England 117-4 (30 overs) and 387 vs India 387 | Scorecard
Akash Deep to bowl the first over after Lunch. Root is on strike.
Length delivery seaming and Root nicks it to the keeper but Jurel Puts it down. But it would not have counted as Akash has overstepped. No-ball.
Three slips in place. Root cuts a wide delivery through point and brings up England's 100.
Stokes is then beaten on the outside edge before blocking out the next delivery to backward point.
2 runs come off the over.
Mohammed Siraj is back into the attack. Full delivery angling into off and Root taps it back to the bowler.
Root drives the next delivery to long-off and picks up a couple. He follows it up with a flick to through square leg for another brace.
The next delivery hits him on the pads but India decide against taking a review. One run.
Stokes then smashes the final delivery, a tad wide outside off, through the gap on square of the off-side for a boundary.
Akash Deep continues and Root defends the good length delivery on off on the backfoot.
A dot later, he picks up a couple with a drive to backward point.
He edges the next one onto his pads before flicking the fifth delivery to deep square for a single.
Stokes then taps the last ball to off-side. No run.
3 come off the over.
Root nudges Siraj to off-side for a quick single. Stokes leans forward and defends the next ball.
Overpitched delivery outside off and Stokes slices it to deep backward point for a single.
Another single through deep cover follows.
Two dots to end the 3-run over.
Akash Deep continues and Root defends the first ball before driving the next through covers for a double.
He then clips one to mid-wicket but no run on offer.
Three more dots follow. Three runs come off the over. England now lead by 117 runs.
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