickets, England restricted India to 360 runs for seven wickets.

Opener Rohit Sharma scored a brilliant century (138) amid talks of playing his last match, but India lost the deciding ODI against England by 27 runs on Sunday and 1-2 in the three-match series.

England, after winning the toss and batting first, made a huge score of 387 runs for three wickets with the help of a blazing century by Ben Duckett (141) and fast innings by Jacob Bethel (91), Joe Root (74) and Jos Buttler (41) and then held India’s challenge to 360 runs for seven wickets in 50 overs.

Amid talks of playing his last ODI, Rohit scored 138 runs in 110 balls with the help of 17 fours and five sixes, but India’s struggle ended with his team getting out on the score of 260. Rohit added 147 runs in the opening partnership with captain Shubhman Gill (77). Gill hit 10 fours and one six in 84 balls. Ishan Kishan (14) and Shreyas Iyer (0) were out cheaply. Virat Kohli scored 74 runs in 60 balls with the help of four fours and three sixes, but India’s hopes ended as soon as he was out. KL Rahul scored 12 runs and Akshar Patel scored two runs. Sam Curran broke the back of the Indian middle order by taking four wickets for 75 runs. Arshdeep Singh remained unbeaten after scoring 15 runs.

Earlier, England won the toss and took the right decision to bat first. Duckett and Bethel added 192 runs in 30.1 overs in the opening partnership and laid the foundation of a strong score. Bethel missed a century but Duckett scored a century and put England in a stronger position. Duckett was out on the score of 141 in 135 balls with the help of 18 fours and one six but the player of the match of the last match Joe Root once again stood firm and Jos Buttler attacked in the last overs. India missed Jasprit Bumrah who was not playing this match due to a knee injury. Duckett and Bethel took full advantage of India’s poor bowling with the new ball and laid a strong foundation for the team by scoring runs on loose balls. Once settled, they never looked back, while the Indian bowlers struggled to find rhythm.

Bethel was the first to reach his fifty, but fell just short of scoring a century in ODIs and was out for 91 runs. Bethel hit 11 fours and two sixes in 93 balls. Duckett continued to score runs, scoring his fourth ODI century and the highest individual score at Lord’s; In the end he was out after scoring a brilliant 141 runs. Root (74 not out off 48 balls) continued his excellent consistency in this format by scoring another half-century – his sixth fifty – and combined with Buttler (41 not out off 13 balls) to complete the innings brilliantly. The pair scored 62 runs in the last three overs and took England to a huge score of 387 runs. Root hit nine fours in 48 balls while Buttler hit four fours and three sixes in 13 balls.

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