England beat Sri Lanka by 5 wickets in 2nd ODI:Joe Root’s all-round brilliance guides way to victory; ENG level series 1-1

England defeated Sri Lanka by 5 wickets in the second ODI to level the series 1-1. Batting first in Colombo on Saturday, the home team scored 219 runs. The English team achieved the target, losing 5 wickets in 46.2 overs. Sri Lanka lost wickets continuously against England
Sri Lanka chose to bat at R Premadasa Stadium. Kamil Mishara got out after scoring only 5 runs. After him, Pathum Nissanka 26, Dhananjaya de Silva 40, wicketkeeper Kusal Mendis 26, captain Charith Asalanka 45, Janith Liyanage 12, Pawan Ratnayake 29 and Dunith Wellalage got out after scoring 20 runs. Sri Lanka was all out for 219 runs in 49.3 overs. For England, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid and Joe Root took 2 wickets each. Liam Dawson, Will Jacks and Rehan Ahmed got 1 wicket each. Sam Curran and Jacob Bethell could not take any wickets. Joe Root slams half-century bags two wickets in Colombo
Chasing a target of 220 runs, England lost their new opener Rehan Ahmed’s wicket in the sixth over. He could only make 13 runs. Ben Duckett then had a fifty partnership with Joe Root but got out after scoring 39 runs. Jacob Bethell could only make 6 runs. Root then scored fifty and along with captain Harry Brook took the team to 178. Root got out after scoring 75 runs. Brook got out after scoring 42 runs. The team lost 4 wickets at 189. Wicketkeeper Jos Buttler then scored 33 runs and with Will Jacks guided the team to victory. For Sri Lanka, Dhananjaya de Silva and Jeffrey Vandersay took 2 wickets each. Asitha Fernando got 1 wicket. Pramod Madushan, Dunith Wellalage, Charith Asalanka and Pawan Rathnayake could not take any wickets. Series decider on January 27
England levelled the series 1-1 by winning the second ODI. Sri Lanka had won the first match by 19 runs. Now the third and decisive match of the series will be played in Colombo on January 27. The T20 series will be held from January 30 to February 3.