3 reasons why England lost the 2nd ODI against India

England lost to India by a margin of 4 wickets in the second ODI of the three-match series; with this defeat, the Three Lions have also lost the ODI series as they are now trailing by the margin of 0-2 in the three-match ODI series. The second ODI of the series was played at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. 

However, the visitors got a good start while batting first after winning the toss but they couldn’t capitalize it to post a big total on the board. Eventually, they were bowled at the score of 304 runs in 49.5 overs before India chased down the same in 44.3 overs, scoring 308 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. 

Having said that, here we’ll figure out the three reasons why Jos Buttler’s England lost to India in the second ODI. 

Batting Collapse 

The English team was in a quite comfortable position when they had scored 219 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in 38.3 overs, with former skipper Joe Root and skipper Jos Buttler there in the middle. But then came the dismissal of the skipper Jos Buttler on the fourth ball of the 39th over and it was a start to the batting collapse of the tourists after a steady start. 

Subsequently, England kept losing wickets in quick succession and they lost their next seven wickets in just 85 runs. Eventually, they could post a total of 304 runs which could have been 350 had they not lost the wickets. This collapse happened to be the first dent in England’s hopes of winning this game against India. 

Poor Bowling 

The second and one of the main reasons behind England’s debacle in the Cuttack ODI against the men in blue was their poor bowling show against the Indian batting attack. Most of the England bowlers failed to neutralize the attack launched by the veteran batter and India skipper, Rohit Sharma. 

England bowlers couldn’t get the first wicket till the Indian openers posted the opening partnership of 121 runs. Most of the core English bowlers conceded the runs with an economy rate of more than 7.00. Atkinson scalped 1 wicket at 65 runs in seven overs, with an economy rate of 9.28 while Adil Rashid conceded 78 runs in 10 overs, scalping a wicket with a dismal economy rate of 7.80. 

The miserable bowling performances from the English side failed to trouble the Indian batters during their run-chase of the target of 305 runs. 

Lack of spin support for Adil Rashid 

The veteran England spinner Adil Rashid looked quite helpless and clueless in the second ODI against India. Notably, he was the only specialist spinner in the playing XI for England in Cuttack ODI and he didn’t even get reciprocated support in the spin department from the other end. 

It resulted in one of the bad days for Adil Rashid in the ODIs as he ended up conceding 78 runs in his 10-over spell to scalp only 1 wicket. The lack of spin support for the veteran Rashid couldn’t give any other option for skipper Buttler to utilize against the in-form Indian batting attack. 

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