England succumb to another batting collapse
View(s):India takes 2-1 lead
England succumbed to another batting collapse as India took a 2-1 lead in the five-match one-day series with a seven-wicket victory in Ranchi.
In the first international staged in the home town of India skipper Mahendra Dhoni, England were all out for 155.
Kevin Pietersen (17) and Ian Bell (25) fell within three balls and three more wickets went for one run in nine balls.
Virat Kohli made a sparkling unbeaten 77 and Dhoni hit the winning boundary as his team won with 21.5 overs left.
It was England’s lowest score batting first in a completed one-day international since they made 146 against New Zealand in the Champions Trophy in Johannesburg in 2009, some 68 matches ago.
Their 155 is only three less than they mustered in the previous match on Tuesday chasing under the lights, and a second successive defeat sends England down another place to number three in the ODI rankings. The latest collapse could not attributed to the Ranchi surface however, which produced pace, bounce, spin. – BBC
Scoreboard
England Innings -
Cook lbw b Ahmed 17
Bell c Dhoni b B. Kumar 25
Pietersen c Dhoni b I. Sharma 17
Root c Dhoni b I. Sharma 39
Morgan c Yuvraj Singh b Ashwin 10
Kieswater b Jadeja 0
Patel lbw b Jadeja 0
Bresnan b Ashwin 25
Tredwell not out 4
Virat Kohli made an unbeaten 77 in India’s comfortable win over England
Finn c Yuvraj Singh b Raina 3
Derbanch b Jadeja 0
Extras: (9 w, 5lb) 15
Total: (all out) 155
Fall of Wickets: 24, 68, 68, 97,98, 98, 145, 145, 155, 155.
Bowling: B. Kumar 10.0-2-40-1; Ahmed 8.0-0-23-1; I. Sharma 7.0-0-29-2; Jadeja 6.2-0-19-3; Ashwin 10.0-0-37-2; Raina 1.0-0-1-1.
India Innings -
G. Gambhir c Root b Tredwell 33
Rahane b Finn 0
V. Kohli not out 77
Yuvaraj Singh b Tredwell 30
M.S. Dhoni not out 10
Extras: (5w, 1 lb) 7
Total: 157
Fall of Wickets: 11, 78, 144.
Bowling: Finn 9.1-0-50-1; Derbanch 5.0-0-45-0; Bresnan 7.0-2-31-0; Tredwell 7.0-1-29-2
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