Duckett’s record 141 downs India as England seal the ODI series at Lord’s
England beat India by 27 runs at Lord’s to take the ODI series 2-1, with Ben Duckett’s record 141 outgunning a fighting 138 from Rohit Sharma.
Jul 20, 2026
England turned the Lord’s decider into a batting exhibition and had just enough in hand to win it, beating India by 27 runs on Sunday to take the three-match ODI series 2-1. It was England’s first ODI series win over India since 2018, and only their eighth against them in 22 attempts, sealed on a flat pitch where 747 runs were scored across the day.
Duckett rewrites the Lord’s record book
Ben Duckett set the tone and never let it drop. His 141 was the highest individual ODI score ever made at Lord’s, past the 138 not out Sir Vivian Richards struck in the 1979 World Cup final, and it came at a tempo that left India chasing the game from the tenth over. Duckett and Jacob Bethell, who made 91, put on 192 for the first wicket to give England a platform few sides recover from.
Joe Root kept the innings ticking with an unbeaten 74 off 48, his sixth ODI fifty in a row, before Jos Buttler closed it out with 41 not out from 13 balls. England finished on 387 for 3, their highest ODI total against India and the biggest List A score seen at the ground.
Rohit’s 138 keeps India in it
Facing 388, India needed their captain to bat deep, and Rohit Sharma very nearly dragged them there. His 138 off 110 balls, a 34th ODI hundred, kept the required rate within reach through the middle overs, and he found willing partners in Shubman Gill, who made 77, and Virat Kohli, who added 74. The three shared century stands that had England glancing at the scoreboard more than once.
What India could not make up was the depth England had. Once Rohit fell, the chase lost its anchor, and India closed on 360 for 7, short but far from disgraced. The absence of Jasprit Bumrah, ruled out of the decider with a knee problem picked up in the Cardiff win, cost India control with the new ball on a surface that offered bowlers nothing.
England will take real satisfaction from a series won against a full-strength India, and from the manner of it. India, beaten in a run chase they were rarely out of, leave with fresh questions about their bowling depth away from home and little time to answer them before their next assignment.