The Hitman show in Cuttack and other stats

India sealed a collection win by taking an unassailable 2-0 lead within the 2nd ODI towards England on the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. The trajectory of the second ODI was much like the primary one in some methods, however nonetheless totally different sufficient. 

England gained the toss, selected to bat, and obtained off to a flier. This one principally due to Ben Duckett (65 off 56). However because the story has been pf this tour, England’s center order got here undone towards spin within the center overs. Ravindra Jadeja (3/35) ran an especially tight ship within the center overs, which helped India negate the very best efforts of Joe Root (69 off 72). England resurged in direction of the tip with some well timed knocks that took them previous the 300 run-mark. None of it mattered an hour and a half later. 

Rohit Sharma (119 off 90) continued with the method that has seen him reinvent himself as an opener in ODIs. Though the beginning was sluggish, Rohit discovered his mojo and attacked any and each bowler that dared to return his means. Sharma as soon as once more reached a person fifty contained in the powerplay itself and put up a stand of 136 with Shubman Gill (60 off 52) who was very happy letting Rohit do his job. Each Gill and Virat Kohli have been dismissed in fast succession, however Rohit continued his relentless assault till his departure left the consequence a formality. Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel chipped in with forties, however even a late order collapse couldn’t hold India from managing a collection win. 

Listed here are the very best stats highlights from the sport:  

50 – This match marked Rohit Sharma’s fiftieth ODI as captain. He has now gained 36 of them.

2 – At 33 years and 164 days previous, Varun Chakravarthy grew to become India’s second oldest ODI debutant. 

1 –  Joe Root made his 56th rating of fifty or extra in ODIs and broke the England file beforehand held by Eoin Morgan. 

2 – Rohit Sharma ended his 6-month previous tie with Chris Gayle and have become the participant with the second most sixes in ODIs with 338. Shahid Afridi leads the pack with 351 whereas Gayle has 331 ODI sixes. 

3 – Rohit Sharma’s forty ninth century in worldwide cricket moved him previous Rahul Dravid’s 48 and into third place on the checklist of Indian gamers with probably the most centuries in worldwide cricket. Solely Virat Kohli (81) and Sachin Tendulkar (100) have extra. 

10 – Rohit Sharma moved previous Rahul Dravid’s profession tally of 10,889 ODI runs and entered into the highest 10 ODI run-getters of all time. Amongst Indians, Rohit is the fourth highest run-getter in ODIs.

2 – Rohit Sharma grew to become solely the second participant to amass 30 centuries as an opener in ODIs. Sachin Tendulkar with 45 has probably the most. 

2 – Rohit Sharma now has the second most runs by an Indian participant as an opener in worldwide cricket. Rohit took his tally to fifteen,404 runs going previous Sachin Tendulkar’s 15,335. Virender Sehwag (16,119) is within the prime spot. 

2 – This century, reached in 75 balls, was Rohit Sharma’s second quickest in that respect. His quickest century is the one he reached in 63 balls towards Afghanistan within the 2023 World Cup. 

19 – This match was India’s nineteenth profitable chase of a goal of 300 or extra in ODIs, probably the most by any group. England are a distant second with 14 such chases. 

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