Joe Root single-handedly overpowered Team India, England won the second ODI; Win after 6 defeats

IND vs ENG 2nd ODI Full Highlights: Joe Root single-handedly led England to a 4-wicket win in the second ODI against India in Cardiff. In the match, after batting first, Team India was all out for 233 runs in 44 overs. England’s chase did not start well. The team’s wickets kept falling continuously, but Joe Root, who landed at number three, stood at one end like a strong wall. Root played an unbeaten inning of 99 runs in 133 balls with the help of 9 fours.

England finally won the 7th match after losing the last 6 consecutive ODIs against India. Before this, England had won the last ODI against India in 2022. Now after a long wait of 4 years, the English team got victory in the 50 over match against India.

England win the second ODI by 4 wickets.#TeamIndia‘s focus now shifts to the series decider on Sunday.

Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/2Z0BQOPWjC #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/CfyMZuZ71Y

— BCCI (@BCCI) July 16, 2026

England’s bad start in the chase

England, who set out to chase the target of 234 runs, had a very poor start. The team lost the first wicket in the form of Ben Duckett (00) on the first ball of the innings and the second in the form of Jacob Bethel (04) for 8 runs. After this, the third wicket fell at 53 runs, the fourth wicket at 94 runs and the fifth wicket at 125 runs. After this it seemed that now victory would be very difficult for England.

Then Joe Root along with Will Jacques made a partnership of 72 runs for the sixth wicket and raised new hopes of victory. England lost the sixth wicket in the form of Jacques for 197 runs. Jacques played an innings of 30 runs in 44 balls with 2 fours. After this, Root along with Gus Atkinson made an unbroken partnership of 38 runs for the 7th wicket and helped the team cross the victory line.

India’s bowling

Fast bowler Gurnoor Brar took maximum 2 wickets for Team India. During this, he spent 67 runs in 10 overs. Other than this Jasprit BumrahPrasidh Krishna, Akshar Patel and Shivam Dubey took 1 wicket each.

Also read: Will Rohit Sharma play the last ODI match of his career on Sunday? Did not pass ‘Agnipariksha’