Twarit Khel: India loses ODI series against England after 7 years

Star batsman Joe Root continued his splendid run with a second successive century as England produced another impressive allround display to canter to a comprehensive eight-wicket win over India in the series-deciding final ODI to wrap up the three-match series 2-1, here today.
Root (100), who had scored a match-winning century in the second ODI, completed his 13th ODI ton in the last ball, while skipper Eoin Morgan (88) smashed an unbeaten half-century as the duo shared a 186-run unconquered third wicket stand to script a successful runchase on a track which seemed to have eased out later in the day.
Chasing 258 to win, England finished with 260/2 in 44.3 overs as India's streak of nine consecutive bilateral series' wins came to a halt.
With this win, England exacted revenge for their 1-2 loss against India in the twenty20 series. England thus won their first bilateral ODI series against this opposition since 2011.
Earlier, Virat Kohli scored 71 runs off 72 balls, inclusive of eight fours, as India managed 256/8 (50 overs) after being put into bat.
The visitors' innings had faltered in face of some disciplined spin bowling, with Adil Rashid taking 3-49 and hurting the middle order. MS Dhoni scored 42 off 66 balls to shepherd the innings in the latter half.
Chasing a below-par total, England bolted off the blocks thanks to Jonny Bairstow's 30 off 13 balls. He smacked seven fours and rendered ineffective India's new ball pairing of Bhuvneshwar Kumar (0-49) and Hardik Pandya (0-39).