England have showed sheer dominance to win the ODI series against India by 2-1. England won the series decider comfortably by 8 wickets within 45 overs. Joe Root registered his 13th ton and became the player with most ODI centuries for England. He and Eoin Morgan (88*) added 186 runs to the 4th wicket partnership to take England home. India got off to a poor start in the first innings. Virat Kohli played hard for his 71 but other batsmen failed to deliver which resulted a low target for the host. England have won their 8th consecutive ODI series and also broken India’s streak of 9 ODI series win. Adil Rashid was rewarded the Man of the Match for his spell of 10-0-49-3.

Shikhar Dhawan got to a good start but was run-out on 44 Getty Images
Shikhar Dhawan got to a good start but was run-out on 44 Getty Images

Virat Kohli becomes the quickest to reach 3000 ODI runs as a skipper Getty Images
Virat Kohli becomes the quickest to reach 3000 ODI runs as a skipper Getty Images

MS Dhoni scored 42 off 66 but failed to take India to a big total Getty Images
MS Dhoni scored 42 off 66 but failed to take India to a big total Getty Images

Adil Rashid ended up with figures 10-0-49-3 Getty Images
Adil Rashid ended up with figures 10-0-49-3 Getty Images

Jonny Bairstow smashed 30 off 13 to give England a good start Getty Images
Jonny Bairstow smashed 30 off 13 to give England a good start Getty Images

Joe Root and Eoin Morgan added 186 runs to the 4th wicket partnership Getty Images
Joe Root and Eoin Morgan added 186 runs to the 4th wicket partnership Getty Images

England won the match comfortably by 8 wickets within 45 overs Getty Images
England won the match comfortably by 8 wickets within 45 overs Getty Images

Brief Scores: England 260/2 (Joe Root 100*, Eoin Morgan 88*; Shardul Thakur 1/51) beat India 256/8 (Virat Kohli 71, Shikhar Dhawan 44; Adil Rashid 3/49) by eight wickets.