India aim for ruthlessness at Lord’s

When was the last time England, the current ODI World Cham-pions, received such a walloping in a One-Day game? Indeed, when was the last time a team outclassed England in this fashion in white-ball cricket, and that too in their own den?

- Gaurav Gupta

Since they lost the fifth Test at Edgbaston, India have been on a roll in the limited overs leg of their English tour. Playing some ‘Bazball’ style aggressive, exciting cricket, Rohit Sharma and Co clinched the T20I series 2-1 and then routed the hosts by 10 wickets in the first ODI at The Oval. It was England’s first 10-wicket pasting in almost a decade, and clearly their worst performance in this format after a while.

India will look to continue their white-ball dominance over England and seal the series when the two sides meet on the other side of The Thames at the historic Lord’s Cricket Ground in the second day/night ODI on Thursday.

India were so dominant on Tuesday that despite it being a day/night game, the lights were hardly needed-After rolling over Jos Buttler & Co for 110 in 25.2 overs, thanks to a surreal spell of fast bowling from Jasprit Bumrah, India, with their skipper Rohit Sharma unleashing his ferocious, vintage pull shots, completed the win with 31.2 overs to spare.