Scoreboard
India
R. Sharma c Hemraj b Nurse
S. Dhawan c K. Powell b Paul
V. Kohli c Hope b Roach
A. Rayudu run out (Allen)
M.S. Dhoni c Hemraj b Roach
K. Jadhav not out
R. Jadeja not out 7
(b6, lb1, w7, nb1) 15 (5 wickets, 50 overs) 377
B. Kumar, K. Yadav, K. Ahmed,
Extras Total Did not bat:
J. Bumrah
Fall of wickets:
1-71 (Dhawan), 2-101 (Kohli), 3-312 (Sharma), 4-344 (Sharma), 5-355 (Dhoni)
Roach 10-0-74-2, Holder 9-0-62-0 (w3), Nurse 8-0-57-1 (w2), Paul 10-0-88-1 (w2), R. Powell 4-0-23-0, Allen 8-0-52-0, Samuels 1-0-14-0.
Bowling: West Indies
C. Hemraj c Rayudu b Kumar K. Powell run out
S. Hope run out
Skipper Jason Holder (54 not out off 70 balls; 4X1, 6X2) waged a lone battle, but with wickets falling at regular intervals, it was only a matter of time for the Indian bowlers, especially Kuldeep, whose figures of 3/42 was instrumental in cleaning up the tail.
Rohit century
14 4 0
Earlier, Rohit belted an explosive 137-ball 162, laced with 20 boundaries and four sixes, but importantly crucial from the team’s point of view, forged a 211-run third wicket stand with the other centurion Rayudu
F. Allen c Sharma b Kuldeep Yadav 10 A. Nurse c Sharma b Kuldeep Yadav 8 K. Paul st Dhoni b Jadeja 19 K. Roach b Kuldeep Yadav 6 (4lb, 2w) 6 (all out in 36.2 overs) 153 1-20, 2-20, 3-20, 4-45, 5-47, 6-56, 7-77, 8-101, 9-132, 10-153 Bhuvneshwar 5-1-30-1 (2w), Bumrah 8-1-25-0, Khaleel 5-0-13-3, Jadeja 10-1-39-1, Kuldeep 8.2-0-42-3
India.
India won by 224 runs
India leads 2-1.
Ian Gould, England, and Anil Chaudhary, India.
Paul Wilson, Australia. Match referee: Chris Broad, England.
Extras Total Fall of wickets: Bowling: Toss: Result: Series: Umpires: TV umpire:
(100 off 81 balls; 4X8, 6X4) to propel the hosts to a mammoth 377/5.
Electing to bat, India raced to a brisk 71-run opening stand between Shikhar Dhawan (38) and Rohit, but were jolted once again with the second wicket of skipper Virat Kohli (16) falling in the span of 30 runs.
A rare failure after three consecutive tons, Kohli’s early departure gave Rayudu, the newly-anointed No. 4 the perfect platform to not only stamp his authority, but also cement his place in the build up to the ICC World Cup in 2019.
With Rohit in full flow, Rayudu took the back seat playing the perfect second fiddle and quietly watched the Mumbaikar racing to his 21st ODI ton off 98 deliveries when he chopped left-arm spinner Fabian Allen for a boundary to the point boundary.
The 33-year-old Rayudu steadily brought up his half century before matching his partner shot by shot until offspinner Ashley Nurse got the back of the opener caught at third man by Hemraj.
The Hyderabadi right-hander continued milking the tourists and in the company of an offcolour Mahendra Singh Dhoni (23), reached his third ODI century off 80 deliveries before eventually being run out.
Towards the end, Kedar Jadhav (16 not out) and Ravindra Jadeja (7 not out) got a few lusty blows to swell the total past the 370-run mark.
The victory is India’s third biggest by margin of runs against any side. With the win, India also took a 2-1 lead in the fivematch rubber.