England seal series with record Lord's ODI total

Third one-day international, Lord's

England 387-3 (50 overs): Duckett 141 (135), Bethell 91 (93), Root 74* (48); Krishna 2-69

India 360-7 (50 overs): Rohit 138 (110), Gill 77 (84), Kohli 74 (60); Curran 4-75

England won by 27 runs, won three-match series 2-1

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England hit the highest one-day international total at Lord's to beat India by 27 runs and seal a thrilling 2-1 series victory.

Opener Ben Duckett made the biggest men's ODI individual score at the Home of Cricket in striking 141 off 135 balls as the hosts posted 383-7, surpassing the previous mark of 334-4 by England against the same opponents in 1975.

Duckett shared an opening stand of 192 with Jacob Bethell, who fell for 91, before finally chipping a return catch to Prince Yadav in the 44th over after smacking 18 fours and a six.

Joe Root helped drive England to their formidable total, hitting an unbeaten 74 from 48 balls for his sixth consecutive score of 50 or more in ODIs, while Jos Buttler added a blistering unbeaten 41 off 13 deliveries late on.

Asked to reach what would have been the second-highest winning target in the format's history, India remained in the hunt deep in the game thanks to Rohit Sharma's superb 138.

The 39-year-old, who is rumoured to be retiring at the end of the series, was in sparkling form, hitting 17 fours and five sixes in his 111-ball knock.

He put on his own stand of 147 with Shubman Gill, who struck 77 before he was trapped lbw by Adil Rashid.

Rohit's dismissal in the 38th over, bowled round his legs by Bethell, was the decisive moment in the match, leaving Virat Kohli to attempt to take India to victory as the required run-rate spiralled.

Kohli saw the remainder of the India middle-order dismissed cheaply, and he himself was then caught in the covers off the bowling of Sam Curran for 74, effectively ending the tourists' challenge.

India's tail continued to hit boundaries, but their target was too great and they finished on 360-7.

When Harry Brook won his third successive toss of the series, he could have scarcely imagined the start his two openers were going to put together.

Duckett and Bethell had begun their time as opening partners with a stand of 63 at Edgbaston, but Duckett was dismissed first ball at Cardiff, while Bethell had completed two scratchy innings of 14 and four.

However, in London, they both looked utterly in control as the India bowlers struggled to find their length.

The pair started swiftly, their 27 off the first three overs the highest score a team has ever reached in an ODI at Lord's, setting a platform for England's first century opening stand since the 2023 World Cup.

They pushed on deep into the innings, with England not losing a wicket in the first 20 overs for the first time since their victorious 2019 World Cup.

The records continued to tumble, with their partnership becoming England's highest opening stand at Lord's and their highest ever against India.

It was ultimately broken in the 31st over when Bethell chipped Prasidh Krishna to Rohit to square leg.

Duckett pushed on, reaching his century from 108 balls before being dismissed shortly after he and Root had completed their century stand.

Root saw Brook become Krishna's second victim, caught by Kohli for 14, but found a willing partner in Buttler, who smashed four fours and three sixes. Root ended unbeaten for the fourth consecutive innings in ODIs.

If this is to be Rohit's last innings on the international stage, there will be few curtain calls that can rival it.

The veteran former India captain, playing in his 514th match for his country, scored his 34th century in one-day internationals and his eighth in the format in England, second to only Root.

He and Gill matched England's largely chanceless opening stand, with the series finale only the second ODI to see both sides put on a first-wicket score of over 140.

Rohit reached his century in 84 balls and continued to harangue the England attack, pummelling the opposition with his trademark powerful pull shot.

His efforts kept India in contention long after they would have been expected to fall away, and in the 38th over his side reached 253-1, surpassing the 250 England had made at the same stage.

It seemed highly possible at that point that he and Kohli could match Root and Buttler for late-innings hitting and drive India to victory, only for Rohit to be bowled tamely in the following over.

Kohli, who at 37 may also be playing his final game at Lord's, made his first international half-century at the ground, but he was ultimately one of four batters to be dismissed by Curran, who profited as India desperately chased the game.