‘India Were Outplayed’: Twitter Reacts to England’s 8-Wicket Win

Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Michael Vaughan react to India’s 8 wicket loss to England at Leeds.

A massive 186-run partnership between Joe Root and captain Eoin Morgan helped England cruise comfortably to an eight wicket victory over India on Tuesday that sealed a 2-1 one-day international series win.

After restricting India to 256 for eight, both Morgan and Root made light work of the run chase on a wicket that was assisting the spinners, with Kuldeep Yadav, the chief wicket-taker for the visitors in the first game, unable to bag a single scalp.

England looked rarely troubled, bringing up 100 runs within the 15-over mark at Headingley, while making the most of some sloppy fielding by India.

The loss was India’s first bilateral series defeat under Virat Kohli’s captaincy.

After the match, former India and England cricketers weighed in on the result on Twitter.

Congratulations, @englandcricket on winning the match and the series. You played better cricket in the last two games and deserved to win. @AdilRashid03’s 3 crucial wickets were the key. Also, solid stuff from @root66 and @Eoin16. Match winning partnership. #ENGvsIND

— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) July 17, 2018

Evening India ..... 2-1 England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) July 17, 2018

Congratulations England on a really comprehensive win. Well done @root66 on the successive 100's. Hope to see India do well in the test series. #ENGvIND

— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) July 17, 2018

Gaping hole in middle order. Opposition adapted against spinners. Back-up pacers exposed. No reliable sixth bowling option. Top-heavy batting line-up.

And that's just from the last two losses, albeit against a quality England side... India are not World Cup ready yet. #EngvInd

— Chetan Narula (@chetannarula) July 17, 2018

India were outplayed and have a lot of thinking to do before the World cup. Hope this defeat serves as a blessing in disguise and they are able to arrive at a settled combination. Congratulations to England. #ENGvIND

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) July 17, 2018

Most ODI 100s since 2015 January by top 3:

T3/T
37/43 ~ India
29/44 ~ England
27/32 ~ Australia
25/38 ~ South Africa

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) July 17, 2018

Most ODI Hundreds for England

13 ROOT
12 Trescothick
10 Morgan
9 Pietersen
8 Gooch pic.twitter.com/MaS4WT5AvO

— Cricketopia (@CricketopiaCom) July 17, 2018

Drop the mic @root66 🏏🎤#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/P4lBJJwCwL

— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 17, 2018