India vs England highlights, 2nd ODI: ENG beat IND by 4-wickets to level series 1-1 in Cardiff

Well, Gus Atkinson pulled the ball for a boundary and took England over the line with Joe Root remaining unbeaten on 99. It is a brilliant innings from the England number three, no less than any century he has gotten in this format of the game. It might not be a red-ball game, but the conditions were as tough as they are for one. Root did look ugly for the majority of that innings, which is not the way he usually bats, but he stayed at the crease, and that partnership with Will Jacks was the decisive moment in the chase. India, on the other hand, did try their best with the ball, but they were just short on runs. Gurnoor Brar once again was quite impressive. Jasprit Bumrah and Prasidh Krishna did what they do best. That's it from us for today, folks. Do join us for the final ODI.

Joe Root is closing in on a century here. What a brilliant innings it has been from him. He did start a little scratchily, and even through those middle overs, he was unable to get Axar Patel away, but he has managed to keep his cool and batted with a tempo suited for this format of the game and this chase. That partnership between Jacks and Root was quite up there, the way they both dovetailed and even when boundaries were not coming did not panic and continued to rotate strike until Jacks played that rash shot. If England get over the line this innings, Root has to be right up there.

Jacks and Root have put on a 50-run stand here. It has been quite a different kind of partnership compared to what we have been used to seeing in modern times. It was highly dependent on the rotation of strike; neither Root nor Jacks got fussy when the boundaries were not coming. They made the bowlers make a mistake, which is what Axar did when he drifted the delivery too much down the leg side, and he swept the ball for the boundary. India needs to break this partnership here. Jacks has given himself enough time on this surface, and if he stays for a few more overs, he might start getting after the bowling.

Both Root and Jacks are finding it extremely hard to get the ball away here. The discipline of the Indian bowlers has been quite superb. While Axar Patel is bowling beautifully from one end, Shivam Dube, who has come back for his second spell, has kept the ball on the stumps, hitting that hard length. It has been quite tough going for England here. They are getting themselves into a shell. The rotation of strike has also stopped here, which is never a good thing. The longer the bowler bowls to a single batter, the more opportunity that will give him to pick his wickets.

We are done with the second water break, and it is hard to see which team will win this game from here on. India is attacking with all their might, and Joe Root is doing everything to keep England in this game. It is he who was responsible for helping England put on a good total in the first ODI, and he is doing the same here again today. Will Jacks at the other end has not taken any attacking route so far. England needs a partnership here as long as they can keep rotating the strike and get an odd boundary away, these will be easy runs to get as the NRR is quite under control.

It is Bumrah from the other end whom Gill has opted for. Both Krishna and Bumrah are still getting something out of this surface. There is an oddball which is angling in and holding its line for both Krishna and Bumrah. For all the times Root has looked in trouble today, the important part is that he is still in the middle. Buttler, too, has started pretty well in the middle. He would want to bat at a decent tempo here so that India could be kept at arm's length in this defence. England is only halfway there; they need to get half of the runs. One more wicket here will make India believe they can win this game. As we update, Root gets to his half-century.

Shivam Dube gets the breakthrough here by picking the wicket of Sam Curran. The keeper was standing up to the stumps, and it was a delivery on the fourth stump channel, which Curran tried to punch through the covers, ending up edging, and Ishan Kishan completed the catch. It is a pretty tough chance, but Kishan managed to hang on to it. Dube just has this knack of picking wickets, and he continues to do so in the series. Buttler has walked into the middle. Bumrah has a superb match-up against Buttler; if Gill gets Bumrah back from Axar's end for an over and tries his luck.

Gurnoor Brar has been quite superb here, coming after Prasidh Krishna and Jasprit Bumrah. There was always pressure on him to keep the suffocation going, and which is exactly what he did. He has hit the hard lengths and bowled at a pretty high pace, hitting the bats of the English bats harder and keeping them in check and not letting them get away with this game. Shivam Dube has come into the attack. Here he is, the bowler England will look to attack. Having said that, he can be quite a tricky customer on this type of wicket, which has extra bounce in it.

Gurnoor Brar has picked up Harry Brook. He tried to play the scoop shot, and an extra bounce from Brar got high on the bat, and the keeper completed the catch. Through that innings, Brook kept trying to play different shots to put pressure back on the Indian bowlers, but it did not come with too much success. In the end, it was one too many from Brook. Sam Curran has walked into the middle, and after that wicket of Brook Gill has turned back to Bumrah here quite early. It is from Prasidh Krishna's end that Bumrah has come into the attack. Will be interesting to see how many he bowls in this spell before Gill turns to Dube.

Brook has taken quite a few blows to the body. He took a few against Krishna initially on his hip and is now trying to scoop the ball against Brar. The ball had hit his helmet, and the physio had come to check on Brook. He is going to be quite handy on this surface with that bit of extra bounce. It was a difficult passage for the batters, but both Root and Brook have ensured there are no further wickets and are batting in the middle. It will be interesting to see when Gill decides to bring Bumrah back into the attack. He still has six overs left, and those will decide the fate of this game.

Bethell did not get his innings going whatsoever, and it was Prasidh who got the wicket. It was a delivery outside the off-stump, and the ball bounced steeply, and Bethell edged it to the keeper. This has been pretty high-class bowling from both Bumrah and Krishna. Root and Brook, who are in the middle, are having a torrid time of it. India has got the start it wanted. They picked up two early wickets, and the ball is doing a bit from here on. It comes down to how the bowlers who come after Bumrah respond, which is Gurnoor Brar and Dube alongside spinners, because these two will be hoping to see the back of Bumrah without further damage being done.

That is a cracking first over from Jasprit Bumrah. It was the same delivery which Ben Duckett played and missed in the first game, but today it was not the case. Bumrah managed to find that edge. Duckett neither forward nor on backfoot just stayed there hoping the ball would miss the outside edge, but it did not. The ball took the edge and was carried to the keeper. It is a perfect delivery to a left-hander; there is not much Duckett could have done with it. Well, the wicket of Brook in the first game was the delivery to Duckett today. Bumrah does look pretty switched on in this series after the break he has had.

It was the over before Will Jacks put an end to Rohit Sharma’s struggles. Two deliveries into left-arm seamer Sam Curran’s first over of the afternoon – the sort of variety that has troubled the 39-year-old in the past, Virat Kohli walked up to his longtime teammate to share a short message: “Take your time.”

The run-rate was 6.43, with Kohli ensuring the intent shown by skipper Shubman Gill at the top wasn’t going to be compromised. (Read more from Venkata Krishna B)

Gus Atkinson has picked up the wicket of Shreyas Iyer. He bowled a couple of short deliveries and pitched one up, which Iyer seemed like was not prepared for, and the ball took the outside edge to the keeper. India has lost nine wickets now, and it has been a collapse of spectacular fashion. As we update, Atkinson picked up the wicket of Prasidh and India are bundled out for just 233 runs with six overs remaining. They will be kicking themselves the way this innings has unfolded here in Cardiff. England looked a better attack with an extra seamer up their ranks.

We are into the final 10 here, from a hope of 330 to at least 280. India has gotten itself into a position of getting bundled under 220. As we update, India has lost another wicket in Gurnoon Brar. He tried to swat a delivery through the off-side and ended up giving the catch to a fielder over there. India has lost eight wickets now. It might be time for Iyer now to get as many runs as possible. Archer, who has been the main threat in this innings, is done. It's about now, trying to pick his areas and go after the bowling for Iyer. Jasprit Bumrah is the new batter who has walked in for India.

Archer has picked up two more wickets in his last over. First, it was Axar Patel who tried to play the upper cut and ended up giving a catch to Buttler. He did not get the timing on that short ball, and then it was a fuller one to Dube, who played a chip back which Archer took. India has completely lost their way in this innings. This spell from Archer and Mahmood has completely changed the tide of this game. With the number of overs remaining, it is pretty hard to see how India will not get bundled out, given the quality of batters India has in Brar, Bumrah and Krishna. As we update, Iyer has already started to turn down singles to Brar.

Washington Sundar, too, has fallen here. India has lost a couple of quick wickets here. Sundar came in, faced a few deliveries and seemed to have an issue with his running. He had a bit of treatment, and after that, Saqib bowled a bumper, which Sundar gloved and went in the air, which the keeper Buttler completed. India is losing their way here in the ODI. They need Iyer to play a long innings. Axar Patel is the new batter who has walked into the middle. He played a pretty good knock in the previous game and has looked in good form, and he would want to continue today. He needs to know if India has to put a good score on the board. As we update Shreyas Iyer gets to 50.

A 50-run partnership has come up between Iyer and Kohli here. The latter has gone past his half-century as well. This is what the doctor ordered for India. They were in a bit of trouble when losing a couple of quick wickets, but Iyer, since coming in, has found that right balance between attack and defence. He did not hesitate to hit the ball aerially, which is not something batters do in these middle overs, but Iyer, if pulled, did pull them through the air, and against Rashid, he was quite proactive in charging down the pitch and playing his shots. If another few overs of this partnership, India will be hoping to get to 330-350.

A few productive overs have come along for India. Shreyas Iyer managed to break the drought of boundaries against Sam Curran in the previous over. It was a very productive outcome under the circumstances. It is refreshing to see Iyer taking his chances against the bowlers instead of trying to get into his shell for a bit. There has been a good tempo in this partnership since they got together. Both are pretty good players of spin, can hit the boundaries at will against seamers, and are also vastly experienced in this format of the game and have the know-how on how to deal with different situations.

This has been a tidy passage for England since Sam Curran and Will Jacks have come into the attack. They have bowled tight lines and lengths and given nothing away to the batters to score boundaries off. Jacks definetly is a surprise. The way he has started, he is bowling quicker and flatter through the air. As we update, India has lost another wicket. It was a short delivery, which Kishan tried to pull and got the toe-end, and Curran completed the catch. Well, India has lost two quick wickets here; the pressure is showing in the way they are batting. Shreyas Iyer will come out in the middle; he will have to do a bit of fire-fighting here.

We have reached the first water break of the afternoon here in Cardiff. It has been India's passage so far. There was a bit of moisture in the surface, but the English bowlers could not make the most of it. There were some decent deliveries, but every over they have bowled one or two poor deliveries, which made the scoring pretty easy for India. Given the pedigree and experience of this batting, they will be more than happy with that sort of bowling. Sam Curran is the one bowler who has not been bowled, yet he was the pick of the bowlers in the first game, and we might see him come into the attack after this water break.

Adil Rashid has been brought into the attack by Brook immediately after the power play. It might be more of a match-up call against Kohli, who has had issues with Rashid in the past, and also, if there is any moisture that has not dried on the surface, the ball will grip and turn. Regardless, this has been a good start for India despite Rohit finding it hard at one end. Gill took that aggressive route in the power play to let Rohit settle into his innings, and Kohli, too, as soon as he walked in, started to look for the aggressive option whenever the opportunity presented. England has to find ways to put some presssure on Indian batters here.

While Gill has been batting like a dream, Rohit is looking a bit off-colour here. He has not been able to play his shots with complete conviction like he usually tends to do. The pull shots seem to be coming off a little later than normal. However, the good part is that Gill has had a majority of strikes in these initial overs, and Rohit has had to face almost half the number of balls less. Once the ball gets older and loses a bit of shine, and this moisture dries out, Rohit might start to score a bit more freely. As we update, Gus Atkinson has picked up the wicket of Shubman Gill.

Opportunity split here from England. Rohit Sharma played a pick-up shot, which he did not get in the middle and went high in the air. Atkinson, who followed the ball, should have done better; he did all the hard work with the running but dropped it at the last moment. This looks more like a Test match Day 1 surface than a pitch for the ODI game. India has to be pretty careful about how they assess their conditions and what they judge a good total to be. England does have seamers up their ranks; all of them can get the ball to nibble. 280 will be a pretty challenging total for England to get.

Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill will come into the middle once again. It is not a pitch which will see 330-350 scores, but a sort of 280. Even to get those runs, India has to bat well. There is moisture in the surface which both the openers have to deal with, as the ball will swing and seam when it is there. England has gone with an extra seamer. It is going to be a cracking game of cricket, so stay with us.

We would have bowled first as well. (How are you keeping?) Doing well, and yes, very happy and very pleased we had a near-perfect game last game. So hopefully we’re gonna have another good game. (Very clinical last game and a good bowling performance) Yeah, definitely. I think we had good 6-7 overs in the powerplay, and then we were put under pressure in the end of the powerplay. But I think how we came back in the middle overs, fast bowlers taking wickets, it was just tremendous to see. (For you, it’s coming back home. You played a season here) Yes, I did. I played a season here with Glamorgan, very good memories there. So hopefully I will have another one to add on to those memories. (Any changes?) Yeah, we’ve got one change, KL is sick, so he misses out, and Ishan Kishan comes back in.

Ben Duckett, Jacob Bethell, Joe Root, Harry Brook(c), Jos Buttler(w), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Gus Atkinson, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Saqib Mahmood

Harry Brook wins toss and opts to bowl first against IND in Cardiff