Another one sided match but this time, England dominated

In the 2nd ODI against India, England showed complete dominance and won the match by 100 runs. Now, both teams will play the series decider on 17 July, which would be the last match of England tour for India. Shreyas Iyer was not playing in this match because Kohli was making his come back. 
1st innings:
India won the toss again and opted to field first. England begun well before losing their first wicket in 9th over, when Roy departed on 23. Bairstow was looking good but Chahal took his wicket in 15th over. Joe Root again failed to score and got out by Chahal on 11 runs. England lost their half team within 22 overs on 102 before the crucial partnership between Moeen Ali and Liam Livingstone. Hardik Pandya took the wicket of Livingstone and broke the partnership but then, David Willey took responsibility and made another crucial stand with Moeen Ali of 62 runs. Ali scored impressive 47 and was the top scorer from the side. Because of Willey's efforts, England made 246 before got all out in 49th over. Chahal took four wickets whereas Bumrah and Pandya got 2 wickets each.
2nd innings:
India did not start well as Rohit Sharma departed on a 10-ball duck. Dhawan also went under powerplay on 27 runs and Topley got his second. Just after powerplay, India lost Pant and Kohli in 2 consecutive overs. Suryakumar Yadav stayed on crease for some time but Reece Topley got him bowled in 21st over. Pandya and Jadeja scored same number of runs(29) after facing same number of deliveries(44) but when they departed, India lost their hopes. India got all out on 146 and lost the match by 100 runs. Reece Topley became man of the match for his carrer best 6 wickets and made the record of best bowling figures for England in ODIs. 

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