India defeated England by 4 wickets in the 2nd ODI at Cuttak. Rohit Sharma scored 119 runs & POTM

England Tour of India 2025.
2nd ODI at Barabati Stadium Cuttak Dt:- 9th February, 2025.
India defeated England by 4 wickets to take inaccessible lead of 2-0.
England won the toss and opted to bat first. England were all out after scoring good total of 304 runs in 49.5 overs.
England openers played well and added 81 runs for the first wicket. Philip Salt scored 36 runs and Ben Duckett contributed 65 runs.
Joe Root top scored with 69 runs from 72 balls hitting 6 fours.
Harry Brook made 31 runs, Jis Butler 34 runs, Liam Livingstone 41 runs.
Ravindra Jadeja took 3 wickets. One wicket each went to Mohammed Shami, Harshit Rana, Hardik Pandya and debutant Varun Chkravarty.
India chasing big target of 305 runs replied strongly and made 308 runs for 6 wickets in 44.3 overs only.
Openers played brilliantly and added 136 runs in 16.4 overs only for the first wicket.
Shubman Gill was first to go bold by Jamie Overton after making quick fire 60 runs from 52 balls hitting 9 fours and one six.
Rohit Sharma went on to make his 32nd ODI ton of 119 runs from 90 balls only hitting 12 fours and 7 sixes.
Virat Kohli was able to contribute 5 runs only, Shreyas Aiyer 44 runs, Axar Patel not out 41 runs, KL Rahul 10 runs, Hardik Pandya 20 runs and Ravindra Jadeja remained not out on 11 runs.
Jamie Overton took two wickets and one wicket each taken by Gus Atkinson, Adil Rashid and Liam Livingstone.
India won by 4 wickets and lead the three match series 2-0.
Rohit Sharma was declared Player of the Match.

Rohit Sharma is back in form with his 32nd ODI Century of 119 runs against England at Cuttak.
Congratulations to Hitman.