England vs India 2nd ODI - Stats Review: Reece Topley’s career-best figures, India’s second lowest total against England, and other stats

Reece Topley emulated Jasprit Bumrah’s performance from the first match as he achieved his career-best figures of 6/24 to help England level the series 1-1 by defeating India by 100 runs in the second ODI at Lord’s. Topley’s spell overshadowed spinner Yuzvendra Chahal’s figures of 4/47, the best by an India at the venue. On the third anniversary of their maiden World Cup triumph, Jos Buttler and his men bounced back in an emphatic fashion to take the series into the third and the final game at Old Trafford, Manchester.

Speaking about how the clash unfolded, skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to field first. Openers Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow amassed 23 and 38 runs respectively with the latter becoming the first victim of Chahal. Joe Root made 11 while Ben Stokes mustered 21 runs with both the batters getting out LBW to the India legspinner. Captain Buttler failed yet again as he got dismissed for the fifth time by Mohammed Shami in ODIs for just four runs.

Liam Livingstone sparked the England innings with his run-a-ball 33 which included two fours and as many maximums before falling prey to Hardik Pandya. Moeen Ali and David Willey then controlled the innings as they scored 47 and 41 runs respectively. The latter got lucky with Prasidh Krishna dropping his catch on the boundary when he was just on one run. The English side reached a total of 246 courtesy of Ali and Willey’s efforts.

Chasing 247, India lost Rohit early on for a duck while his opening partner Shikhar Dhawan managed to score only nine. India’s opening runs off the bat came in the fifth over with Topley and David Willey keeping things tight and quiet for the visitors at the start. Virat Kohli’s nightmare form continued as he fell for 16 with Rishabh Pant getting out without troubling the scorers.

Hardik and Ravindra Jadeja made identical scores of 29 off 44 each but couldn’t get going as the tourist got bundled out for just 146, their second lowest total against England in ODIs. For his match-winning spell which also included two maidens, Reece Topley won the Player of the Match award.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers from the 2nd ODI between England and India:

 4/47 – Yuzvendra Chahal recorded the best bowling figures of 4/47 by an Indian at Lord’s. The previous best of 3/12 was by Mohinder Amarnath which came in the 1983 World Cup final.

6/24 – Reece Topley achieved his career-best bowling figures of 6/24 in one-day internationals. His previous best was 4/50 against South Africa in the year 2016.

6/24 – Topley registered the best figures of 6/24 for England in the history of ODI cricket. He surpassed Paul Collingwood’s spell of 6/31 which he took against Bangladesh in 2005.

5 – Chahal also scripted the fifth best figures of 4/47 by a spinner at Lord’s. Daniel Vettori (5/30) against West Indies in 2004, Muttiah Muralitharan (5/34) against England in 1998, Shane Warne (4/33) against Pakistan in 1999, and Graeme Swann (4/37) against Pakistan in 2010 are in the top four positions.

5 – Jos Buttler got dismissed by Mohammed Shami for the fifth time in ODI cricket, which is the most he has got out to. Australia’s James Faulkner has taken his wicket four times.

2 – India recorded their second-lowest total of 146 against England. Their previous lowest was 132/3 in the year 1975.

7 – Teams batting first have now won seven out of the last eight matches at Lord’s.

1 – Topley also scripted the best performance of 6/24 by a bowler in 50-overs format at Lord’s. Shaheen Afridi previously held the record for picking up 6/35 against Bangladesh in 2019.

1 – Rohit Sharma registered his first duck in 48 innings against England in international cricket.

19 – Chahal has now taken the most wickets (19) for India in away ODIs after the 2019 World Cup.

5 – Topley achieved the fifth best figures of 6/24 in ODIs in England. Waqar Younis (6/31) against England in 2001, Winston Davis (7/51) against Australia in 1983, Gary Gilmour (6/14), and Jasprit Bumrah (6/19) both against the English side in 1975 and 2022 respectively are in the top four.

2 – Topley became the second English bowler to pick up a five-for at Lord’s. Darren Gough had taken 5/44 against Australia in the year 1997.

2 – For the second time since 2001, the first four overs were maidens in an ODI innings. The first instance came from Shaun Pollock and Makhaya Ntini against New Zealand in 2002.

58 – Chahal has also snared third-most ODI scalps (58) in overs 11-40 since 2018. Kuldeep Yadav (70) and Adil Rashid (60) are in the top two spots.

5 – Shami got rid of Buttler for the fifth time, which is the most he has dismissed any batter. The Indian pacer has grabbed Shai Hope and Ross Taylor’s wickets four times each.