Summary

  • Root (99*) brilliantly anchors England to victory in tricky run-chase - report

  • Brook caught behind in ugly fashion

  • England lose both openers cheaply (8-2)

  • India set hosts 234 to win

  • Kohli and Iyer both hit half-centuries

  • Three wickets for Archer & Atkinson plus two for Mahmood

  • Series now level at 1-1; decider at Lord's on Sunday

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Live Reporting

by Elizabeth Botcherby, Mike Peter & Esha Nayar

  1. Vic Marks
    Former England spinner on Test Match Special

    Shubman Gill is going to have to use a spinner soon. He's got some good ones, they can take a wicket, there's just not a lot in it.

  2. Cennydd Davies
    Commentator on BBC Radio Wales

    Joe Root settling in nicely to what will be his 'home' for the summer as he prepares to represent Welsh Fire in The Hundred or as the locals call it 'Tan Cymreig'.

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    Kieran Parmley
    CricViz analyst

    Joe Root has played 12 false shots in his 54 deliveries at the crease prior to this over, that's already more than double the amount he played during his 76* off 76 in the opening ODI (five false shots).

  4. Eng 92-3

    Joe Root gets in on the boundary action, dispatching Shivam Dube's first ball through mid-on.

    Dube only concedes one further run off the over, while England's respective current and required run-rates are 5.11 and 4.43.

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    Sam Curran, playing in a bright blue England shirt - with S Curran 58 in white on the back - and dark blue trousers, helmets - follows through a drive, with his bat parallel to the ground above his headPA Media

    Just wondering if Sam Curran is the most in-form all-rounder in the England squad right now?

    Thomas, Leeds

  6. Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    If England don't get bowled out, they'll win the game.

  7. Eng 87-3

    Two fours for Sam Curran, twice pulling Gurnoor Brar through gaps at mid-wicket.

    One a touch aerial, the second very powerful - he moves to 25 from 24 deliveries.

  8. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Shivam Dube comes steaming down, he's a big lad but he just can't get that pace into his delivery.

  9. Eng 75-3

    Woops.

    Jasprit Bumrah is slow getting down to Sam Curran's drive and the ball breaks through at mid-off and reaches the boundary.

    Not a great start for Shivam Dube, who concedes four more runs off the remainder of the over.

  10. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Shivam Dube is the bowler that you'd go after.

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    Finally, a proper cricket match. I would much rather watch a grueling battle of attrition than instant boundary hunting on a highway that gifts truckloads of runs. We need surfaces that keep the bowlers in the game and force the batters to actually earn their runs.

    Abinash, India

  12. Eng 68-3

    Joe Root, wearing a bright blue England shirt, dark blue trousers and helmet, holds his bat in two hands by his left shoulder and looks behind him over his rightGetty Images

    A couple of singles as Gurnoor Brar continues.

    Joe Root has 31 off 49 balls, while Sam Curran has 10 from 17.

    India have stuck to three seamers thus far - here comes a fourth, Shivam Dube.

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    Somewhere between Brook and Tuchel is the perfect balance of attack and defence.

    Craig, Birmingham

  14. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    You just always feel that Joe Root is key.

    I'd like to feel not so reliant on him, can someone else make it feel a bit better.

  15. Eng 66-3

    Sam Curran adds four from the first ball of the drinks break, pulling Jasprit Bumrah square.

    Meanwhile here's how Harry Brook contrived to lose his wicket.

    'What a mess' - Brook out after horrible dismissal

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    Harry Brook being as frustrating as ever! So much time left in the game and just needed to knuckle down instead of playing a silly aggressive shot like that!

    Harry J, Aylesbury

    Brook needs educating. 234 needed in 50 overs and he plays silly shots instead of cricket! When will England learn to read the game and its requirements?

    Graham in North Yorkshire

    How many times will Brook throw away his wicket before he learns or is dropped

    Eli, LA

  17. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    England just don't need to panic, they've got time on their side. They went a bit hell for leather and reckless with Harry Brook. But we're used to that from him now.

    Evenly poised.

    WormCricviz

  18. Eng 60-3

    Target 234

    England's batters work Gurnoor Brar around for four singles as we head into drinks.

    It's another glorious evening in Cardiff, with only a few patches of the pitch in shade as it stands.

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    Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician

    Gurnoor Brar (centre), wearing all blue, roars and clenches his fists with dismisses batter Harry Brook, wearing a blue England shirt and dark blue helmet facing away from camera, sat at his feetGetty Images

    In Gurnoor Brar's first two overs, his deliveries were an average of 89.1mph.

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    Kieran Parmley
    CricViz analyst

    Gurnoor Brar's wicket-taking delivery to Harry Brook was just the third instance of an Indian bowler taking a wicket in England and Wales with a delivery over 90mph since 2007 (both others by Jasprit Bumrah).