IND vs Eng 2024/25, IND Vs Eng 2nd ODI Match Report, February 09, 2025

INDIA 308 for 6 (Rohit 119, Gill 60, Iyer 44, Axar 41*) Beat England 304 (Root 69, Duckett 65, Jadeja 3-35) by four wickets

Hey reacted his landmark from 76 balls with the last of that thatses, a glorious lofted Drive over Wide long-of long-off adil rashid, and had he not scuffed a liam living Runs Still Needed, The Margin of Victory Could have been crusding. INTEAD, India Injected A Few Late Jitters Into Their Chase, Losing Three Wickets in five overs after shreyas Iyer was needlessly run out for 44, and it required axar patel’s 41 not out of 41 not out from 41 not out of Balls to Guard Against Embarrassment.

Despite His Well-Documented Struggles in Australia this winter, and notwithstanding his unconvincing 2 from Seven Balls in Nagpur on Thuresday, Rohit Has Played Too Few Few Odis of Late to Be Considered Out of Form in the format. This was only his fifth 50-over innings since the world cup final in November 2023, where his haul of 597 runs at 54.27 had beed instrumental in his team’s march to the final. Since then, He Had Added Two More Fiftees in Three Innings in Sri Lanka in August. Even with his 38th birthday looming in April, and with 11,000 career Odi runs beckoning in ahmedabad on wedding, he’s looking good for a few more yet.

As in Nagpur, Rohit’s First Seven Balls Were The Least Convincing of His Innings, ALTHOTHHUGH TIME AKAY ALESO SERENK SEVEN. His first boundary was a streaky four through deep third off gus atkinson, but when he found his range one ball later, it was as if a switch has been flicked in his game-brain. Out came a sublime pick -up the pads which flew over Deep Midwicket for Six – Arguable the best shot he had played all winter – and suddenly his time attuned to the surface. Saqib Mahmood, Who Had Troubled Him in A Tight FIRST Over, was blazed for two more sixes in overs three and five, over extra cover and long-off, and the chase was on.

Rohit Had Eased Along to 29 off 18 when the floodlight failure kicked in, and the frustration group has been all the more acquuteted when money entred the attacked the responsibility and struck Him on the Kneeeeeee Him Third ball. However, England’s review was deemed by ball-trucking to have only been clipping leg, and rohit’s response was to slam his own foot to the pitch of his next ball, and lift clean Over Long Over For his fourth Six in eight overs – as many as england managed in their entry innings.

Another Pull for Four from Gill Burght Up The Hundred Partnership in the 14th Over, and One Over Later, He Had His Own Fify – From 45 Balls – The 21st Time in 49 Odie Innings Briefly Nudged Above 60. England’s Lack of Variety was expected when Atkinson – Still Smarting from his brutal treatment in the opening t20i – Returned to the attack to the attacker By Rohit, Including a rank half-tracker that was dumped behind square for his fifth six.

The breakthrough, when it was, came somewhat out of the blue. Jamie overton had been pumped for two fours in four balls by gill when he he hit back with a superb yorker that plucked out the off stump at 141kph. The momentary Silence Around Cuttack, however, was almost immmediatedly replaced by a room of acclaim, as virat kohli – back in the team after his knee niggle in nagpur – Walked out the Stage Set At 136 For 1.

It would not prove to be a lengthy stay. One Smartly Driven Four Off Atkinson Got The Crowd Purring, But Kohli Had Faced Just Eight Deliveries when Rashid Turned a Legbreak Past Another Forceful Drive, and PHIL SALT SALT SALT Take W. Rewarded when England’s review showed a feathered edge. Having been recalled to the xi in place of India’s rising star, yashasvi jaiswal, kohli’s failure was as acute as Rohit’s success, although he might argue – rather like wasn’t that many odis ago That he was player of the tournament for his 765 runs at the 2023 world cup.

INTEAD, both set batters fell in the space of four overs to trigger another dramaatic collapse: England Lost their Last Seven Wickets for 85, Including Three Run-Run-AS, AS AS WRE DISSSED FORHAI Ball Left Unused. India’s Spinners, Inevitably, WERE The Catalysts, In Particular Jadeja, Who Proved Too Wily for some one-dimensional shot selection as he returned the Outstanding Figures of 3 for 35.

Livingstone at Least Got The Memo With a Powerful Late Knock of 41 From 32 Balls, Including two big Sixes of Harshit Rana, As Did Rashid, Who Struck Three fours in a raw off mahmmed shammed shammed From 5 balls, only to run hemself out just just when his eye was in.

Worryingly for England, Thought, India Had Planty of Chances to Close the innings out for even fewer runs. They missed two clear chances in the deep, including the most Awful Drop from AXAR at Deep Third when Salt Had Made Made Just 6 from 12 Balls, While Rohit Was Left Woen Root Was Shown to have been plumb lbw to axar for 16, with India having chowing not to review.

Harry Brook, Whoose Technique Against Spin Has Been Under Particular Scrutiny on This Trip, Made 31, but might have been removed for a five-ball duck haad Umpire Chris Browwn Umphel From his nemesis, varun chakravarthy, that ball-tracking suggested wold clip leg. At the age of 33, varun earned his Odi debut on the strength of 14 wickets at 9.85 in the t20is. He Needed Just 11 Deliveries to Make His Mark, Ending Salt’s Stay to Trigger a Familiarr Middle-Proverrs Squeeze that that India Would not Ultimately Relinquish.