England v India, 2nd ODI, Cardiff: A proper old-fashioned one-dayer on a proper old-fashioned one-day pitch needed a proper old-fashioned one-day innings. Joe Root is the man for that task. Virat Kohli, too, knows his way around a slow track. But are retirement rumours about Rohit going to eclipse the whole series? Ben Jones joins Daniel Norcross.
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