Reece Topley picked up six wickets (6/24) and Rohit Sharma's Team India were bowled out for 146 as England won the second ODI by 100 runs to level the three-match series 1-1.
Chasing the hosts' 247, Indian batters had no answers to an in-form Topley who picked up the wickets of Rohit, Shikhar, Surya, Shami, Chahal and Prasidh Krishna.
Earlier, after being put into bat first, England were bowled out for 246 in 49 overs with Yuzvendra Chahal finishing with a haul of 4/47, which were the best ODI bowling figure by an Indian at Lord's.
Meanwhile, a 62-run partnership at the end between Moeen Ali (47) and David Willey (41) saw England reach a 200-plus total after Chahal ripped through the England top-order early in the innings.
Rohit Elected to Bowl First
It was a rather slow start for England as openers Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow managed just 17 runs off 4 overs after being put to the test by Indian new-ball partners Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah.
India missed a wicket opportunity in the seventh over after Bairstow got a thick outside edge off Shami’s ball, but with no second slip in place, the ball just raced away to the boundary for a four.
The visitors, however, drew first blood in the ninth over when Roy flicked a shot off Hardik Pandya’s delivery straight into the hands of Suryakumar Yadav at deep-backward square leg. Roy’s miseries with the bat continued as he departed after making just 23 off 33 balls.
Some disciplined bowling from the Indian bowlers saw England being restricted to 46/1 after the end of first powerplay, with Bairstow and Joe Root in the middle.
Just when it seemed like Bairstow (38 runs off 38 balls) had found his rhythm, Yuzvendra Chahal gave India another breakthrough to put England at 72/2 after 15 overs. The England batter who hit six fours in his innings completely missed a tossed-up delivery from Chahal which went onto hit his middle and leg stumps.
Chahal struck once again, removing Root (11 runs off 21 balls) with a leg before as England lost three wickets after making 84 runs from 18 overs. It went from bad to worse for the hosts as Shami rattled the stumps of their skipper Jos Buttler, to send him packing for just 4 runs (5 balls) in the very next over.
England lost their fifth wicket when all-rounder Ben Stokes (21 runs off 23 balls) went for a reverse sweep off Chahal’s ball but failed to connect as the ball spun past the bat to hit him on the back leg. Chahal’s third wicket of the day saw England reeling at 103/5 after 22 overs.
Liam Livingstone offered England some resistance, scoring 33 runs (33 balls) and taking England’s score to 148, but ultimately fell to Hardik Pandya, who bagged his second wicket. The England batter who hit two fours and as many sixes tried to pull a short delivery from Pandya, only to find a waiting Shreyas Iyer at deep square leg.
Meanwhile, sloppy catching from Prasidh Krishna saw India miss out on a chance to nail England’s seventh wicket. The lanky pacer put down a chance after David Willey tried to pull a bouncer from Hardik Pandya that top-edged and flew up towards fine leg.
Left-handers Mooen Ali and Willey then took it upon themselves to carry out England’s rescue act as they built a crucial 50-run partnership between them to take the hosts to 201/6 after 40 overs.
Ali (47 off 64 balls), however, missed out on a fifty, as Chahal came back into the attack to take his fourth wicket and bring India back into the game, reducing England to 210/7 in 42 overs.
Willey continued to make the scoreboard tick for England, taking them to 237, however, got dismissed at 41 (49 balls) after being taken at long on by Shreyas Iyer off Bumrah’s delivery in the 47th over.
Brydon Carse departed soon, making just two runs off four balls as Prasidh Krishna got him out leg before, next over. Bumrah wrapped up the proceedings by toppling Reece Topley (3 runs off 7 balls) with a yorker as England bundled out for 246 runs in 49 overs.
Topley Shines With Six Wickets in India's Chase
Chasing 247, India lost Rohit Sharma for a duck in the third over as the skipper got beaten by a length ball onto the stumps from Reece Topley that hit his front pad. Following Rohit's dismissal, Virat Kohli, who had sat out the series opener due to a groin injury, joined Shikhar Dhawan in the middle.
The former skipper opened his account with a straight drive off Topley’s ball in the fifth over. He then followed it with two more boundaries as India reached 20/1 at the end of 7 overs.
However, Dhawan, who looked a bit rusty despite playing in the first ODI got out for nine runs (26 balls) after tickling a ball from Topley onto the leg side into the hands of keeper Jos Buttler.
Topley picked his second wicket of the day as India looked in trouble at 27/2 after nine overs. Meanwhile, Rishabh Pant, who came in at No 4 did not last long as he gifted a catch to Phil Salt at mid-on off Brydon Carse’s delivery to depart for a duck.
Kohli’s nightmare outside off continued as he followed Pant soon after, scoring 16 runs off 25 balls, having edged a ball angling away from David Willey into the hands of Buttler.
With India reeling at 38/4 after 12 overs, the visitors were in real need of some partnership as Hardik Pandya joined Suryakumar Yadav at the crease. The duo rotated the strike and looked all set to take India forward.
However, India lost Suryakumar Yadav (27 runs off 29 balls) as he tried to cut a ball from Topley but ended up playing onto his stumps. Surya and Hardik added a crucial 42 runs to India’s total before the former was sent back to the pavilion by Topley who picked his third wicket of the day.
Later, Hardik and new batter Ravindra Jadeja pushed India’s score past 100, but Moeen Ali got rid of Pandya (25 runs off 44 balls) soon after. The all-rounder top-edged Ali’s ball outside off to Liam Livingstone at deep mid-wicket as India were reduced to 105/6 at the end of 28 overs.
Meanwhile, Mohammed Shami who joined Jadeja at the middle received a lifeline in the last ball of the 32nd over after England seamer Brydon Carse failed to get his hands onto a return catch as it hit him on the thigh.
Topley once again came back into the attack to give England a breakthrough, getting rid of Shami, who managed 23 off 28 balls, leaving India struggling at 140/7 at the end of 39 overs.
The in-form Topley grabbed his fourth wicket of the match as Shami completely misread a slow full toss from the Englishman to slog it straight into the air and hand Stokes who ran from mid-off a catch.
Jadeja (29 runs off 44 balls) departed the very next ball off Liam Livingstone’s first ball of the 36th over. Jadeja gets beaten by yorker length off spinner from the Englishman as India lost their final hope of saving the match with the score reading 140/8.
There was no stopping Topley as he got his fifth wicket at Lord’s by breaking Yuzvendra Chahal’s (3 runs of 13 balls) stumps to send India’s ninth batter back to the dressing room. Topley then went on to bag his six wicket as last man Prasidh Krishna nicked one to captain Buttler to depart for a duck as India’s innings crumbled to 146 in 38.5 overs.
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