Retirement indicator? Twitterati jostles as MS Dhoni takes the match ball after losing the ODI series

Leeds: Star drummer Joe Root continued his splendid series with a second consecutive century as England produced another impressive tableau for a complete win of eight wickets against India in the world. ODI final decisive of the series. He finished the three-game series 2-1, Tuesday in Leeds

Root (100), who had scored a century winning in the second ODI, finished his 13th ODI ton in the last ball, while skipper Eoin Morgan (88) defeated an undefeated half-century as the pair shared a third invincible 186-point wicket to launch a successful chase on a track that seemed to have dissipated later in the day.

Chasing 258 to win, England finished with 260/2 in 44.3 overs while the series of nine consecutive winning streaks of India stopped.

Shortly after the match, Mahendra Singh Dhoni was seen asking for the ball the third referee. At the end of the heats, both teams headed for the pavilion when the veteran cricketer demanded the ball. Twitterati was surprised and questioned the motive behind Dhoni's move.

With this victory, England took revenge on its 1-2 defeat against India in the 20/20 series. England has thus won its first ODI bilateral series against this opposition since 2011.

Earlier, Virat Kohli scored 71 points on 72 balls, including eight to four, while India managed 256 / 8 (50 overs) after being put into play. [19659002] The visitors' innings had sagged against a disciplined bowling, Adil Rashid taking 3-49 and injuring the middle order. MS Dhoni scored 42 off 66 balls to guide the innings in the second half.

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Continuing a lower total, England bolted on blocks thanks to Jonny Bairstows 30 off 13 balls. He struck seven to four and made the new pairs of Bhuvneshwar Kumar (0-49) and Hardik Pandya (0-39) ineffective.

The first change Shardul Thakur (1-51) also failed to provide an early breakthrough. He later removed Bairstow in the fifth over. Then James Vince (27) was eliminated while Dhoni broke the stumps acrobatically after taking a nice Pandya throw.

Meanwhile, Vince had added 31 with Root for the second wicket. The hosts were placed at 78/2 after 10 overs, well ahead of the required rate and eager to take up the spin challenge.

Yuzvendra Chahal (0-41) shifted his pace on a turn-taking counter, while the main Kuldeep Yadav (0-55) was again in the spotlight

Root joined his partnership model with the Lords while they were doing the rotation well and that it did not bother them when there was no limit.

For the third time, he eliminated 69 balls, becoming the most effective hit pair for England in the ODI. They spent 2118 partnership races put in place by Alastair Cook and Ian Bell.

Root then reached his half-century of 60 bullets, while Morgan quickly joined him by reaching his 39th fifty-five 58 bullets. Their partnership of 100 was removed from 118 bullets while Indian shoulders began to fall.

England was in cruise control in this position and the Indian attack lacked penetration.

England finally completed the formalities. The last ball of the match allowed his team to win with a 5.3 lead, maintaining his unbeaten record in the last seven games.

Earlier in the race, India had a bad start. (1-30) and David Willey (3-40) moved the new balls under a heavy cloud cover with opener Rohit Sharma, in particular, struggling to put the bat in pelota.

The Mumbaikar scored 2 off 18 balls before he pulled out Kohli joined Shikhar Dhawan (44) and the duo strikes with renewed intent.

Together, they put 71 points on 72 balls. and dug India out of the deep hole. Dhawan escaped with three successive terms, while Kohli searched for it, this was the decisive contest of the series.

Their 50-partnership came out only 53 balls. However, just when they were establishing a base for India, Dhawan was eliminated by Ben Stokes, who broke the strains with a direct throw after finding the opening down for the fold to 18th.

Dinesh Karthik (21) He helped India to cross the 100-point line in 20th place and make 41 points with Kohli for the third wicket.

This nascent partnership was broken when Karthik played against Rashid at the 25th hole. He marked the beginning of the spin influence on this game, and six overs later came the highlight.

Kohli played for a regular leg break, only the ball tore off the surface and took his stump. The Indian skipper, who had reached his fifty-eighth half-century away with 55 balls, seemed stunned by the turn that Rashid had produced.

It was the first time in 203 innings that ODI Kohli was fired. Suresh Raina (1) was caught in the leg skate

The southpaw appeared to give attractive practice while India collapsed to 158 for 5.

Dhoni, who had walked toward fold with the strong Cheers from the crowd of Headingley, made 36 runs with Hardik Pandya (21) in order to rebuild the innings. The duo beat with caution, as they were the last pair recognized.

But just when they seemed ready to launch an offensive in the last 10 overs, Pandya was caught behind Wood.

Dhoni pushed India to over 200 The 42nd and 27th points with Bhuvneshwar Kumar (21), while the English held a tight position on the pace of the race.

Dhoni was caught in 46th place, and it seemed that India would not reach 250 But Shardul Thakurs, a 22-point blitz on 13 balls including two six, allowed visitors to win a defensible total on a track that is beginning to take over