India defeated England by 4 wickets in the second ODI. In the match played in Cuttack, the English team set a target of 305 runs. India achieved the target by scoring 308 runs in 44.3 overs on the back of captain Rohit Sharma's century. Shubman Gill took a diving catch running backwards. Water spray was provided to fans for relief from heat. The game was stopped due to floodlights. Virat Kohli got out due to taking a review. Let's take a look at the top 10 moments from the 2nd ODI. 1. Jadeja gave debut cap to Varun Chakravarthy Mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy made his ODI debut. He received his debut cap from Ravindra Jadeja. Varun got the opportunity in place of Kuldeep Yadav. Kuldeep was given rest. Varun became the 259th player to play ODI for India. 2. Axar Patel dropped Phil Salt's catch On the last ball of the sixth over of England's innings, Axar Patel dropped Phil Salt's catch. Hardik Pandya had bowled the last ball outside off stump. Salt attempted an uppercut on this, but Axar couldn't hold onto the catch at deep point. Salt was batting at 6 runs off 11 balls at this time. 3. Duckett gets lifeline, Shreyas drops catch In the 12th over, Ben Duckett got a lifeline. Harshit Rana bowled the 5th ball outside off stump at back of length. Duckett attempted to cut it. Meanwhile, Shreyas Iyer ran forward from deep point to attempt the catch. He dived, but the ball fell just before his hands and Iyer couldn't complete the catch. 4. Shubman Gill took a diving catch running backwards England's third wicket fell on the fourth ball of the 30th over. Shubman Gill took a brilliant catch running backwards from mid-off. Harshit bowled an over-pitched delivery to Brook. He played a big shot and got out after scoring 31 runs. Brook was also sent to the pavilion by Rana for a duck in the first match. 5. Gill took Butler's catch with a dive England lost their fifth wicket in the 39th over. Here Gill took a diving catch at mid-off. Captain Butler got out after scoring 34 runs. 6. Water spray was provided to fans for relief from heat Water was sprayed on spectators due to the intense heat at Cuttack Stadium. Water was sprinkled on them using a spray to provide relief from the heat at 30 degrees Celsius. 7. Rahul dropped Livingstone's catch In the 43rd over, wicketkeeper KL Rahul dropped Liam Livingstone's catch on Jadeja's ball. On the first ball of the over, Livingstone defended. The ball took the outside edge of the bat and hit Rahul's keeping pad. Two balls later, England lost their 5th wicket. Joe Root got out after scoring 69 runs. He was caught by Virat Kohli off Ravindra Jadeja's bowling. 8. Play stopped due to floodlights During India's batting in the 7th over, the game was stopped due to floodlights going out. First, the stadium lights went off and came back on moments later. However, as soon as the players returned to bat, the lights went out again. Fans turned on their mobile phone flashlights. During this time, captain Rohit Sharma also spoke with the umpire. The game could resume only after about 30 minutes of delay. 9. Kohli out on review On the third ball of the 20th over, Adil Rashid dismissed Virat Kohli. Rashid bowled a slow delivery outside off stump. Virat went to play the drive, but the ball turned and went into wicketkeeper Salt's hands. The English team appealed, but the umpire gave a not-out decision. The team immediately asked for DRS and in the replay Virat was seen out. The umpire reversed his decision. 10. Rohit completed his century with a six Rohit Sharma hit a six against Adil Rashid in the 26th over. With this, he completed his century off 76 balls. This was his 32nd century in his ODI career, he had completed his fifty in just 30 balls. Rohit scored a century in ODIs after 16 months, he had scored his last century against Afghanistan on October 11, 2023.Original Article