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Patna : England thumped India by 6 wickets in 2nd ODI at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune, on March 26, 2021, night, opener Jonny Bairstow scored 124 runs in 112 balls hitting 11 fours and 7 sixes, his 11th ODI century, and all-rounder Ben Stokes scoring 99 in only 52 balls hitting 4 fours and 10 sixes to level the three-match series 1-1. Openers Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow added 110 runs for the 1st wicket. England had won the toss and opted bowl. England hit 20 sixes in the match to 13 by India. Bairstow was named Players Of The Match.
Bairstow and Ben Stokes added 175 runs for the 2nd wicket going for destructive hitting. Stokes hit spinner Kuldeep Yadav for 3 sixes on successive balls in his 9th over. He hit spinner Krunal Pandya for 3 sixes and 1 four in his 5th over. Bairstow hit Kulddep for a six to reach his 11th ODI ton. Liam Livingstone , who remained unbeaten on 27 in 21 balls, hit Bhuvneshwar Prasad for 2 sixes on successive balls in his 9th over. Opner Jason Roy scored 55 in 52 balls with 7 fours and 1 six. Captain Jos Buttler (wk) fell to Prasidh Krishna for zero. Dawid Malan remained 16 not out in 23 balls with just 1 four.
Set a target of 337 runs, England scored 337/4 in 43.3 overs. England batsmen particularly Stokes and bairstow tookall the Indian bowlers to the cleaners hitting them for sixes and fours at will. Spinner Kuldeep Yadav leaked 84 runs in 10 overs without taking any wicket while fellow spinner Krunal Pandya conceded 72 runs in only 6 overs. Prasidh Krishna took 2/58 in 10 overs while Bhuvneshwar Prasad took 1/1/63 in 10 overs. Shardul Thakur leaked 54 runs in 7.3 overs.
Batting first, India had scored a competitive 336/6 in 50 overs with Lokesh Rahul scoring 108 in 114 balls with 7 fours and 2 sixes while Rishabh Pant (wk) cored 77 in 40 balls hitting 3 fours and 7 sixes. Pant reached fifty in only 28 balls. Captain Virat Kohli scored 66 in 79 balls with 3 fours and 1 six while opener Rohit Sharma scored 25 in 25 balls with 5 fours.
Rohit fell to Sam Curran while Kohli fell to spinner Adil Rashid. Shikhar Dhawan fell to fast bowler Reece Topley for 4. Lokesh Rahul fell to Tom Curran. Pant also fell to Tom Curran. Hardik Pandya fell to Topley for 35 in 116 balls hitting 1 four and 4 sixes.