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England win by 5 runs, India clinch one day series 2-1

Kedhar Jadhav's 90 run Knock in vain as England hold on to clinch nerve wrecking victory.

India 316/9 from 50 overs:

England win by 5 runs! Kedar Jadhav put up a valiant effort and brought India tantalisingly close to victory but Chris Woakes kept his composure to seal England’s five-wicket win.

India: 299/8 from 48 overs

Stokes finishes his 10 overs, England are two wickets away from victory, Indian banking on Kedar Jadhav to see them through.

India: 291/7 from 47 overs

16 of the over but India lose Jadeja caught by Bairstrow off Chris Woakes, Jadhav at crease India still in with the chance

India: 279/6 from 46 overs

Ben Stokes strikes again and this time he clean bowled's Hardik Pandya for 55 runs. Pandya going for expnsive shot only to miss the ball that disturbes his middle stumps.

India 275/5 from 45 overs

Half centuries by Hardik Pandya and Kedar Jadhav keeps India in hunt. The pair also stitched together century stand

India: 246/5 from 42 overs

12 runs coming off Stokes over Jadhav reaches half century with a boundary keeps India on track towards victory.

India: 229/5 from 40 overs

Hardik Pandya and Kedar Jadhav are stitching a good partnership to keep India in game. England will need to scalp a couple of wickets to knock India out of the contest. Last 10 overs to go.

India 193/5 from 35 overs

Although unconvincingly, Hardik Pandya is settling down as he and Kedar look eager to score some quick runs.

India : 173/4 from 31.4 overs

Another wicket for Jake Ball, Dhoni departs for 25 caught by Buttler behind the stumps. Good length ball takes top edge of Dhoni's bat and goes safely into wicket keepers glove.

India : 166/4 from 30 overs

India : 133/4 from 25.3 overs

Liam Plunkett strikes , Yuvraj Singh caught at deep mid wicket by Sam Billings for 45 runs

India: 102/3 from 20 overs

India: 102/3 from 19.4 overs

Wicket for England ! Ben Stokes gets a big breakthrough for England, gets the wicket of Virat Kohli caught by Jos Buttler behind the stumps for 55 runs

India: 74/2 from 15 overs

DROPPED! You just can not drop Virat Kohli but Jake Ball has just done that. Kohli top-edged a Liam Plunkett delivery to the third-man and Ball dropped an easy catch. England have dropped the match?

India: 52/2 from 10 overs

Jake Ball and David Willy have taken a wicket apiece to put India on backfoot. Rahul provided early flourish , but Willy dismissed Rahane cheaply , Rahul too perished soon after to Jake Ball. With Virat Kohli and Yuvraj Singh in the middle for India hoping to steady the ship.

India: 37/2 from 6 overs

Another Wicket for England Jake Ball gets wicket of KL Rahul caught by Jos Buttler for 11runs

India: 27/1 from 5 overs

England strike early,India got off to a flyer thanks to KL Rahul , but David Willy struck the first blow when he clean bowled Ajinkya Rahane .

India 14/1 from 2 overs:

WICKET! David Willey has disturbed the timber. Ajinkya Rahane could not deal with that full-pitched delivery. England off to a brilliant start.

England 321/8 from 50 overs:

Ben Stokes late flourish help England reach 321 after hiccups in the middle overs. Stokes remained unbeaten on 57 off 39 balls while Chris Woakes scored 34 from 19 balls. Will England be able to defend the total and avoid clean sweep?

England: 263/6 from 45 overs

WICKET! Moeen Ali gets beaten by a bouncer. Once again. He has problem with the short-pitch deliveries and Bumrah cashes in on his weakness. Ball hits his bat, touches the helmet and settles into the hands of Ravindra Jadeja at the backward point.

England 237/5 from 41.3 overs

Another wicket for Hardik Pandya, his third of the match. Jonny Bairstow was looking good after a half century until he cuts the Pandya's third delivery to backard point where Jadeja takes the catch.

England 195/4 from 34 overs

WICKET! Jos Butler throws away his wicket. Hardik Pandya takes his second wicket. Butler goes for drive but there is no timing on the shot the ball goes straight to man at cover.

England: 194/3 from 33.4 overs

Out! Hardik Pandya strikes for India, picks up big wicket of Eoin Morgan who is caught by Bumrah at short fine leg for 43 runs

England: 164/2 from 30 overs

After losing openers Morgan and Bairstow have steadied England's innings with 54 run stand for third wicket. Bairstow got a lifeline when on 28 after Bumrah got him caught at third man only to be given a no ball.

England: 127/2 from 25 overs

England: 110/2 from 19.4 overs

Out! second wicket for India. Jason Roy cleaned bowled for 65.Jadeja gets his second wicket of the match. The English man tried to cut Jadeja, didn't connect with the ball and he's knocked over.

England: 98/1 from 17.2 overs

Out! First wicket for India. Sam Billings out, caught by Jasprit Bumrah off Jadeja's bowling.

England: 80/0 from 15overs

It hasn't been an easy ride for the openers but they have made a solid start for the visiting team, Roy (45) is slowly inching towards his third fifty in the series. Yuvraj Singh and Ravindra Jadeja are operating for India from both ends.

England: 43/0 from 10 overs

England batsman have struggled to get going on the Eden pitch. The white ball is providing bounce and moving a lot after hitting the pitch. Roy and Billings have managed to keep their wickets intact and have also scored runs with flurry of boundaries

England: 27/0 from 5 overs

After a good start by Indian bowlers Jason Roy (18 runs) and his new partner Sam billings (8 runs) have slowly picked up the pace in their batting, with Roy looking in good touch and dispatching bad balls for boundaries.

England: 1/0 from 1 over

Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled the first over and kept it very tight. The only run came off a wide delivery.

India has won the toss and have elected to bowl first against England at Eden Gardens

Kolkata: Team India will look to extend their winning streak, when they take on England in the third and final ODI which will be played at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday.

India took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series at Cuttack after they beat England by 15 runs in the second ODI. The matches so far in the ongoing series has been an one sided affair.

After been hammered in the recently concluded test series Team England were hoping for a better showing in the ODIs, with their specialists brought back in the side – but things have not gone as per the plan.

Meanwhile the Kohli era has begun on a winning note for Team India. Virat Kohli was appointed India’s captain across all formats ahead of the ongoing series after MS Dhoni stepped down as ODI and T20 captain. In the first match at Pune, Virat Kohli and Kedhar Jadhav’s centuries helped India chase down the mammoth target of 351 set by England. In second ODI at Cuttack, Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni brought their experience into the play and posted centuries to help India clinch the match and the series by 15 runs.

Though today’s match at Eden Garden will be a dead rubber, It will be an opportunity for Team India to test their bench strength, with Champions Trophy just couple of months away.

Ajinkya Rahane might get the nod over Dhawan after his poor run continued in first two games. After the ODI series, India will take on England in the three-match T20 series beginning January 26 at Green Park, Kanpur.

Squads:

India: Virat Kohli (c), Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Shikhar Dhawan, MS Dhoni (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Amit Mishra, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Ajinkya Rahane, Lokesh Rahul, Umesh Yadav, Yuvraj Singh

England: Eoin Morgan (c), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Jake Ball, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler (wk), Liam Dawson, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, David Willey, Chris Woakes

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