Cuttack: Rohit Sharma's record-breaking century and Ravindra Jadeja's three-wicket haul powered India to beat England in the second ODI by 4 wickets at Barabati Stadium here on Sunday, February 9, 2025. With this win, India sealed the three-match series 2-0 with a game remaining. This is India's seventh successive bilateral ODI series win at home against England.
Jadeja picked up his second three-for of the series and then Rohit smashed a scintillating century to announce his comeback in form. Jadeja finished with figures of 35/3 in his 10 overs, dismissing open Ben Duckett, Joe Root and Jamie Overton while Rohit racked up his 32nd century in just 77 balls and ended up scoring 119 runs off 76 balls, striking rate of 134.2 with the help of 7 sixes and 9 fours.
𝗔 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸! ✅
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 9, 2025
The Rohit Sharma-led #TeamIndia beat England by 4⃣ wickets in the 2nd ODI & take an unassailable lead in the ODI series! 👏 👏
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Rohit Sharma hit the visiting bowlers like a storm in the powerplay. His innings reminded everyone of his swashbuckling innings in the ODI World Cup 2023. He raced to fifty off just 30 balls and once the powerplay was done his opening partner Shubman Gill fired on all cylinders.
India wrap up the series 2-0 with a win over England in Cuttack 👏#INDvENG 📝: https://t.co/6P66iIrFim pic.twitter.com/gE9Rrzym2w
— ICC (@ICC) February 9, 2025
When those two were batting it looked like India would win the game with some 15-20 overs to spare. Both the openers didn't let the opposition bowlers settle down and bowl in one place. They whacked Adil Rashid, Liam Livingstone, Jamie Overton, and Gus Atkinson. They didn't even let Mark Wood put pressure on them.
ODI century no. 32 for the Indian skipper Rohit Sharma 👏 🤩 #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/MLpNwVUldQ
— ICC (@ICC) February 9, 2025
England bowled down the leg side quite often and paid the price. They bowled fullish deliveries to start with as well. Even when the ball started turning Rohit looked in great control and hit sixes on his way to his 32nd ODI hundred silencing all critics. This was also his second-fastest hundred and fastest vs England in ODI cricket. Rohit's knock also saw him surpass (10,987) Rahul Dravid’s 10,889 runs to enter the top-10 ODI run-scorers list. He now requires 13 runs to complete 11,000 ODI runs.
Back after missing out on the Nagpur ODI because of a swollen knee, Virat Kohli (5) fell cheaply edging an Adil Rashid leg-break. India continued their experiment to push Axar up at No. 5 and he batted well alongside Shreyas before a miscommunication while KL Rahul (10) and Hardik Pandya (10) also fell cheaply. But there was hardly any run-rate pressure and Axar Patel (41 not out) held his ground as he along with Ravindra Jadeja (11 not out) completed the formalities with 33 balls to spare.
Earlier, Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja excelled with figures of 3/35, helping India bowl out England for 304 after they opted to bat. Jadeja's key wickets included Ben Duckett (65 off 56) and Joe Root (69 off 72), which disrupted England's strong start. Despite a solid foundation from Duckett, Root, and skipper Jos Buttler (34 off 35), England seemed headed for a 330-plus total at 200/3 but struggled to build momentum due to Jadeja’s disciplined bowling.
Liam Livingstone's brisk 41 off 32 and Adil Rashid's quick-fire 14 helped, but three run-outs in the final overs led to England's dismissal with a delivery to spare—their lowest total at Barabati Stadium since 2011. England lost their last seven wickets for 85, including three run-outs, as they were dismissed for 304 with one ball left unused.
Jadeja's tactical bowling also accounted for Jamie Overton, while Shubman Gill took three catches despite India's poor reviews against Root off Varun Chakravarthy (1/54 on debut). Harshit Rana (1/62) was expensive, allowing Duckett to thrive.
The third and final ODI of the series will be played at the world's largest stadium -- Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Wednesday, February 9, 2025.
Highest Score On 50th ODI As Captain
Rohit Sharma - 119
Sanath Jayasuriya - 116
Most defeats in ODIs after scoring 300+
28 England (in 99 matches)
27 India (in 136)
23 West Indies (in 62)
19 Sri Lanka (in 87)
Series defeat for England
Fourth in a row in ODIs since WC 2023
Seventh in a row in India in ODIs in the last 20 years
Ninth in ten across white ball formats vs India in the last 10 years
Most wins after 50 ODIs as captain
39 C Lloyd/ R Ponting/ V Kohli
37 H Cronje
36 V Richards/ Rohit Sharma
34 S Pollock
