India and England are facing each other in the second ODI of the three-match series at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Sunday, February 9. England had opted to bat first and had put a competitive score of 304 in the first innings on the back of strong contributions from Ben Duckett, Joe Root and Liam Livingstone.
India began the chase well with Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill providing them a decent start, however, the run-chase was interrupted soon in the seventh over and the players walked off the ground after a considerable delay.
The match was interrupted due to a floodlight issue. One of the lights at the Stadium turned off in the seventh over which disturbed the overall light intensity, forcing play to stop to avoid any mishappennings. The play was stopped after the first ball of the seventh over with the hosts on 48/0. The players waited on the ground for a brief period before walking off due to the issue.
Rohit surpassed Chris Gayle for the most sixes in ODIs during his blistering start. Rohit was tied with the former West Indies legend on 331 sixes. He surpassed Gayle with his first six of the innings when he flicked Gus Atkinson all the way for a maximum in the second over of the chase.
The tally is led by Shahid Afridi, who has 351 sixes in 398 matches. Rohit has a chance to go past the former Pakistan all-rounder and own the record.
England had put up 304 in the first innings. Ben Duckett provided them with a strong start with his 65 before Joe Root carried the innings forward as he made 69. It was Liam Livingstone (41) in the end who took them past 300 before England shot themselves with three run-outs to get bowled out with one ball left.
India's Playing XI:
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakravarthy
England's Playing XI:
Philip Salt (wk), Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler (c), Liam Livingstone, Jamie Overton, Gus Atkinson, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Saqib Mahmood