Cardiff ODI: Raina-Jadeja inspire India to huge 133-run win over England

CardiffSuresh Raina smashed his first century outside the subcontinent as India began their oneday campaign on a resounding note when they trounced England by 133 runs in the second ODI to take a 10 lead in the fivematch series at Sophia Gardens here todayPut into bat India who are looking to put their Test debacle behind them in the limitedovers format rode on Rainas 75ball 100 to post a challenging 304 for six in 50 oversThe 144run fifthwicket partnership between Raina who registered his fourth ODI century and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni 52 was the highlight of the Indian inningsSuresh Raina in action during the 2nd ODI between England and India at the Glamorgan County Cricket Ground in Cardiff Wales on Wednesday PicAFPRain forced a delayed start to the England innings and the DuckworthLewis method revised the hosts target to 295 in 47 oversThe hosts were bundled for 161 in 381 overs as Indian bowlers for once made their presence felt in English conditionsEngland opener Alex Hales 40 who was handed his debut cap by skipper Alastair Cook in the morning was the highest scorer in a disappointing scorecardThe hosts slumped from 54 for no loss to 85 for five and the slide continued with the overcast conditions doing little to save the batting collapseLeftarm spinner Ravindra Jadeja 428 was Indias leading wickettaker after mediumpacer Mohammad Shami 232 did the early damage Offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin 238 took care of the finishing act while newball bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar 130 and Raina 112 also picked up a wicket eachShami started the rot in his third over by sending back Cook LBW for 19 and cleaning up Ian Bell for 1 Bhuvneshwar bowled Joe Root for 4 and Jadeja then turned on the heat to make short work of the England middle and lowerorderEarlier put into bat India lost a couple of early wickets after opener Shikhar Dhawan 11 and Virat Kohli 0 were scalped by Chris Woakes 452 with India reeling on 19 for twoBut Rohit Sharma 52 and Ajinkya Rahane 41 batted sensibly to lay a solid foundation for the middleorder to build uponRaina registering his fourth ODI ton then came good in the batting powerplays with Mahendra Singh Dhoni 52 off 51 balls as his able partner put on a 144run fifthwicket partnership to propel India to a challenging scoreThe Men in Blue managed 62 runs in the batting powerplays 3540 overs without losing a wicket as Raina raced to his fifty in 49 balls Rainas knock was laced with 12 fours and 3 sixes but finally the aggressive lefthander fell to Woakes in the 47th overDhoni hitting 6 boundaries took over from Raina to register his 55th halfcentury of his ODI career but was finally cleaned up by WoakesIn the end Ravichandran Ashwin 10 not out and Ravindra Jadeja 9 not out managed 13 runs in the final over to help India cross the 300run markEarlier in the innings Rohit and Rahane also stitched a useful 91run thirdwicket partnership only to be sent back by England offspinner James Tredwell 242 England pace spearhead James Anderson 057 Chris Jordan 073 Ben Stokes 054 and Joe Root 014 went wicketless in the inningsThe first match of the series was washed off due to persistent rains in Bristol while the focus now shifts to the third ODI at Trent Bridge on SaturdayBrief scoresIndia 3046 50 overs S Raina 100 R Sharma 52 MS Dhoni 52 C Woakes 452 England 161 381 overs R Jadeja 428 Result India won by 133 runs DL method Series India lead fivematch series 10