Rohit Sharma marked a return to form with a brilliant century, the skipper leading from the front as India chased England's 304 run target to win the second ODI of the three-match series in Cuttack on Sunday. With this, India have clinched the series, having already won the first match in Nagpur on Thursday. Rohit and Shubman Gill came out all guns blazing against the English bowlers, scoring freely in a 136 run opening stand. Gill was dismissed by a precise Jamie Overton yorker, and Virat Kohli followed not long after, edging Adil Rashid to the keeper. Rohit then joined hands with Shreyas Iyer (44) and continued his attacking innings, bringing up his first century in 338 days, from a maximum off Rashid's bowling. Liam Livingstone dismissed the captain but Axar Patel who came in next, stuck around till the end and saw India past the line in 44.3 overs, with 4 wickets to spare. Duckett's aggressive 65 gets England off to brisk start Earlier, England had won the toss and chose to bat. Phil Salt and Ben Duckett got the three lions off to a flyer. They made 81 for the first-wicket stand in 10.5 overs until Salt was dismissed by Varun Chakaravarthy. Then, Joe Root joined Duckett at the crease but the latter was dismissed shortly after, by Ravindra Jadeja. Root and Harry Brook then stitched together a 66 run partnership although the run rate slowed down quite a bit. Brook's laboured innings was brought to an end by a stunning diving catch from Shubman Gill, off the bowling of Harshit Rana. The skipper Jos Buttler joined Root at the crease and the experienced duo put together another half-century stand for England. Livingstone-Rashid cameos power England past 300 England managed 46 in the last 5 overs, with contributions Livingstone (41) and Rashid (14). They wound up on 304 in the end, all out with a ball to spare. Ravindra Jadeja was the pick of the bowlers for India, scalping 3 wickets for just 35 runs in his 10 overs. Chakaravarthy, Rana, Hardik Pandya and Mohammad Shami all picked a wicket each. Rohit was declared man of the match for the victorious century, his second fastest in ODI's, coming off 76 balls. His timely return to form bodes extremely well for India with the Champions trophy in Pakistan and the UAE, only days away. Rohit passed Sachin Tendulkar for most runs as an opener across formats for India, second only to Virender Sehwag on the list.Original Article