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India vs England, 2nd ODI Highlights: Reece Topley gets six as England beat India to level series

With parity restored in the three-match series, the decider at the Old Trafford in Manchester on Sunday promises to be a mouth-watering contest.

When the Indian bowlers put up another impressive show to bowl out England for 246 in 49 overs, little did one know that the visiting batters would inexplicably implode for a paltry 146 in 38.5 overs in the face of nice seam and swing bowling from Topley. As It HappenedDavid Willey (1/27 in 9 overs), seasoned Moeen Ali (1/30) and Liam Livingstone (1/4) also played their parts to perfection.

Topley's figures were the best by an Englishman at the 'Mecca of Cricket'. Having won the first game by 10 wickets, the Indian team couldn't have comprehended that the wheels of fortune would turn so swiftly. With Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant all back in the dressing room just after the first Powerplay and only 31 runs on board, there was only one possible result.

Suryakumar Yadav (27), Hardik Pandya (29) and Ravindra Jadeja (29) did try their bit but the scores would certainly provide a bigger picture of the kind of plight Indian batters endured during the chase. Dhawan (9 off 26 balls) and skipper Rohit (0 off 9 balls) looked distinctly uncomfortable as 6 feet 5 inch tall Topley hit the seam and, with his height, also extracted disconcerting bounce consistently. Knowing that Rohit is a compulsive hooker and puller, Topley kept it full and a typical left-armer's delivery that goes through with the angle found the Indian captain plumb in-front. Dhawan, whose stay at the wicket was as painful as Rohit, tickled one down the leg-side to Jos Buttler. Kohli's 22-second brisk walk down the Lord's Long Room was elegantly filmed by the broadcasters as he was seen

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