(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) England beat India by 86 runs in the second one-day international at Lord's on Saturday.
India, set 323 to win, lost early wickets and were eventually dismissed for 236 when Yuzvendra Chahal holed out off the very last ball of their 50 overs.
Victory saw England, top of the ODI rankings to India's second, level the three-match series at 1-1 ahead of Tuesday's finale at Headingley
Joe Root's 113 and fifties from England one-day captain Eoin Morgan (53) and David Willey (50 not out) helped take the hosts to a competitive 322 for seven after they won the toss.
England fast bowler Liam Plunkett then led the attack with four for 46 in his maximum 10 overs.
Left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav, who had tormented England with six wickets for 25 in India's eight-wicket win in the first ODI at Trent Bridge on Thursday, took three for 68 at Lord's.
Earlier, Joe Root's century allied to fifties from captain Eoin Morgan and David Willey helped England to a total of 322 for seven.
It was a significantly improved effort after the hosts were dismissed for 268 in India's eight-wicket win in the series opener at Trent Bridge on Thursday.
That match saw India left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav take a stunning six for 25.
When Yadav struck with the second ball of his first over at Lord's, as he had done in Nottingham, England fans in a capacity crowd at the "home of cricket" might have feared the worst.
But this time the spinner did not run through the top order, although Kuldeep still finished with the good figures of three for 68 in a match where another India win would see them take an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
England made a brisk start, with Jonny Bairstow in fine touch.
But, as at Nottingham, he was out for 38 as Kuldeep once more took a wicket after coming on in the 11th over.
This time Bairstow was unlucky to see the ball deflect off both his pad and the back of his bat before hitting the stumps.
Fellow opener Jason Roy (40) also fell to Kuldeep when he slog-swept straight to Umesh Yadav at deep midwicket.
Kuldeep had taken two wickets for nine runs in 12 balls and England were 86 for two.
Test skipper Root and white-ball captain Morgan, who won the toss, were understandably cautious against Kuldeep as they looked to attack the other bowlers instead.
Root completed a 56-ball fifty and Morgan followed him to the landmark in 49 balls.
SCOREBOARD
England
Roy c Umesh Yadav b Kuldeep Yadav 40
Bairstow b Kuldeep Yadav 38
Root run out (Dhoni) 113
Morgan c Dhawan b Kuldeep Yadav 53
Stokes c Dhoni b Pandya 5
Buttler c Dhoni b Umesh Yadav 4
Ali c Sharma b Chahal 13
Willey not out 50
Extras (lb1, nb2, w3) 6
Total (7 wkts, 50 overs) 322
Did not bat: L Plunkett, A Rashid, M Wood
Fall: 1-69, 2-86, 3-189, 4-203, 5-214, 6-239.
Bowling: U Yadav 10-0-63-1, Kaul 8-0-59-0, Pandya 10-0-70-1, Chahal 10-0-43-1, K Yadav 10-0-68-3, Raina 2-0-18-0
India
Sharma b Wood 15
Dhawan c Stokes b Willey 36
Kohli lbw b Ali 45
Rahul c Buttler b Plunkett 0
Raina b Rashid 46
Dhoni c Stokes b Plunkett 37
Pandya c Buttler b Plunkett 21
Umesh st Buttler b Rashid 0
Kuldeep not out 8
Kaul lbw b Plunkett 1
Chahal c Stokes b Willey 12
Extras: (2lb, 13w) 15
TOTAL: (all out, 50 overs) 236
Fall: 1-49, 2-57, 3-60, 4-140, 5-154, 6-191, 7-192, 8-215, 9-217, 10-236
Bowling: Mark Wood 5-0-31-1, David Willey 10-0-48-2, Liam Plunkett 10-0-46-4, Ben Stokes 5-0-29-0, Moeen Ali 10-0-42-1, Adil Rashid 10-0-38-2.
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