All the pressure was on Eoin Morgan & Co. as they entered the second ODI at Lord’s yesterday trailing the Indians by a score of 1-0. The hosts’ suffered in the first match due to the bowling prowess of the magical Kuldeep Yadav, who picked up 6 wickets and a brilliant ton from Rohit Sharma. But things were different in the second game as the home team were at their ruthless best and punished the Indians who were rather complacent and levelled the series at 1-1.

“I have only faced four balls against him in the last couple of games. But ultimately you have got to trust your game and your technique. I felt that the four balls I did face, I thought I was picking him okay. So it was more about spending some time out there and trusting the way I play spin. I haven’t faced much of his type of bowling but having a few overs under my belt gave me quite a lot of confidence,” Root said in a post-match conference.

“The surface was going to deteriorate quite quickly and we had the better (chance) of batting on it. But later, the way we went about it with the ball was outstanding. The ruthless side of this (England) ODI team came out today and that was something you have seen more and more of. Hopefully, we can back it up and finish the series strong now,” the 26-year old added.