A stunning display of form both with bat and ball by all-rounder Yuvraj Singh gave India a 2-0 lead in the seven-match series as Team India defeated England by 54 runs in the second One-Day International at the Maharani Usharaje Trust Cricket Ground in Indore on Monday.
Chasing a target of 293 to win, the entire English team were bowled out for just 238 runs in 47 overs; Kevin Pietersen (33), Andrew Flintoff (43) and Owais Shah (58) raised some hope, but Indian spinners
For India, the star of the day was Yuvraj Singh who first smashed a scintillating 118 runs and then rolled his arm as a left-arm spinner to pick up 4/28 including the wickets of Flintoff, Pietersen and Shah.
Indian Batting: Total: (for 9 wickets) 292. (50 overs) Gautam Gambhir (70), Yuvraj Singh (118), Yusuf Pathan (50)
Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-15, 3-29, 4-163, 5-206, 6-239, 7-258, 8-261, 9-274.
Bowling: James Anderson 6-0-26-0, Stuart Broad 10-1-55-4, Andrew Flintoff 9-0-49-0, Steve Harmison 7-1-50-0, Samit Patel 5-0-37-0, Paul Collingwood 8-0-43-1, Kevin Pietersen 5-0-20-1.
England Batting: Total: (all out) 238; (47 overs) Owais Shah (58), Matt Prior (38), Kevin Pietersen (33), Andrew Flintoff (43)
Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-102, 3-109, 4-183, 5-184, 6-187, 7-191, 8-222, 9-233, 10-238.
Bowling: Zaheer Khan 8-1-37-0, Munaf Patel 7-0-31-0, Rudra Pratap Singh 5-0-49-0 Yuvraj Singh 10-0-28-4, Harbhajan Singh 10-0-45-1, Virendra Sehwag 5-0-28-3, Yusuf Pathan 2-0-18-1.
Result: India won by 54 runs.
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