During the third and final ODI of India vs England at Lord’s Cricket Ground, London, Joe Root once again stepped up for England and made several achievements during the match. After scoring a half-century, he became the first English batsman to score 50+ scores six consecutive times in ODI cricket.
Joe Root has been excellent throughout the series, and in this match he came to bat when the stage was set for him, and he played a beautiful innings, bringing up his half-century in 39 balls; They continued the run flow and England posted a massive score of 387/3 in 50 overs.
Joe Root is in great form
Joe Root has been in sensational form in this series as he remained unbeaten in the three matches he played against the India national cricket team. In the first match, he played a brilliant innings as there was a flurry of wickets in that game and remained unbeaten with a score of 76* as England lost the match by 4 wickets.
In the second game, chasing a smaller target of 234, he stood firm at one end and once again remained unbeaten as England were in trouble. He failed to score a century as he remained unbeaten on 99* as England won the match by 4 wickets.
In the third ODI on Sunday, Joe Root scored the most runs for England in men’s ODIs when he returned unbeaten once again with 74 runs from 48 balls, hitting 9 fours in the innings. Joe Root is also the batsman who scored the most runs in the series. It has been Root’s year as he has so far scored 496 runs in 6 innings at an impressive average of 248.00.
England’s batsmen took the lead
Talking about the match, England captain Harry Brook won the toss and decided to bat first; They made one change to the team with the return of Josh Tongue in place of Saqib Mahmood. India made three changes, with KL Rahul, Prince Yadav and Arshdeep Singh replacing injured Jasprit Bumrah and Washington Sundar and Shivam Dubey.
Batting first, England got off to a good start as openers Ben Duckett and Jacob Bettall finally got a chance to play their strokes in the series decider. They put on a partnership of 192 runs for the first wicket, Bethel missed his century and was out for 91 runs.
Ben Duckett created history
Duckett continued his brutal hitting and scored 141 runs, setting the stage for the other English batsmen. After the innings, he achieved the highest individual score in ODIs at Lord’s, surpassing the record held by former West Indies batsman Sir Vivian Richards.
Thanks to a strong opening partnership and then a 101-run partnership between Duckett and Root, England made the highest team score ever at this ground with 387/3. Jos Buttler also contributed with 41 runs from 13 balls as England scored 82 runs in the last five overs.