While fielding during the second ODI between India and England, there was a scary moment for the India fans as they witnessed their skipper and star batter Rohit Sharma suffered a hand injury that looked like a dislocated shoulder. However, much to the surprise of the fans, and his teammates, the skipper just went ahead and popped the injured part of his hand back into place, an incident caught by fans as the video went viral on social media.
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The incident took place off Ravindra Jadeja's bowling as Rohit stopped Liam Livingstone's powerful drive off the all-rounder's ball. He looked to be in discomfort, having hurled to his left to save three runs and hurting himself in the process as the TV cameras showed him fixing his elbow and putting it back into the socket.
Rohit even had a laugh with Jadeja after the fielding effort. Livingstone lost his wicket in the very next over as he fell to Hardik Pandya in an attempt to pull a short ball. His exit left England at 148 for six in 29 overs at the ‘Mecca of Cricket’, where England were looking to avoid a repeat of their Oval embarrassment.
Yuzvendra Chahal, who returned with best-ever ODI figures of 4/47, ripped through England's middle-order, claiming the prized scalps of Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, and Ben Stokes, as the home side was bowled out for 246 inside 50 overs.
To recap the match, England set India a target of 247, and the visitors lost skipper Rohit early in the innings. Topley troubled Rohit with swing and got him out for a 10-ball duck in the third over. Shikhar Dhawan struggled to rotate the strike and became Topley's second victim in his first spell.
The English bowler finished with a record-breaking 6/24 as England thrashed India by 100 runs to level the three-game series, with Topley surpassing Paul Collingwood's previous England best of 6/31 against Australia at Trent Bridge in 2005.
England and India now head to Manchester for the final game of the ODI series on Sunday, July 17.
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