Updates from the second ODI at Sophia Gardens
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2nd over: India 11-0 (Rohit 4, Gill 6) Another lesson from Tuesday might be: don’t stray onto Shubman’s pads. Saqib Mahmood gives him a straight half-volley and pays the price as Gill’s wrists do the rest. But Saqib too finds the edge of Gill’s bat as another controlled nick squirts away for a single. Rohit comes to the party with a languid push for three, well retrieved by Harry Brook, two inches from the Toblerone. Dinesh Karthik reckons it should have been given as a four, so bear it in mind if England win off the last ball.
1st over: India 3-0 (Rohit 1, Gill 1) Archer’s first ball is in the corridor of uncertainty and Rohit Sharma edges it, safely, for a single. That gives the strike to the alarmingly in-form Shubman Gill. Archer greets him with a wide – something England kept dishing up on Tuesday – but then he’s back on the money, swinging the ball and drawing a thick inside edge, then another outside edge. A pretty good start for England.
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