India v/s England, 2nd ODI: Hosts level series thanks to Joe Root's gritty ton - how it happened

ENGLAND WIN BY 86 RUNS

Chahal perishes off the very last delivery of the match as India get bowled out for 236 in reply to England's 322.

The hosts level the three-match series with an emphatic victory at Lord's.

OUT!

Plunkett traps Kaul plumb in front. The Indian pacer takes a review but he has to go. "Perhaps, the worst review in the history of cricket," says Graeme Swann in commentary.

Just one more wicket to go for England.

IND - 217/9 after 46.4 overs.

OUT!

Dhoni's valiant stay at the crease comes to an end.

He steps out and tries to get a maximum against Plunkett, but the ball goes straight to Stokes at deep mid-wicket.

Dhoni departs for 37 from 59.

It's a pity for Indian fans now.

MS Dhoni doesn't seem to be trying. Why would he? The asking rate is pretty-much unachievable now.

IND - 215/7 after 46 overs.

OUT! 

India are in serious trouble here. Another one goes, just three balls later. One more fine work from Buttler behind the wickets, Umesh is out for a duck.

Umesh 0(2)  st Buttler b Rashid.

India 192/7, need 131 off 63 balls. 

OUT! 

Liam Plunkett bags his second wicket of the day, Hardik departs for 21(22). It was more about Buttler, whose superb dive to his left made this breathrough. 

India 191/6, need 132 off 66 balls.

OUT!

Raina, just like Kohli, plays himself in and perishes.

Goes for a ridiculously wild slog, gets cleaned up.

Rashid gives England an important wicket as Raina walks back for 46 (53).

IND - 154/4 after 31.1 overs.

OUT!

Huuuge blow for India!

Moeen Ali traps Virat Kohli plumb in front.

It was a straight delivery from over the wicket, might've turned in slightly, but Kohli tried to play across missed the ball completely. The Indian captain walked off straight away, not opting for a review.

Kohli departs for 45 from 56.

MS Dhoni walks out to loud cheers. He has his task cut-out!

IND - 140/4 after 27 overs.

Raina survives!

Adil Rashid comes on for his first over.

The leg-spinner manages to get Raina's outside edge but Butller can't hold on to it.

IND - 126/3 after 24 overs.

It's no secret that Kohli is a master at chasing down totals.

He has a staggering seven centuries in 300-plus-run chases.

And his game seems on point today, too.

Kohli's taking no risk and simply knocking the ball around to pick up five-six singles every over.

Raina showing tremendous restraint as well.

IND - 117/3 after 22 overs.

This is turning out to be a good partnership for India.

It's going at a run a ball, with neither Kohli nor Raina taking any risks.

IND 104/3 after 18 overs.

An eventful over from Stokes.

Raina survives a close LBW shout. The left-hander puts his front leg across and gets struck on his pad. The ball pitched just outside leg.

Then, Kohli drives away from his body. The ball takes the outside edge but goes on a bounce to Buttler.

IND - 90/3 after 16 overs.

Two boundaries in an over for India!

First, Raina flicks it up-ishly past square-leg.

Then, Kohli plays arguably the shot of the match. A picture-perfect punch through covers.

IND - 82/3 after 14 overs.

Suresh Raina has joined skipper Virat Kohli out in the middle.

This is a big test, as well as a great opportunity, for the veteran left-hander.

His place in the playing XI is not set in stone, and a failure today will be a major dent in his quest for a spot in the 2019 World Cup squad.

IND - 65/3 after 12 overs.

OUT!

What's happening here?!

Plunkett gets one to cut in, Rahul plays a careless, one-handed drive.

The ball takes an inside edge and Buttler takes a brilliant one-handed catch.

India have their backs to the wall now.

IND - 60/2 after 10.5 overs.

OUT!

India lose both their openers as Dhawan drives one from Willey straight to point.

It was a well-timed shot but lacked direction.

India in a spot of bother here.

IND - 57/2 after 10 overs.

OUT!

Rohit suffers a brain-fade, sees his stumps get shattered.

The right-hander steps out and goes for a wild hoick, misses it all ends up and is clean-bowled. Horribly pre-determined shot.

Mark Wood gets England the breakthrough with an off-cutter.

IND - 49/1 after 8.2 overs.

Magnificent shot from Dhawan!

Willey bowls it slightly shot, the left-hander keeps his base and punches it past covers-point for four.

India are off to a solid start here. Both openers striking the ball cleanly.

IND - 34/0 after 6 overs.

Four!

India get their first boundary and it comes off Rohit's bat.

Willey bowls it on his hip from over the wicket, the right-hander clips it to the fine-leg fence.

Shot! Willey pitches it full and wide, Dhawan leans in and drives it past covers for four.

The left-arm seamer is getting some away movement from Dhawan. Needs to control it better.

Nine came from that over.

IND - 11/0 after 2 overs.

Good start for England, Wood gives away just a wide and a single from the first over.

Got slight movement off the wicket away from Rohit to beat the right-hander's bat.

IND - 2/0 after 1 over.

Right, we're ready for the chase!

Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan have walked out to open the batting for India.

Mark Wood has the new ball and will bowl the first over for England.

Here we go!

A score of 322 is not less by any means, but India would be happy to take it.

About 16 years after that famous win in the NatWest Series Final at Lord's, India have the opportunity of chasing down another 320-plus total at the hallowed ground.

Will Kohli's men seal the series today?

Join us after a short break to find out!

ENGLAND - 322/7 after 50 overs

Eight runs came from that final over by Kaul.

Root remains unbeaten on 113 off 116. A splendid knock from an absolutely world-class player.

Fine knock from Willey, too. He gets run-out by Dhoni on the final ball of the innings for a 31-ball 50.

England will be happy with what they've got.

Poor, poor over from Umesh. At such a crucial juncture. A wide, followed by a no-ball.

India have missed Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah in these death overs.

England get nine runs from the penultimate over of the innings, bowled by Umesh.

How much can they get from the last over?

ENG - 314/6 after 49 overs.

SIX!

Root cuts loose after getting to his milestone.

Stands in his crease and smacks one from Hardik over the long-on fielder.

England are getting just the push they needed.

ENG - 305/6 after 48 overs.

Four!

Hardik runs in, bowls his zillionth short ball and Willey picks up a boundary.

Hundred for Root!

This has been a top-class innings from the right-hander.

A century from 109 balls. He came into this match under some degree of pressure.

His first ODI century at Lord's, second against India and 12th overall.

Take a bow, Joe Root!

David Willey is playing a little gem of an innings here.

Takes Umesh for a couple of boundaries in that over to move to 36 off 21.

50 partnership between Root and Willey comes up.

Root is on 99 now.

England - 292/6 after 47 overs.

Four!

Willey drives it straight back, there's no long-off and the ball runs away.

SIX!

Kaul bangs it in, Willey swivels and pulls it for a maximum.

Shot!

Kaul pitches it short again, Willey pulls it flat and hard over mid-wicket for four.

Super over for England, 17 runs came from it.

ENG - 281/6 after 46 overs.

Superb over from Kaul!

Comes back into the attack and gives away just four runs.

Root is on 95 now.

ENG - 256/6 after 44 overs.

Four!

Kuldeep fires it in from over the wicket, Root opens his bat to guide it past short-third. Wonder why the fielder was so wide there.

Another four!

Root uses his feet well to drive the last ball from Kuldeep past covers.

It's a one man show for England today!

ENG - 252/6 after 43 overs.

What. A. Catch.

Ali slogs one from Chahal, Rohit covers a LOT of ground from long-on and dives full-length to pouch it. Brilliant!

ENG - 239/6 after 41.4 overs.

England finally get a boundary!

Moeen Ali gets on one leg and slog-sweeps Kuldeep just over mid-wicket.

Eight runs came from that over, not a bad one for India at this stage.

ENG - 236/5 after 41 overs.

Umesh gives just four runs from his eighth over.

Last ten overs: 43 runs, three wickets.

ENG - 224/5 after 39 overs.

Another top over from Umesh, a wicket and four runs came from it.

The pacer has looked threatening from the first ball of this spell.

ENG - 216/5 after 37 overs.

MS Dhoni gets his 300th ODI catch!

OUT!

Big wicket for India as Umesh removes Buttler!

A careless attempt at punching the ball of the backfoot gets a thick outside edge.

Four!

Root cuts one from Hardik past point for a boundary.

Eight runs came from that over.

ENG - 212/4 after 36 overs.

Umesh comes back into the attack, bowls a top over!

Just one run came from it.

Buttler is out in the middle with Root now. He's the key man for England if they are to get a massive total.

ENG - 204/4 after 35 overs.

Root survives another close-call! He's living on a knife's edge here.

Hardik gets one to dart in, Root mis-judges the line and gets an inside-edge on to his pads. Would've been plumb in front.

OUT!

Hardik strikes!

Gets one to pitch and move away, Stokes nicks it to Dhoni.

India keep chipping away!

ENG - 203/4 after 33.5 overs.

Root survives two close calls!

First a reverse ramp-shot goes inches past Dhoni.

Then, a punch off his pads goes in the air and perilously close to mid-wicket.

ENG - 200/3 after 33 overs.

Ben Stokes joins Root out in the middle. The left-hander got runs in the last game but at a dismal strike-rate. England would want him to settle in quickly here.

Good over from Hardik, just three singles came from it.

ENG - 192/3 after 32 overs.

Morgan almost gets out and brings up his fifty!

Steps out against Kuldeep, goes for a maximum but mis-times it.

Long-on and deep mid-wicket try but can't get to it.

OUT!

This time Kuldeep gets his man!

Morgan slogs a full-toss, the ball goes high but straight to Shikhar Dhawan at deep mid-wicket.

ENG - 189/3 after 30.3 overs.

Fifty for Root!

Cheers of 'Rooooot' go up at Lord's.

Fine knock this from a fine batsman.

Kohli brings Kuldeep back into the attack in search of a wicket. A slip and a leg-slip in place.

Root and Morgan take five runs from that over.

ENG - 181/2 after 29 overs.

Shot!

Morgan steps out and drives Chahal over long-on for a maximum.

The English batters are looking really comfortable out in the middle.

Kohli needs to figure out a way to break this partnership soon.

ENG - 176/2 after 28 overs.

Kohli brings on Raina to have a bowl.

The part-time offie slips in a quick over and concedes six singles.

ENG - 152/2 after 25 overs.

Root survives! Not really, actually.

The right-hander slog-sweeps it straight to KL Rahul at deep mid-wicket, but it's off a free-hit.

England are doing well at the moment. Root and Morgan building an ominous looking partnership. If they keep going like this and have wickets for the last ten overs, 350 could be on the cards.

ENG - 146/2 after 24 overs.

England get a boundary after a while.

Hardik bowls it short and wide, Root cuts it well over point for four.

As Graeme Swann says in commentary, "It was harder not to hit that ball than to hit it."

Hardik really needs to stop bowling these pointless short deliveries every over. He just doesn't have the pace for it!

Good over for England, 10 runs came from it.

ENG - 140/2 after 23 overs.

Top bowling from Chahal, tossing it up and mixing it well.

Root and Morgan look like they're struggling to pick the googly.

Good over for India, four singles came from it.

ENG - 130/2 after 22 overs.

India doing well to apply the pressure in the last few overs.

Chahal gives away three from his third over. Strikes Morgan on the pad off the final delivery, the mild appeal to the umpire goes in vain.

ENG - 121/2 after 20 overs.

Hardik returns for his third over.

Bangs the first ball short and concedes a single. Gets trolled for that, as always, by Sunil Gavaskar in commentary. The legend is not a big fan of Hardik's 'natural length'.

Three runs came from that over.

ENG - 118/2 after 19 overs.

Chahal returns to bowl his second over.

Not afraid to toss the ball up. A couple of dead defences by Morgan to end that over. Just two runs came from it.

ENG - 115/2 after 18 overs.

Hat-trick of boundaries for England!

Root leans in to a full-toss by Kuldeep, drives it with authority through covers. He's looking much more confident today. Right approach against Kuldeep.

Another four!

This time Morgan sweeps hard to beat deep square-leg.

England have decided they're going to attack the chinaman bowler.

Another good over for England, 12 runs came from it.

ENG - 113/2 after 17 overs.

Fine shot from Root! Umesh fires it into his pads, he flicks it stylishly to the fence.

Morgan gets lucky! Had little idea of a short-ish delivery from Umesh, got an inside edge that just missed the stumps and ran away for four.

Third boundary of the over!

This time Morgan's in complete control. Clips it off his pads past square-leg.

Expensive over that, 13 runs came from it

ENG - 101/2 after 16 overs.

Skipper Eoin Morgan walks out to the crease.

Gets a juicy full-toss first up but hits it straight to the fielder.

That's what happens when you're facing a bowler who's in form.

He came make you miss full-tosses and induce fall shots like Bairstow's against average deliveries.

Two runs and a wicket came from that over.

ENG - 88/2 after 15 overs.

OUT!

Roy dares to slog-sweep Kuldeep, finds Umesh at the deep mid-wicket fence.

Kuldeep can do no wrong!

ENG - 86/1 after 14.1 overs

Shot! Kuldeep drops it short, Roy rocks on to the backfoot and cuts it ferociously past covers and mid-off for four.

Root plays two dead defences to end that Kuldeep over. The chinaman bowler has had the measure of him on this tour.

Seven runs came from that over.

ENG - 81/1 after 13 overs.

Joe Root out in the middle for England. He's supposed to be their finest batsman, but has had a horrid run against India so far. Big game for him.

Three came from that Umesh Yadav over.

ENG - 74/1 after 12 overs.

Two runs and a wicket from Kuldeep's first over.

ENG - 71/1 after 11 overs.

Spin introduced in the form of Kuldeep Yadav.

OUT!

This man can't put a foot wrong!

He bowls a googly that pitches outside leg, Bairstow goes for a sweep - the ball hits his pad, then his bat and finally goes on the the stumps.

Lucky wicket but India will take it.

8 overs gone, England hit a boundary and take 7 runs off Kaul’s 4^th over. When will Kohli bring in the spinners?

6 overs gone... Kaul went for a big LBW appeal against Roy. However, it was turned down. England have made a solid if not very attractive start. 

ENG 32/0 after 6 overs

Good over from Siddharth Kaul... just 2 runs off it. 

ENG 23/0 after 4 overs 

A miss and a Hit

Baristow survives as a ball keeps low as it skids on. Bairstow goes for a front foot pull and misses as the ball is just away from off stump. Jonny then sends the next ball for a SIX.

ENG 21/0 after 3 overs 

Easy 8 runs from the over for England... KL Rahul is slow to react as Bairstow collects a boundary. Kaul then bowls a loosener to gift another four.

ENG 12/0 after 2 overs 

Good over by Umesh... he was hit for a FOUR off the very first ball but the pacer didn't give Roy any more freebies. 

ENG 4/0 after 1 over  

HERE WE GO... Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow at the crease. Roy is on strike. Umesh Yadav will open the attack for India.

Virat Kohli said at the toss that India were looking to bowl first anyway. 

"We are pretty happy to chase. Containing them two times and having chased it. Lord's has always helped the seamers. We'll try to make the most of the two new balls. The spinners are doing a great job for us in the middle overs." 

TOSS: England have won the toss and have opted to bat

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli(c), Lokesh Rahul, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni(w), Hardik Pandya, Umesh Yadav, Siddarth Kaul, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal

England (Playing XI): Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan(c), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler(w), Moeen Ali, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Liam Plunkett, Mark Wood