New Delhi: Virat Kohli scored a whirlwind century (112 ) while Gautam Gambhir too smashed a brilliant 84 to take India home by eight wickets in the second one day international at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium here on Monday to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.
In pics: India vs England, 2nd ODI
Chasing a very-gettable target of 238, India crossed the finishing line without any fuss in 36.4 overs. Gambhir and Kohli also shared an unbroken 209-run stand for the fourth wicket.
Despite losing openers early, the two Delhi batsmen kept England always under the pump and scored at will off all of their bowlers.
The Delhi duo set a new record for the third wicket partnership against England, eclipsing the previous best of 175 between Navjot Singh Siddhu and Mohammad Azharuddin.
This partnership was also the highest third wicket partnership at the Kotla, surpassing the record of Sachin Tendulkar and Azharuddin who had stitched 175 runs.
Kohli took a single off Dernbach to not only notch up his 7th ODI ton but but also record the first century by an Indian at the Kotla in 15 years.
Tendulkar was the last Indian to hit a century during the 1996 World Cup match against Sri Lanka.
Earlier, medium-pacer Vinay Kumar took a four-for (4/30 in 9 overs) and India dismissed England to below-par 237 on a relaid and much-improved Kotla wicket.
Electing to bat, most of the English batsmen - Kevin Pietersen (46), Samit Patel (42), Ravi Bopara (36), Jonathan Bairstow (35) and Jonathan Trott (34) - got the starts but could not translate them into big knocks.
The England innings could not have begun on a more disastrous note as they lost both the openers Cook and Kieswetter within the first two overs and without a single run on the board.
It turned out to be a dramatic start to the proceedings as paceman Praveen Kumar evicted England's captain in the fourth ball of his first over and then Vinay Kumar dealt another blow for the visitors by accounting for Kieswetter in his first over.
Reeling at a precarious 0 for two, the experienced Jonathan Trott and Pietersen survived a few anxious moments early in their innings.
Trott and Pietersen added 48 runs for the third wicket before Vinay Kumar struck again by dismissing Trott, who edged an outgoing delivery to Dhoni behind the stumps. His knock of 34 came off 37 deliveries and contained seven boundaries.
Pietersen and Bopara steadied the innings to some extent and ensured that there were no further setbacks. Just when the duo looked like bailing England out of trouble, the Indians bounced back into the game by sending back the two set batsmen in quick succession. From 121 for three, the visitors slumped to 121 for five in the span of three deliveries.
Ashwin trapped Bopara leg before to break the fourth wicket partnership which was assuming dangerous proportions before Yadav accounted for Pietersen, who nicked the ball to Dhoni who held on to a low catch.
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