Eden clash: England post 321 for 8 against India in the 3rd one-dayer

Openers Jason Roy and Sam Billings provided a good start  to England Innings scoring 65 and 35  respectively   after Virat Kohli  , captaining India  at Eden Gardes  for the first time, called correctly and put the visitors to bat.  

Roy  plunderd his runs off  56 deliveries  and hitting as many as 10  bounderis and one sixer before he was bowled by jadeja  while Billings, trying to make a reverse  sweep  off Jadeja was was  caught by Pandya.

Roy’s score include ten bounderies and a over boundery off 56 deliveries while Billings played 64 balls to hit five  bounderies and  a sixer.

Openers apart,  J  Bairstow and Eoin Morgan  who came one and two down  added  substance to their innings tackling Indian bowlers  comfortably.

Bairstow  fell victim to Jadeja’s spin after scoring 56 off  54 balls and hitting five bounderies and a six, Morgan failed to connect properly a Pandya delivery and was caught by Bumrah  making 43  off  44 balls .He hit two fours and three sixes.

Beside openers and other top order batsmen, it was  fine rearguard actions by Ben Stokes and Chris Woakes  which  enabled the  vistors to cross 300 mark as e they hit out Indian bowlers, pacers  and spinners alike.

While Ben remained not out  making 57 off  39 balls  and  four bounderies and two over bounderies, Chris was run out after scoring  34 off 39 balls and  four bounderies and two over bounderies.

None of the Indian bowlers impressed much.

However, mediumpacer Hardik Pandya and  Off spinner R Jadeja  attained  moderate success  bagging  three and two England scalps  conceding  49 and 62 runs respectively.

While Bumrah got the other wicket  conceding 68 runs in his ten over spell, R Ashwin again  failed to earn  any wicket  and  conceded  60 runs in his nine over spell.

By Manik Banerjee