India cruise to a six-wicket win over England

Ravindra Jadeja celebrates the dismissal of England's Joe
Root. |
India spearheaded by a fine knock of Ambati Rayudu (not out 64)
cruised to a six wicket win over England in the third One Day
International match played at Trent Bridge yesterday to take a
two-naught lead in the five-match series.
England taking first lease of the wicket, were dismissed for 227 runs
helped by three fine knocks by Alastair Cook (44), Alex Hales (42) and
Jos Buttler (42). Spinner Ravinchandra Ashwin were India's most
successful bowler with three wickets for 39.
India reached target in 43 overs losing just four wickets with top
scorer Ambati Rayudu (64) being ably supported by Ajinkya Rahane (45)
and Virat Kohli (40) and Suresh Raina (42).
Scoreboard
England innings
Alastair Cook st Dhoni b Rayudu 44
Alex Hales c Dhoni b Raina 42
Ian Bell run out (Sharma) 28
Joe Root st Dhoni b Jadeja 02
Eoin Morgan c Dhoni b Ashwin 10
Jos Buttler b Ashwin 42
Ben Stokes c Raina b Ashwin 02
Chris Woakes c Sharma b Shami 15
James Tredwell c & b Kumar 30
Steven Finn run out (Rayudu/Dhoni) 06
James Anderson not out 00
Extras (lb 3, w 2, nb 1) 06
TOTAL (all out; 50 overs) 227
Fall of wickets: 1-82 (Hales), 2-93 (Cook), 3-97 (Root)
4-120 (Morgan), 5-138 (Bell), 6-149 (Stokes)
7-182 (Waokes), 8-202 (Buttler)
9-226 (Tredwell), 10-227 (Finn)
Bowling: Bhuvneshwar Kumar 8-0-45-1
Mohit Sharma 3-0-17-0
Mohammad Shami 9-0-40-1
Ravichandran Ashwin 10-0-39-3
Suresh Raina 8-0-37-1
Ambati Rayudu 2-0-8-1
Ravindra Jadeja 10-0-38-1
India innings
Ajinkya Rahane c Buttler b Finn 45
Shikhar Dhawan c Morgan b Waokes 16
Virat Kohli c Tredwell b Stokes 40
Ambati Rayudu not out 64
Suresh Raina c Woakes b Tredwell 42
Ravindra Jadeja not out 12
Extras (lb 2, w 7) 09
TOTAL (4 wickets; 43 overs) 228
Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Dhawan), 2-85 (Rahane)
3-120 (Kohli), 4-207 (Raina)
Bowling: James Andeson 7-0-29-0
Chris Woakes 8-0-43-1
James Tredwell 10-1-46-1
Steven Finn 8-0-50-1
Ben Stokes 6-0-31-1
Joe Root 4-0-27-0 |