England vs India: The decider match of the India tour to England 2026. The hosts, after registering a convincing win in the T20 International series with a 4-0 margin, saw the first two ODIs end with the series level at 1-1. The champions’ decider contest of the One Day International series was played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, London. The match action began at 3:30 PM IST.
England won the important toss and decided to bat first. Batting first, Ben Duckett produced a historic knock of 141 runs and took the hosts to a giant total of 387/3. Despite Rohit Sharma’s blistering knock, Shubman Gill’s and Virat Kohli‘s fifty scores, India lost the match by 27 runs. England clinched a dominating win in the match and won the series by a 2-1 margin.
Playing XI’s
India Playing XI: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill(C), Virat Kohli, Ishan Kishan(WK), Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Axar Patel, Gurnoor Brar, Prince Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna
England Playing XI: Ben Duckett, Jacob Bethell, Joe Root, Harry Brook(C), Jos Buttler(WK), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Gus Atkinson, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Josh Tongue
First Innings: Ben Duckett’s Storming 141, Joe Root’s Consistency and Jos Buttler’s Late Blitz Led England to 387/3
England’s batting innings began with Ben Duckett and Jacob Bethell at the crease, while Arshdeep Singh started with the new ball for India. After a quiet first over, the English openers changed gears and attacked the Indian bowlers by scoring boundaries at regular intervals. In the first 10 overs.
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England reached 58/0, and Jacob Bethell completed his fifty in the 16th over. The duo added a historic 192-run opening partnership, the highest first-wicket stand for England against India.
Prasidh Krishna provided India with the first breakthrough in the 31st over by dismissing Jacob Bethell with a brilliant catch by Rohit Sharma. Ben Duckett completed his century in the 36th over and went on to score a historic 141 runs, including 18 fours and one six.
Joe Root continued his impressive form with another fifty, while Jos Buttler’s quick 41-run cameo helped England reach 387/3 in 50 overs. India required 388 runs to win the ODI series.
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Second Innings: Despite Blistering Contribution by Top Order, India Lost ODI Series
The second innings of the match began with Indian openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill at the crease, while Jofra Archer started the first over for England. The first 10 overs were completely in favour of India as the score stood at 49/0. Shubman Gill reached his 21st fifty in the ODI format, and Rohit Sharma, in the 21st over, scored his 63rd fifty in One Day Internationals. The first breakthrough for England came in the 24.2nd over when Adil Rashid trapped Indian captain Shubman Gill on the score of 77(84).
Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill scored the second-highest partnership for India at Lord’s in ODIs with a 147-run first-wicket partnership. After 25 overs, the score was 149/1. Rohit Sharma was on 68*(64) and Virat Kohli on 1*(2).
Another milestone was witnessed in today’s match as each opener scored 75+ runs. It was the first time in an ODI game that Ben Duckett scored 141 runs, Jacob Bethell 91, Shubman Gill 77, and Rohit Sharma 138 runs. Hitman reached his 34th century in One Day Internationals.
His hundred broke several records, including scoring his 8th century in the 50-over format in England. He also surpassed the 1,000-run mark and reached 1,021 runs against England. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma’s dangerous duo etched another milestone by scoring their 21st 100-run partnership.
After scoring 138(110), in the 39th over, Jacob Bethell took the most important wicket of the innings by bowling Rohit Sharma. Virat Kohli, in the 42nd over, scored his first fifty at Lord’s in ODIs, but in the 43.3rd over, Ishan Kishan, after scoring 14(12), was dismissed by Sam Curran.
On the last ball of the same over, Shreyas Iyer got out for a duck 0(3). Conditions for Team India got tight as Sam Curran, the star bowler of the innings, took Virat Kohli’s wicket in 45.2 overs. After Virat Kohli’s dismissal, the rest of the batters couldn’t score many runs, as KL Rahul, after scoring 12(8), got bowled on Jofra Archer’s delivery. England registered a 27-run victory, and India lost the ODI series by a 2-1 margin.
