England level series with Topley's 6-fer
July 15, 2022 | SportsGuff Team 950 ReadsFast bowler Reece Topley took a record 6 wickets as England defeated India by a huge margin of 100 runs in the second ODI match. Along with this, the series of three ODI matches is leveled at 1-1.
Chasing a target of 247 runs for victory, India were all out for 146 runs from 38.5 overs. Ravindra Jadeja and Hardik Pandya scored the highest 29 runs each. Hardik hit 2 fours in 44 balls. Jadeja hit 1 four and 1 six in 44 balls.
Match Summary :
England 246 (Moeen 47, Willey 41, Chahal 4-47, Hardik 2-28)
beat
India 146 (Hardik 29, Jadeja 29, Topley 6-24)
by 100 runs
On the fourth ball of the third over, Topley dismissed Rohit Sharma lbw. Despite playing 10 balls, Rohit could not open the account. Topley got other opener Shikhar Dhawan caught by Jos Buttler for 9 runs. Young fast bowler Brydon Carse dismissed Rishabh Pant for a wicket in the second ball of the 11th over as India were reduced to 29-3.
India's victory became difficult after Virat Kohli was caught by Buttler for 16 runs off David Willey. Kohli hit 3 fours in 25 balls. Kohli hasn't scored a century for three years. Topley bowled Suryakumar Yadav for 27 runs.
Topley completed his first fifth wicket by bowling Yuzvendra Chahal for 3 runs. He completed 6 wickets by dismissing the Prasidh Krishna after three balls. Mohammed Shami scored 23 runs.
Topley finished with 6 wickets in 9.5 overs with 2 maidens for 24 runs. This is the best performance by an England bowler in an ODI so far. He is the third bowler in England to take 6 wickets in ODIs. David Willey, Brydon Carse, Moeen Ali and Liam Livingstone shared a wicket each.
Earlier, the home team England lost the toss and were invited to bat. England were all out for 246 runs in 49 overs. Moeen Ali scored 47 runs off 64 balls with 2 fours and 2 sixes. David Willey was dismissed for 41 runs off 49 balls with 2 fours and 2 sixes. For the seventh wicket, Moeen Ali and Willey shared a crucial partnership of 62 runs off 78 balls.
Openers Jason Roy and Johnny Bairstow shared 41 runs for the first wicket. Roy was caught by Surya Kumar Yadav for 23 runs off Hardik Pandya at square leg in the fifth ball of the ninth over. Johnny Bairstow was bowled for 38 when he missed a sweep off Yujvendra Chahal.
Butler, who hasn't been performing as per the expectations after taking the captaincy role, was bowled for 4 by Mohammad Shami.
Liam Livingstone played well lower down the order. Livingstone was caught by substitute fielder Shreyas Iyer for 33 runs at deep square leg. He hit 2 fours and 2 sixes in 33 balls.
India's Yujvhendra Chahal took 4 wickets for 47 runs in 10 overs. Jaspreet Bumrah and Hardik Pandya took 2-2 wickets. Prasiddha Krishna and Mohammad Shami shared a wicket each. India had won the first match by 10 wickets. The last game and the decider will be played in Manchester on Sunday.