ENG Vs IND, 2018: Watch - Jason Roy's Catch Falls Just Short of Mahendra Singh Dhoni

After a dominating performance in the Twenty20 International series and for the opening ODI, India was always going to be the favorites – to seal the series at the Mecca of Cricket, The Lord’s.

India has some fond memories of playing at Lord’s. It was at this very ground around 16 years ago that India famously won the final of the NatWest Trophy on the back of two exceptional performances by the then youngsters Mohammad Kaif and Yuvraj Singh.

India was chasing a huge target of 326 runs and the team was staring down at a huge defeat. With the score reading 146 for five, it was Yuvraj and Kaif, who joined in the middle and turned the match on its head.

It was some brilliant hitting by the duo who shared a match-winning partnership of 123 runs. Kaif remained till the end – to ensure India won in a dramatic fashion.

If they replicate their performance from 2002 on Saturday (July 14, 2018), the Men in Blue will go on to win the ODI series as well with a match to go.

For the first time in the series, it was English skipper Eoin Morgan who won the toss. Breaking the trend of the previous four matches, he elected to bat first. On a good track, Morgan wanted the home team to set a huge total for India to chase down.

The visitors have been sensational chasers in the recent past and should back themselves of simply chasing down anything. They have a strong batting order and even a score of 350 might not prove to be enough for the away team.

For the second time in succession, India got an opportunity to bag their first wicket in the opening over.

Roy’s edge falls short:

Roy was facing Umesh Yadav in the second delivery of the match. It was a relatively short of length delivery which took the outside edge of Roy’s bat.

Moreover, the ball seemed to go straight into Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s gloves. However, the ball bounced just short and Dhoni was unable to adjust and complete the catch. It was not a catch but a chance nonetheless.

England again got off to a fluent start as openers Roy and Jonny Bairstow shared a partnership of 69 runs for the opening wicket.

Again, it was Kuldeep Yadav, who bagged the first two wickets in the form of Roy and Bairstow. England concurrently registers 161 for two in 26.2 overs with Test and ODI captains batting sensibly.

WATCH: Jason Roy edges just short of Dhoni https://t.co/9ff45VruPp

— Arya Chakraborty (@AryaMady) July 14, 2018