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Yuvraj, Dhoni power India in close win

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CUTTACK, India: Veterans Yuvraj Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni turned back the clock with blistering centuries to set up India’s series clinching 15-run win against England in the second one-day international in Cuttack on Thursday.


England skipper Eoin Morgan struck a valiant 102 as the visitors, who were chasing 382 for victory, gave the hosts a scare after they ended the reply on 366-8.


But it was the 256-run fourth-wicket partnership between Yuvraj (150) and Dhoni (134) that handed India an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.


Earlier, Yuvraj and Dhoni lifted India to a formidable 381 for six.


The 35-year-old Yuvraj made his highest ever ODI score as he reached 150 while former captain Dhoni made 134 as the pair put on 256 runs in a record fourth-wicket stand against England.


India, who were put into bat after losing the toss, had been in trouble after their captain Virat Kohli was dismissed cheaply to leave the score at 25 for three.


But Yuvraj and Dhoni then set about the English bowling attack with relish, delighting a sell-out crowd at Cuttack’s Barabati Stadium.


Fast bowler Chris Woakes, who took four wickets, was the pick of the England bowlers and he claimed the prized scalp of Kohli for eight. With openers Lokesh Rahul (five) and Shikhar Dhawan (11) also back in the pavilion, the task of reviving the innings then fell to India’s two most experienced batsmen.


The left-handed Yuvraj, who is making a comeback in the ODI side after a gap of three years, whacked three boundaries off a Jake Ball over to signal his intent early in his innings.


Yuvraj who last scored a hundred against West Indies in the 2011 World Cup, recorded his 14th ODI century as he smacked 21 fours and 3 sixes in a 127-ball knock.


In the process, he overtook the great Sachin Tendulkar’s record run tally in ODIs against England and he has now accumulated 1,478 runs in 36 matches.


Dhoni had a relatively sedate start, seeing out two maidens before boosting his confidence with a couple of boundaries. The wicketkeeper-batsman, who survived a dropped catch on 43, made the most of the reprieve to post his 10th ODI hundred as he hit 10 fours and 6 sixes. Yuvraj was caught behind off Woakes while Dhoni fell to Liam Plunkett but their departure was scant consolation to the England bowlers who were all carted around the park.


India, who won the opening ODI in Pune, are looking to seal the three-match series ahead of a three-match T20 series. — AFP


Scoreboard


India


L Rahul c Stokes b Woakes 5


S Dhawan b Woakes 11 


V Kohli c Stokes b Woakes 8


Y Singh c Buttler b Woakes 150


M Dhoni c Willey b Plunkett 134


K Jadhav c Ball b Plunkett 22


H Pandya not out 19


R Jadeja not out 16


Extras (b-4 lb-2 nb-1 w-9) 16


Total (for 6 wickets, 50 overs) 381


Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-22, 3-25, 4-281, 5-323, 6-358


Bowling: C Woakes 10-3-60-4, D Willey 5-0-32-0, J Ball 10-0-80-0, L Plunkett 10-1-91-2, B Stokes 9-0-79-0, M Ali 6-0-33-0


England


J Roy b Jadeja 82


A Hales c Dhoni b Bumrah 14


J Root c Kohli b R Ashwin 54


E Morgan run out (Bumrah) 102


B Stokes b R Ashwin 1


J Buttler st Dhoni b R. Ashwin 10


M Ali b B Kumar 55


C Woakes b Bumrah 5


L Plunkett not out 26


D Willey not out 5


Extras (lb-7 nb-1 w-4) 12


Total (for 8 wickets, 50 overs) 366


Fall of wickets: 1-28, 2-128, 3-170, 4-173, 5-206, 6-299, 7-304, 8-354


Bowling: B Kumar 10-1-63-1, J Bumrah 9-0-81-2, R Jadeja 10-0-45-1, H Pandya 6-0-60-0, R Ashwin 10-0-65-3, K Jadhav 5-0-45-0


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