England Defeats India by 4 Wickets in Second ODI

Cardiff. England defeated India by 4 wickets in the second one-day cricket match. 

Although India lost in this match played at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff, Virat Kohli scored his 14th score of more than 50 runs against England, equaling the record of Sir Viv Richards of the West Indies. 

The record for scoring 50+ runs against England in ODIs the most times (15) is held by Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara. Kohli is now only one half-century behind Sangakkara. 

Along with this, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma also crossed the mark of 8 thousand runs in partnership in international cricket. During the match, the game was also stopped for some time when a seagull sitting on the ground was hit by a ball hit by Shreyas Iyer. 

• Rohit and Virat India's Third Most Successful Pair

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have now made a total partnership of 8,021 runs in international cricket. With this, this pair has become India's third most successful pair in partnerships. In Cardiff, these two shared a 60-run partnership for the second wicket. 

• Bumrah's Wicket on the Very First Ball

Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah caught Ben Duckett out on the very first ball of England's innings by wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan. He has become the first Indian bowler to take a wicket on the first ball of an innings in an ODI against England. 

• Joe Root Surpasses Virat Kohli

England's batsman Joe Root played an excellent innings remaining unbeaten on 99. With this, his batting average while chasing targets in won ODIs has reached 91.59. Among batsmen who have scored at least 2,000 runs, only Mahendra Singh Dhoni (102.71) is ahead of him, while Virat Kohli, with an average of 89.07, has been pushed to third place. Root has also become the first English batsman to remain unbeaten on 99 in an ODI.