Joe Root, Eoin Morgan power England to victory vs India in 3rd ODI
Updated: Wed, Jul 18 2018 00:15 IST
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July 18 (CRICKETNMORE) - Joe Root and Skipper Eoin Morgan scored a brilliant century and half-century respectively to guide England to a comfortable eight-wicket win over India in the third ODI in Leeds on Tuesday. With this victory, England won the series 2-1.
Chasing 257, the hosts were two down with 74 runs on board, before Root and Morgan put up an unbeaten solid partnership of 186 runs to guide England to victory.
Brief Scores
India - 256/8 50 Overs (Virat Kohli - 71, Shikhar Dhawan - 44, David Willey - 3/40, Adil Rashid - 3/49)
England - 260/2 in 44.3 Overs (Joe Root - 100*, Eoin Morgan - 88*, Shardul Thakur - 1/51)