ENG vs IND

That brings us to the end of what has been a tough tour for India. 2-0 against Ireland in the T20Is, 4-0 against England in the T20Is and now, 2-1 in the ODIs. With less than 15 months away from the World Cup, it has given rise to a bunch of questions.

Where does Kuldeep Yadav fit into their plans? What about the fast bowling when Bumrah is not available? Has Ishan Kishan inspired enough confidence? And a few more.  Though, one was laid to bed today. Rohit Sharma scored a massive hundred to show that he has still got it.

Meanwhile, after a tough time in Tests, England will be happy with how things are moving in the white ball formats.

We hope you enjoyed our coverage. Keep coming back for more. For now, it is time for Darpan Tikiya and Sourabh Agrawal to say goodbye. 

Harry Brook (England captain): "Extremely proud. I think we fought hard. We competed well in T20s too. Really pleased overall. We have spoken about setting a template. The way Duckett and Bethell started was amazing. The way Root did what Root does and then, the finish.. just a complete batting performance overall. (On bowling Jacob Bethell) I went off for the over to have a chat with McCullum. He said 'why don't you have a crack with Bethell?' and it worked."

Shubman Gill (India captain): We were right in the game up until the 44-45th over. We have away quite a few runs in the last few overs, that is where the game went away from us. (In chases like this) We know that if we had wickets in hand around the 40 over mark, we would be in the game. At the same time, we did not want to be too far behind. Tried to go at 6 -6.5 in the first powerplay. (positives from the series?) Almost everyone got runs. In this match, we did not bowl particualry well in the powerplay and bowled too many loose deliveries. They capitalized on it and took it a long way away from us in the death overs. (words on Rohit and Virat) They have done really well over the years in different parts of the world. Really happy for them, specially Rohit bhai getting 140 on a wicket which was getting slow but it was a treat to watch

Joe Root is the Player of the Series. He says,"I think when you have got the opportunity to beat the no.1 team in the World.. and you the way we bounced back after the loss in the first match. After doing well in Sri Lanka earlier this year, I think we are going in the right direction. I think the opening partnership set up a great platform. We know we bat deep. With guys like Harry and Jos to come with 7-8 overs remaining is a great position to be in. As I said, we were 
the way we bounced back after the first defeat was heartening, in two different sets of conditions. The World Cup is not too far. So these are good signs. We want to keep improving series by series."

Jacob Bethell is the Player of the Match for his all-round performance, 91 off 93 with the bat and 1/49 with the ball: These games are exciting. Going into today, the aim was to win the series having leveled it up and glad that we did it. (his new role opening the batting in ODIs) I am enjoying it, I have done it a bit at different levels but completely different doing it for England. (talking about his bowling) Rash is the world's best leg spinner but here the balls that had a bit more pace on were effective, that is more my kind of bowling. (speaking about Gary Sobers) A really special man, I was fortunate enough for him to have a peek into my career. Great to do this in a game that is in a memory of him

7:18 PM (11:48 PM IST): England win by 27 runs and clinch the series 2-1

Ben Duckett 141 (135) | Sam Curran 4/75 (10)
Rohit Sharma 138 (110) | Prasidh Krishna 2/69 (10)

Lord's put out a feast for the batters. 747 runs were scored in 100 overs and only 10 wickets fell. Eventually, it were the hosts who came out on top. That marks the end of what has been a difficult white ball tour for India. 2-0 against Ireland in the T20Is, 4-0 against England in the T20Is and now, another series loss, in the format which is supposed to be their priority with the World Cup starting in less than 15 months from now. 

Credit must be given to the Harry Brook's troops. Ben Duckett and Jacob Bethell set it up with a mammoth opening stand. The former went on to score a massive hundred that entertained one and all. Then, Joe Root exhibited his range. After a gritty, unhurried 99* in the last game, today he scored a half-century at a galloping pace and ended with a strike rate of 154.

Towards the end, came in Jos Buttler, to play a 13-ball innings that overshadowed everyone. Riding on his and Root's fireworks, England scored 82 in the final 5 overs setting up a mountain for India to climb. Prasidh Krishna and Axar Patel were the only 2 bowlers for the visitors who conceded less than 7 runs per over. 

With the bat though, India fought valiantly. Shubman Gill scored another cracking 77 at the top of the order and stitched an impressive 147-run partnership with Rohit Sharma. After playing second fiddle to the skipper initially, the former started unfurling those trademark pull shots which got the crowd gasping. Eventually, he brought up his 34th ODI century. While he was in the middle, India's hopes were well alive. 

However, then, Jacob Bethell's left arm spin turned out to be the elixir. With the required rate mounting, he bowled 7 overs with 1/49 against his name and made it tough for the batters to get away with the big shots. From the other end, Sam Curran delivered the goods too. India tried to going hard and in that lost wickets — 4 of them to Curran, including that of Virat Kohli, who scored 74 (60) Special mention to Gus Atkinson, who might not have got a wicket, but returned an economy rate of 4 in this match. Eventually, India fell short by 27 runs. 

49.6 Adil Rashid to Gurnoor Brar, FOUR! England win by 27 runs. Valiant effort from India but they come up second best again, England take the series 2-1 and win an ODI series against India for the first time since 2018 after blanking India in the T20Is just a week ago. The last delivery of the contest was a tossed up delivery at the stumps from Rashid, Brar shuffled a long way outside off and managed to swipe it past short fine leg and into the fence

It doesn't matter though, India will return from the UK empty-handed as they lose their third bilateral series in a row. From Ireland to England, India's search for answers continue as the number of alarming questions continue to rise. 

49.5 Adil Rashid to Arshdeep Singh, now Arshdeep comes running down the track, swings to deep mid-wicket on the bounce and gets only a single

49.3 Adil Rashid to Gurnoor Brar, now the googly again, another swing and a miss for Brar outside off as he looked to go over mid-wicket again

49.2 Adil Rashid to Gurnoor Brar, connects this time, SIX! Too little too late for India this. Gets one in his arc this time, launches it all the way over deep mid-wicket's head

Adil Rashid [7-0-52-1] to bowl the final over.

In case you missed it, earlier Rohit Sharma became the oldest to score an ODI century for India in men's cricket ⬇️