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Leeds: A gigantic 186-pbad partnership between Joe Root and captain Eoin Morgan allowed England to comfortably sail to an eight-wicket win against India on Tuesday, which sealed an international 2-1 win.
After limiting India to 256 for eight, Morgan and Root did the light work of the chase race on a counter that helped the spinners, along with Kuldeep Yadav, the main ticket taker for visitors in the first game, unable to bag a single scalp.
England seemed rarely troubled, bringing 100 points inside the 15-point mark to Headingley, while making the most of a bit sloppy by India.
Root was still the chief executioner, scoring a second century He got the support of skipper Morgan who beat an undefeated 88 off 108 balls, peppered with nine fours and a six.
Root ended on 100 steps outside because the hosts reached the target of the victory with more than five overs to lose having lost their two openings by the 10th.
England bowlers Adil Rashid and David Willey grabbed three wickets each and Indian captain Virat Kohli made 71 for the tournaments.
India took a cautious start, reaching 32-1 by 10 overs, after England won the draw. But Kohli and opener Shikhar Dhawan then increased the score as India took 68 points over the next 10 overtaking.
Dhawan was eliminated for 44 by a brilliant placement of Ben Stokes and India lost wickets at regular intervals.
Rashid's leg spinner caught Kohli's scalp that fell to a beauty that stung on the leg and cut off the top of the stump, leaving the prolific right-handed wide-eyed incredulous.
The series had been laid on a knife after England won the second game by 86 points at Lord's Saturday and India won the first match by eight wickets.
The teams begin a five-test series on August 1 in Birmingham.
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