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Sports desk: Joe Root became England's leading one-day international century-maker as an innings of exactly 100 not out on his Headingley home ground saw the hosts to an eight-wicket victory over India on Tuesday and a 2-1 series win.<\/p>\nSports desk: Joe Root became England's leading one-day international century-maker as an innings of exactly 100 not out on his Headingley home ground saw the hosts to an eight-wicket victory over India on Tuesday and a 2-1 series win.<\/p>\n
This was Root's second unbeaten century in successive innings after his 113 not out helped England level the three-match contest with an 86-run win at Lord's on Saturday.<\/p>\n
This latest hundred was also Test skipper Root's 13th in ODIs, taking him past the England record of 12 he had previously shared with Marcus Trescothick.<\/p>\n
Tuesday saw Root and one-day captain Eoin Morgan (88 not out) share an unbroken third-wicket stand of 186 as England, first in the ODI rankings to their opponents' second, ended India's run of nine straight bilateral series wins in style.<\/p>\n
England, who will be bidding to win the World Cup for the first time when they stage next year's edition, had said they would treat Tuesday's match as a dress rehearsal for a winner-takes-all game at the showpiece tournament.<\/p>\n
And that made the comprehensive manner of their victory all the more satisfying for Morgan's men.<\/p>\n
– ‘Bowlers set the tone' –<\/p>\n
It was England's bowlers who set up this win, with Adil Rashid and David Willey, two of the five Yorkshire cricketers in their XI, taking three wickets apiece.<\/p>\n
But, after left-arm quick Willey had kept things tight early on, it was leg-spinner Rashid who did significant damage by taking two wickets in an over.<\/p>\n
He bowled India captain and star batsman Virat Kohli (71), as well as dismissing Suresh Raina, on his way to three for 49 in a maximum 10 overs.<\/p>\n
Willey, who took three for 40 in nine overs, received excellent new-ball support from Durham quick Mark Wood (one for 30).<\/p>\n
Root, who was dropped from the final match of England's preceding 2-1 Twenty20 series loss, told Sky Sports: “It feels fantastic.<\/p>\n
“To come into a big series like this and perform how we have as a side is great.”<\/p>\n
Morgan added: “I think we were outstanding. I think the tone was set by the bowlers early on, David Willey and Mark Wood were on the money. From that point there was no let up.”<\/p>\n
Meanwhile Kohli accepted his side had been outplayed.<\/p>\n
“I thought we were never on the mark as far as runs on the board were concerned, we were 25-30 short, and England were really clinical with the bat and in the field as well,” he said.<\/p>\n
After Morgan won the toss, Rohit Sharma, who scored a superb century during India's eight-wicket win in the series-opener at Trent Bridge, struggled to make two off 18 balls, his innings ending when he flicked Willey to Wood at deep square leg.<\/p>\n
Opening partner Shikhar Dhawan made a fluent 44 before was run out by Stokes's direct hit.<\/p>\n
Dinesh Karthik, preferred to KL Rahul for this match, then made 21 before he was bowled between bat and pad by Rashid.<\/p>\n
Kohli pressed on, however, completing a 55-ball fifty before Rashid struck twice in six balls as India slumped to 158 for five.<\/p>\n
He bowled Kohli with a superb leg-break and had Raina caught low at leg-slip by Root.<\/p>\n
James Vince, called up in place of the injured Jason Roy cut the first ball of England's reply, from Bhuvneshwar Kumar, for four.<\/p>\n
Vince's frustrating England career has seen him repeatedly get out on Tuesday he fell for a run-a-ball 27, although it needed a brilliant one-handed take by wicket-keeper Dhoni, from Hardik Pandya's throw, to run him out.<\/p>\n
But by then England were 74 for two inside 10 overs, well above the required run-rate.<\/p>\n
Root, stumped off a Yuzvendra Chahal no-ball on 69, went to his century when he pulled Pandya through midwicket for his 10th four in 120 balls as England won with 33 deliveries to spare.<\/p>\n
An elated Root celebrated by dropping his bat to the ground — the ‘mic drop' gesture more associated with rock stars and stand-up comedians than cricketers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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