INDORE: Yuvraj Singh plundered England's attack for his second successive century and then took four wickets to lead India to a 54-run victory Monday in the second one dayer.
Overcoming serious back pain to play in the match, Yuvraj scored 118 from 122 deliveries to help lift India to 292 for nine in 50overs despite a top-order slump.
He then claimed 4-28 with his left-arm spin as England was bundled out for 238 in 47 overs, giving India a 2-0 lead in the seven-match series.
England's batsmen faltered against part-time spinners Yuvraj and Virender Sehwag (3-28) who made the ball bite off a helpful track.
Yuvraj dismissed four of the five top-order batsmen, removing Andrew Flintoff (43) and skipper Kevin Pietersen (33) in his 10thover that took the fight out of England.
Batting first after skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss, India's top order was rocked by pace bowler Stuart Broad's three-wicket burst.
Broad (4-55) removed opener Sehwag (1), Suresh Raina (4) and Rohit Sharma (3) in quick succession to reduce the hosts to 29-3 before Yuvraj and opener Gambhir combined.
Gambhir scored his second consecutive half-century against England, hitting one six and six boundaries in his 76-ball knock before he played a ball from Pietersen onto his stumps.
Dhoni made just 15 before Paul Collingwood (1-43) dislodged his stumps, then Broad returned for his second spell to have Yuvraj caught behind attempting an ambitious offside shot. All rounder Yusuf Pathan lifted the late scoring with an unbeaten50 from 29 deliveries.
England's innings started on a disastrous note as opener Ian Bellwas run out by Raina's throw in the first over. Prior (38) and Shah (58) then put on 96 runs for the second wicket, but both fell to Yurvaj in quick succession.
Yuvraj trappedS hah lbw and then bowled Prior in his next over. Flintoff and Pietersen kept England in the chase with a brisk 74-run partnership for the fourth wicket.
Brought back into the attack to contain the free-hitting Flintoff, Yuvraj trapped him lbw on the second ball and then dislodged Pietersen's stumps three balls later to tilt the scales.
Sehwag ran through the lower order as he removed Patel (20), Broad (22) and Harmison (6) to spark Indian celebrations. The next match is Thursday at Kanpur.
India beat England in second ODI
INDORE: Yuvraj Singh plundered England's attack for his second successive century and then took four wickets to lead India to a 54-run victory Monday in the second one dayer.
Overcoming serious back pain to play in the match, Yuvraj scored 118 from 122 deliveries to help lift India to 292 for nine in 50overs despite a top-order slump.
He then claimed 4-28 with his left-arm spin as England was bundled out for 238 in 47 overs, giving India a 2-0 lead in the seven-match series.
England's batsmen faltered against part-time spinners Yuvraj and Virender Sehwag (3-28) who made the ball bite off a helpful track.
Yuvraj dismissed four of the five top-order batsmen, removing Andrew Flintoff (43) and skipper Kevin Pietersen (33) in his 10thover that took the fight out of England.
Batting first after skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss, India's top order was rocked by pace bowler Stuart Broad's three-wicket burst.
Broad (4-55) removed opener Sehwag (1), Suresh Raina (4) and Rohit Sharma (3) in quick succession to reduce the hosts to 29-3 before Yuvraj and opener Gambhir combined.
Gambhir scored his second consecutive half-century against England, hitting one six and six boundaries in his 76-ball knock before he played a ball from Pietersen onto his stumps.
Dhoni made just 15 before Paul Collingwood (1-43) dislodged his stumps, then Broad returned for his second spell to have Yuvraj caught behind attempting an ambitious offside shot. All rounder Yusuf Pathan lifted the late scoring with an unbeaten50 from 29 deliveries.
England's innings started on a disastrous note as opener Ian Bellwas run out by Raina's throw in the first over. Prior (38) and Shah (58) then put on 96 runs for the second wicket, but both fell to Yurvaj in quick succession.
Yuvraj trappedS hah lbw and then bowled Prior in his next over. Flintoff and Pietersen kept England in the chase with a brisk 74-run partnership for the fourth wicket.
Brought back into the attack to contain the free-hitting Flintoff, Yuvraj trapped him lbw on the second ball and then dislodged Pietersen's stumps three balls later to tilt the scales.
Sehwag ran through the lower order as he removed Patel (20), Broad (22) and Harmison (6) to spark Indian celebrations. The next match is Thursday at Kanpur.
