Déjà vu: Man of he match Yuvraj Singh overcame a severe back injury to clobber the England attack for his second successive century and then took four wickets to lead India to a 54-run victory Monday in the second ODI at the Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association ground in Indore.
Yuvraj scored 118 from 122 deliveries to help lift India to 292 for nine in 50 overs despite a top-order slump.
He then claimed 4-28 with his left-arm spin to bundle England 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.
The tourist’s middle order collapsed when it lost four wickets for eight runs, after setting up what looked like an evenly poised game.
Yuvraj scalped four of the five top-order batsmen, sending back Andrew Flintoff (43) and skipper Kevin Pietersen (33) in his 10th over to thwart chances of a comeback.
India on Friday won the first ODI by 158 runs in Rajkot, Yuvraj's unbeaten 138 from 78 deliveries spurred India to an imposing 387-5 - its highest total on home soil and the best score against England.
Continuing from where he left off in Rajkot, Yuvraj struck two sixes and 15 fours at Indore to post his 10th ODI hundred in 219 matches.
He shared an innings-reviving partnership of 124 runs with Gautam Gambhir (70) to rescue India from a poor start.
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 rebuilt the innings.
The next match is Thursday at Kanpur.
Yuvraj scored 118 from 122 deliveries to help lift India to 292 for nine in 50 overs despite a top-order slump.
He then claimed 4-28 with his left-arm spin to bundle England 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.
The tourist’s middle order collapsed when it lost four wickets for eight runs, after setting up what looked like an evenly poised game.
Yuvraj scalped four of the five top-order batsmen, sending back Andrew Flintoff (43) and skipper Kevin Pietersen (33) in his 10th over to thwart chances of a comeback.
India on Friday won the first ODI by 158 runs in Rajkot, Yuvraj's unbeaten 138 from 78 deliveries spurred India to an imposing 387-5 - its highest total on home soil and the best score against England.
Continuing from where he left off in Rajkot, Yuvraj struck two sixes and 15 fours at Indore to post his 10th ODI hundred in 219 matches.
He shared an innings-reviving partnership of 124 runs with Gautam Gambhir (70) to rescue India from a poor start.
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 rebuilt the innings.
The next match is Thursday at Kanpur.
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