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Rohit Sharma hits century as India surge to ODI series victory over England

  • 2nd ODI: India, 308-6, bt England, 304, by four wkts
  • India captain clinches series with 49th international hundred

England will enter the Champions Trophy this month on the back of four consecutive one-day international series defeats, their latest confirmed by the relentless blade of Rohit Sharma.

Questions about Sharma’s future have piled up in recent weeks, as would be the case for any 37-year-old out of nick. But a one-day series at home is a radically different challenge to a Test tour of Australia, and the aura of a white-ball king remains. Sharma struck a 90-ball 119, his 49th international hundred, as India hunted down a target of 305 with four wickets and 5.3 overs to spare.

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Source: Cricket - The Guardian

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