India vs England 2nd ODI Highlights: Rohit Sharma's majestic century takes IND to series win

India vs England LIVE SCORE, 2nd ODI: So that's that for this series. England are really getting a beating going into the Champions Trophy and to a certain extent they really have to look at themselves. Today, they could have really put this game completely out of India's grasp during their innings. Almost every time it looked like they were set to put up a big partnership, a questionable shot came along and ended it. It was somewhat similar from India but that is largely because that incredible opening stand between Rohit and Gill set the game up so beautifully for them. England now have one more game to try and get a win in their kitty before the tournament.

India vs England LIVE SCORE, 2nd ODI: No surprises that Rohit Sharma is the player of the match. He did something that fans in Cuttack will probably remember for the rest of their lives. "It was good and really enjoyed being out there, scoring some runs for the team. Important game with the series on the line but I broke it down to pieces about how I wanted to bat. Longer than T20s and shorter than Tests and I wanted to break it down. I wanted to bat as deep as possible and that was my focus. Looking at the pitch - when you play on black soil, it tends to skid on a bit and you have to show the full face of the bat initially. Then they bowled into the body and kept it on the stumps and that's where I prepared my plan and tried to access the gaps. Got very good support from Gill and Shreyas as well. Enjoy batting with Gill. Very classy player and doesn't seem to get overawed by the situation and the numbers are there as well, if I'm not wrong, for Gill. The middle overs are quite important and that's where the game can go either side. If you squeeze the middle overs, you need not worry much about the death. The middle overs is very crucial and even in Nagpur, we squeezed them and got wickets. When you keep taking wickets, the run-scoring is not easy. We want to keep getting better as well. Nothing specific we want to work on but overall we want to keep getting better as a player and team. That is what we want to do. As long as guys are clear about what they are supposed to do, if they keep doing that not much to think about."

India vs England LIVE SCORE, 2nd ODI: Jos Buttler all praise for Rohit Sharma in the post-match presentation ceremony. "I thought we did a lot of things well, we got into a nice position with the bat. We needed someone to push on and get us to 350. Credit to Rohit, he batted superbly, he has been batting like this since a few years in ODI cricket. Wanted to get runs on the board, it skidded on and the opposition played well. We played the powerplay brilliant, we needed someone to kick on and a score around 330-350 would have been defendable. Just keep making steps in the right direction, the results are not there but we need to keep going and be positive."

India vs England LIVE SCORE, 2nd ODI: Jadeja finishes it with a wonderful shot inside out through covers for four. India have beaten England in an ODI series at home for the seventh consecutive time, a streak that goes back to January-February 2002. In fact India are unbeaten at home against England in ODI series since December 1984-January 1985.

All of it largely thanks to Rohit Sharma putting on the kind of display only he can put. His 136-run stand with Shubman Gill put India on the way but he continued and pretty much ended the match as a competition by scoring 119 in 90 balls. That was as good a cricket knock as any you could ever see. Another point to note that he definitely wasn't happy with how his side finished his chase. Rishabh Pant has been warming the bench in this series. Rohit is having a long chat with Gambhir now. What could it all mean? We will have to wait and watch. Unless you are someone who has got sources in weird places of course.

India vs England LIVE SCORE, 2nd ODI: Axar nearly beheads Jadeja with a powerful swipe down the ground. The mid-on fielder takes a shy at the striker's end and then Jadeja calls for a run off the overthrow! It was a tight single, Axar turns around and laughs pointing at Jadeja. In the dressing room, Rohit isn't too happy with that risk. He probably just wants this circus to end.

India vs England LIVE SCORE, 2nd ODI: India really not doing themselves any favours here. Pandya pulls straight down the throat of deep square leg. Pandya pulls but cannot clear the fielder. India were suddenly down to their last four wickets out of nowhere in the last match as well. The coaches and captain have said that they are trying to win matches in a certain way, but that shouldn't be resulting in a pattern of collapses for their lower middle order.

Pandya c Overton b Atkinson 10 (6)

India 286/6 in 42 overs

India vs England LIVE SCORE, 2nd ODI: Well England don't celebrate but the fact remains that India are making more difficult for themselves than it should be. At the same time, they are chasing 305 after all and so shouldn't it be difficult? Anyhow, Rahul tries to pull a short one from Overton, gets a faint top edge and Salt takes the catch.

Cheers around the ground now, as is increasingly the case everywhere, as Hardik Pandya walks in.

Rahul c Salt b Overton 10 (14)

India 275/5 in 40.4 overs

India vs England LIVE SCORE, 2nd ODI: And India need just 30 runs to win from 60 balls with KL Rahul and a well-set Axar Patel in the middle. Axar was given out off the last ball of the 40th over from Livingstone but the batter reviewed that straightaway. It was pitching outside leg so no LBW. And there was no bat either and so Salt's catch doesn't stand. Axar on 30 off 33, Rahul on 10 off 10.

India 275/4 in 40 overs

India vs England LIVE SCORE, 2nd ODI: He has been easily England's best bowler today. Gives three runs in the 38th and Livingstone has now bowled six overs for just 22 runs, with the showstopper wicket of Rohit Sharma as well. KL Rahul is the new batter, he has scored two in two, Axar on 24 off 29.

India 261/4 in 38 overs, need 44 to win from 72

India vs England LIVE SCORE, 2nd ODI: They don't get away with it this time. The running between the wickets hasn't been too impressive between Axar and Iyer and it is the latter who falls. Axar flicks the last ball of the 37th over and then holds up his hands straightaway. For some reason, Iyer doesn't pay heed at all. That was dozy from Shreyas, Axar had signalled it straightaway and his partner just didn't pay attention. Shreyas runs back but the throw comes in and he is gone for all money.

Iyer run out (Buttler/Rashid) 44 (47)

India 258/4 in 37 overs

India vs England LIVE SCORE, 2nd ODI: Nothing untoward there though and India run the single they had intended to take. Shreyas flicks the last ball of the 36th to no-man's land and sets off for a casual single. Livingstone ran in the direction that the ball was going and collides with Axar. Axar falls but then runs anyhow. Shreyas on 42 off 44, Axar on 20 off 22.

India 253/3 in 36 overs

India vs England LIVE SCORE, 2nd ODI: England royally botched up a run-out chance in that over. Axar slaps the first ball of the 32nd from Livingstone to the deep square leg area for four. A wide down the leg side next ball and then three singles. For the second of those, Shreyas cut the fourth ball to backward point and just set off without really seeing that Mahmood had stopped the ball quite brilliantly. He throws the ball to Salt and there was no batter in the frame whatsoever but the England wicketkeeper fails to collect! That is unbelievably poor from Salt. This was their chance to get back in the game. India have thus far done well to not go into a shell while not taking any unnecessary risks, save for that single. Shreyas on 32 off as many, Axar on seven off 10.

India 230/3 in 32 overs

India vs England LIVE SCORE, 2nd ODI: Just 2 runs off that 31st over from Mahmood.

India vs England LIVE SCORE, 2nd ODI: He has mishit one at long last, Liam Livingstone does something that has looked impossible. Rohit Sharma falls after showing what made him one of the all-time greats. He could very well walk out by “respect” Mourinho-style and no one would hate him. But he is Rohit Sharma and so he just walks out looking at the ground beneath him, probably disappointed he didn't bat through the innings. An incredible knock comes to an end, Cuttack stands up to applaud.

India vs England LIVE SCORE, 2nd ODI: India are making a mockery of this target at the moment. This stand has raced to 68 in 57 balls

India vs England LIVE SCORE, 2nd ODI: Iyer turns over strike to Rohit second ball of the 27th and the Indian captain then blazes the third ball through backward point for a four. Single off the next ball and Iyer keeps the next two balls out. This stand has crossed 50, by the way, and Rohit has been the aggressor despite slightly slowing down for about 2 overs when he was in his nineties. Unbelievable.

He is on 115 off 82 balls, Iyer on 14 off 20.

India 200/2 in 27 overs

India vs England LIVE SCORE, 2nd ODI: Rohit meets Rashid's fifth ball of the over with a reverse sweep, the ball races to the boundary. Then he just helps the last ball down the leg side for another four. All hail the master!

Rohit on 110 off 80 balls, Iyer on 13 off 16.

India 194/2 in 26 overs

India vs England LIVE SCORE, 2nd ODI: OF COURSE HE BRINGS IT UP WITH A SIX! A 76-BALL CENTURY FOR THE GREAT MAN. Iyer takes a single off the first ball of that over from Rashid to bring Rohit back on strike. The Indian captain steps out of his crease and deposits the ball over long on. He doesn't even celebrate his century really. The helmet stays on the head, he goes and hugs Iyer before just waving the bat to the crowd like he just scored a half-century.

India 186/2 in 25.2 overs

India vs England LIVE SCORE, 2nd ODI: Importantly for India though, this little dip in the scoring rate doesn't really do them any harm at the moment. Just three runs off the 25th over by Wood, every ball Rohit faced laced with tension. He missed out on the third ball which was a half volley on his pads. Rohit takes a single off the fifth ball and Iyer takes a single off the last to keep strike. Rashid to continue for his eighth over.

India 179/2 in 25 overs, need 126 to win from 25 overs

India vs England LIVE SCORE, 2nd ODI: Adil Rashid continues for his seventh over. two Singles off the first two balls and then another single for Shreyas fifth ball brings Rohit back on strike on 95 off 71. The field is brought all the way in, the bait offered, Rashid goes wide down the leg side. Then he gets the ball to spin sharply away from Rohit who reaches out for a cut shot. He is then bemused that it hasn't been given wide.

India 176/2 in 24 overs

India vs England LIVE SCORE, 2nd ODI: Wood bowls the 23rd. Five dot balls, Rohit just fending away all those, not really looking at the boundary. And then the short ball comes, Rohit pulls handsomely over wide long on for six. Last ball worked to midwicket for no runs. Rohit on 94 off 69, Shreyas on eight off nine.

India 172/2 in 23 overs, need 133 to win from 162 balls

India vs England LIVE SCORE, 2nd ODI: A look at the crowd may tell you that India are suddenly losing this match but the truth is anything but. Overton goes short to the in-form Iyer fifth ball of the 21st, the latter pulls it fine to the boundary. He keeps strike with a single next ball. He has moved to six in as many balls, Rohit on 82 off 60.

India 158/2 in 21 overs

India vs England LIVE SCORE, 2nd ODI: Kohli falls to Rashid for the fourth time in ODIs. Third ball of the 20th from Rashid, it turns big on Kohli as he tries for that cover drive that had been his bane throughout the tour of Australia. Big appeal for caught behind, Salt whips off the bails as well, the umpire shakes his head and Buttler goes upstairs. Sharp turn after the ball pitches, Kohli came right to that point and there was an edge after all. Silence around the ground now.

Kohli c Salt b Rashid 5 (8)

India 150/2 in 19.3 overs

India vs England LIVE SCORE, 2nd ODI: Atkinson continues for the 18th, goes short to Rohit again and the Indian captain pulls it on the hop past deep fine leg for four. Single off the third ball and Kohli plays the next ball to mid-on for a dot. Then he presses forward and plays the kind of on-drive that those who wrote the textbooks for batting may think only exists in theory. Absolutely perfect balance and timing, he doesn't even bother running as the ball goes to the boundary behind the umpire. He is on four off five at the end of that over, Rohit on 78 off 51.

India 146/1 in 18 overs

India vs England LIVE SCORE, 2nd ODI: Oh that is just a wonderful delivery from Overton. Gill tucks away the first ball for four, the second is wide down the leg side and then Gill plays it to backward point. Gillt then hammers the third ball, sent in at length, square to the boundary. And then comes a yorker from hell by Overton, too good for Gill. Too good for any human being. And his stumps are gone.

Well the crowd has only been ramped up by that wicket because the next man in is Virat Kohli. Rohit is motoring along, can Kohli join his old mate and shake off his own poor form?

Gill b Overton 60 (52)

India 136/1 in 17 overs