Topley’s 6/24 helps England square the series 1-1

Reece Topley’s 6/24 helps England beat India by 100 runs and square the series 1-1. Batted first England bowled out for 246 in 49 overs and England bowled India for 146 in 38.5 overs.

Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow gives England a decent start by scoring 41 runs in 8.5 overs. Hardik Pandya gives India the first breakthrough by dismissing Roy for 23. Many England batters Bairstow (38) , Ben Stokes (21) , Living stone(33) , Moeen Ali (47) and D Willey (41) got starts but failed to convert it to a big one. Y.Chahal (4/47) , H Pandya (2/28) , J Bumrah (2/49) , M Shami (1/48) and P Krishna (1/53) are the wicket takers for India.

During the chase India lost Rohit Sharma (0) , S.Dhawan (9) , R Pant (0) and V Kohli (16) when the score is just 31. England bowlers picked wickets at regular intervals and never allowed India to come back in to the game. H Pandya (29) , R Jadeja (29) , S Yadhav (27) and M Shami (23) got starts but fails to convert it to a big score. R Topley’s bowled his carrer best of 9.5- 2-24-6 destroyed the Indian batting line up. D Willey (1/27) , B Carse (1/32) , M Ali (1/30) and L Livingstone (1/4) are the wicket takers for England.

Last and final ODI of the series is on 17th July at Manchester, 3:30 pm (IST)

( Posted on 15/07/2022 , 8:00am )