England's defeat by four wickets secures India's second ODI win and series victory following Rohit Sharma's sensational century England were hurtled to one-day series defeat on an evening when a faulty floodlight was the only thing to inconvenience India captain Rohit Sharma.
In the last 32 ODIs played in India, England has achieved five wins, one tie, and suffered 26 defeats against India.
England’s last visit here eight years ago saw India make full use of the Barabati Stadium’s modest boundaries - the longest distance being just under 65 metres - recovering from the loss of three early wickets to post 381 for six on a shower of sixes.
Varun Chakravarthy, England’s tormentor-in-chief in the 4-1 Twenty20 series win for the hosts, marked his one-day international debut with the dismissal of Salt, and when Duckett followed soon after bringing up a half-century from 39 deliveries, it took two sturdy if unspectacular stands to ensure the innings did not go the way of the one in Nagpur on Thursday.
But Rohit - who unlike his team-mates clearly didn’t see the funny side when the flickering floodlit caused one short delay and then a much lengthier one after Saqib Mahmood sent down a single delivery of the seventh over - was in no mood to allow his one moment of good fortune go to waste on the way to a comfortable four-wicket win.
