A floodlight failure halted the second ODI between India and England at the Barabati Stadium when India were 48 for none in their chase of 305 runs. The outage occurred with Rohit Sharma batting solidly on 29 and Shubman Gill on 17. The packed crowd created an electrifying atmosphere despite the disruption.
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