Joe Root smashed an undefeated 90 as England claimed a four-wicket win over the West Indies but he was quick to salute Chris Woakes and Jason Roy who also hit impressive half centuries.

All-rounder Woakes was not out on 68 while opener Roy made 52 to help England chase down a 226-run target and claim the second one-day international and the three-match series having won the opener by 45 runs at the same venue on Friday.

"Jason set the tone, and got us miles ahead of the rate," said man of the match Root.

"I just told Chris to take his time to get in, and build together. He played exceptionally well, and it's a sign of a good team that we don't rely on one or two players."

England were cantering towards their target on the back of Roy's belligerent half-century at 108 for two in the 21st over.

But then the specialist spinners got the West Indies back into the match, triggering a slide which saw four England wickets tumbling for 16 runs.

Ashley Nurse returned his best-ever figures of three for 34 while Devendra Bishoo claimed two for 43.

However with fast bowler Shannon Gabriel unavailable after an opening three-over spell because of a side strain, captain Jason Holder resorted to part-time spinners on a helpful track without success.

Woakes, the more adventurous of the seventh-wicket pairing in a stand that put on an unbroken 102 runs, was missed at long-on by substitute fielder Rovman Powell off Carlos Brathwaite in what was the West Indies' last real chance of staying in the game and squaring the series.

He was dropped again, by Holder at mid-off off Kraigg Brathwaite in the 47th over, by which time England were on the verge of victory.

Root struck just three boundaries in a controlled innings, his only blemish being an edge off Bishoo between the wicketkeeper and slip.

"It was just about staying calm because we were so far ahead of the required rate," added Root. "Chris (Woakes) took a lot of the pressure off me with his aggression."

Fresh from claiming career-best ODI figures (4 for 40) in the first match, seamer Liam Plunkett played a key role in stifling West Indies' quest to accelerate on a bright morning.

He removed top-scorer Jason Mohammed (50) and Jonathan Carter (39) before adding the scalp of Nurse to finish with three for 32.

Leg-spinner Adil Rashid, apart from showing a safe pair of hands with the catches to dispose of both Mohammed and Carter, also accounted for dangerous big-hitters Holder, via a sterling catch of his own bowling, and Carlos Brathwaite.

Fast bowler Steven Finn did the early damage to the West Indies innings on the same pitch used for the series-opener.

Poor shot selection contributed to Evin Lewis' demise, a leading edge giving a simple catch to Sam Billings at cover, while a miscued pull by new batsman Kieran Powell presented Finn with the catch off his own bowling that took him to the milestone of 100 ODI wickets.

Reaching the landmark in his 67th match, he is the third-fastest Englishman to the feat behind Darren Gough and Stuart Broad.

"We need to seize the opportunities that come our way," Holder noted in reflecting on batsmen failing to capitalise on good starts and also chances missed in the field in both matches in Antigua.

"We keep losing too many wickets to poor shots at the top."

Regaining the 29,000 mark, domestic benchmark indices registered gains in the second hour of trade on Monday amid fresh buying by investors. At 11.00 am, the Sensex at the BSE was trading 214 points higher at 29,047 and the Nifty at the NSE was trading 64 points up at 8,962.

In the broader markets, BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices surged 0.5 per cent and 0.6 per cent respectively.

Among the BSE sectoral indices, Oil & Gas index jumped the most, up 1.3 per cent, while IT index became the top loser, down 0.2 per cent.

On Friday, the Sensex had closed seven points down at 28,832 and the Nifty had closed two points lower at 8,898.

Top gainers in the Sensex-30 pack: Reliance Industries (up 3.7 per cent), Power Grid (up 2.1 per cent), NTPC (up 1.9 per cent), Asian Paints (up 1.6 per cent) and Tata Motors (up 1.5 per cent).

Top losers in the Sensex-30 pack: Sun Pharma (down 1.1 per cent), TCS (down 0.7 per cent), HUL (down 0.4 per cent), Wipro (down 0.2 per cent) and Dr Reddy’s Labs (down 0.1 per cent).

Asian markets were trading with mixed moves. China’s Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.4 per cent, Japan’s Nikkei 225 Index slipped 0.4 per cent, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng increased 0.3 per cent and Singapore’s Straits Times Index slipped 0.1 per cent.

Meanwhile, the Rupee was trading seven paise down at 66.74 against the US Dollar.

India bowled out Australia for 276 in their first innings on the third day morning of the second cricket Test, here on Monday.

Australia, thus, took a first innings lead of 87 runs over India.

India were bowled out for 189 in their first innings.

Brief Scores:

India 1st Innings: 189 all out

Australia 1st Innings: 276 all out in 122.4 overs (Shaun Marsh 66, Matt Renshaw 60, Ravindra Jadeja 6/63).

Indian Navy’s flagship aircraft carrier INS Viraat, after serving the Navy for 30 years, will retire on Monday.

Since 1959, the ship famously known as the ‘Grand Old Lady’ served the British Royal Navy before she was sold to the Indian Government for Rs. 6.5 crore in 1987.

INS Viraat played a significant role in 1989 in the Operation Jupiter in Sri Lankan Peace Keeping operations. The Viraat also played a major role in Operation Parakram in 2001-2002 when India and Pakistan were on a stand-off after terror attacks on the Indian Parliament.

The warship holding the Guinness Record for being the oldest serving warship was previously named as HMS Hermes under the UK Royal Navy. It holds the motto – ‘Jalamev Yasya, Balmev Tasya’ meaning one who controls the sea is all powerful, was first adopted by the great warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in the 17th century.

The Indian Navy said it is interested in converting the warship into a major tourist attraction turning it into a luxury hotel-cum-museum.

Covering the globe for 27 times, Viraat has spent more than 2,250 days at sea, clocking 10.94 lakh km.

Hugh Jackman is ecstatic with the response he received from his fans while promoting his latest film Logan in China, but his friend and fellow actor Ryan Reynolds jokes it was barely a bunch of protesters.

The 48-year-old actor, who is playing the adamantium-clawed mutant in the Marvel film for the last time, took to Twitter to thank his admirers.

"Thanks for an amazing visit Beijing! @WolverineMovie @20thcenturyfox," Jackman wrote, alongside a photograph of himself with his fans at the film's premiere there.

To this the Deadpool star gave a reply laced in his classic dead-pan humour, "Pretty sure those are protesters."

And this earned a faux shocked response from Jackman as he retweeted with, "Really.. Guy.. Really? @VancityReynolds."

The first trailer of Reynolds' upcoming film Deadpool 2 was unveiled ahead of the world premiere of Logan.

 If it is the RSS cadre who are working silently for the BJP here, for the SP-Congress alliance it is the non-political volunteers who have fanned out across the city with the 'Phir Sey Akhilesh' message.

Thousands of volunteers, including young women are campaigning for the alliance, wearing specially designed T-shirts embossed with the slogans 'Phir Sey Akhilesh' and 'UP ko yeh saath pasand hai'.

To pick up the volunteers, ground mobilisation started on February 14 while the special "Chalo Kashi" campaign was launched online on March 1 where interns interested in working in Varanasi and supporting the RG-AY signed up to campaign for one week, a strategist in the Prashant Kishor team said.

A form was given out in which people filled up their name, numbers and choice of assembly constituency and were assigned campaign duties which included staging street plays and a door-to-door campaign.

The team mobilised the youth in IIT-BHU and other local institutes by speaking about the campaign and the situation in Varanasi.

Most of the volunteers are young educated professionals and students from the universities and villages who had voted for Modi three years ago and were "disappointed" with his performance and there are many others who are "impressed" with Akhilesh Yadav's vision of development and the works undertaken by him in his five years in power, he said.

This is one of the many efforts to ensure that young voters also take active part to get a first hand experience of running an election campaign.

As of now, 5,000 volunteers from across the country including large number of students of IIT-BHU are helping digitally and on the ground with the campaign.

Elaborating on how the team is going about in the campaign at the ground level, he said the "chaiwallas" and "paanwallahs" of this region are being used actively for the 'Phir Se Akhilesh' campaign with an aim of outdoing the "chaiwallah" campaign of the prime minister in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.

The chaiwallas and paanwallas are seen sporting the 'Phir Se Akhilesh' and 'UP Ko Yeh Saath Pasand Hai' T-shirts to project a popular image of the alliance.

Volunteers from the IIT-BHU are reaching out to tea vendors and others across the region and mobilising their support for the alliance.

 If it is the RSS cadre who are working silently for the BJP here, for the SP-Congress alliance it is the non-political volunteers who have fanned out across the city with the 'Phir Sey Akhilesh' message.

Thousands of volunteers, including young women are campaigning for the alliance, wearing specially designed T-shirts embossed with the slogans 'Phir Sey Akhilesh' and 'UP ko yeh saath pasand hai'.

To pick up the volunteers, ground mobilisation started on February 14 while the special "Chalo Kashi" campaign was launched online on March 1 where interns interested in working in Varanasi and supporting the RG-AY signed up to campaign for one week, a strategist in the Prashant Kishor team said.

A form was given out in which people filled up their name, numbers and choice of assembly constituency and were assigned campaign duties which included staging street plays and a door-to-door campaign.

The team mobilised the youth in IIT-BHU and other local institutes by speaking about the campaign and the situation in Varanasi.

Most of the volunteers are young educated professionals and students from the universities and villages who had voted for Modi three years ago and were "disappointed" with his performance and there are many others who are "impressed" with Akhilesh Yadav's vision of development and the works undertaken by him in his five years in power, he said.

This is one of the many efforts to ensure that young voters also take active part to get a first hand experience of running an election campaign.

As of now, 5,000 volunteers from across the country including large number of students of IIT-BHU are helping digitally and on the ground with the campaign.

Elaborating on how the team is going about in the campaign at the ground level, he said the "chaiwallas" and "paanwallahs" of this region are being used actively for the 'Phir Se Akhilesh' campaign with an aim of outdoing the "chaiwallah" campaign of the prime minister in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.

The chaiwallas and paanwallas are seen sporting the 'Phir Se Akhilesh' and 'UP Ko Yeh Saath Pasand Hai' T-shirts to project a popular image of the alliance.

Volunteers from the IIT-BHU are reaching out to tea vendors and others across the region and mobilising their support for the alliance.

India, on Tuesday, unfurled the biggest and tallest tricolor in the country at the Attari border. The flag, which can be spotted from Lahore in Pakistan, is 120 X 80 feet and stands at the tallest position at 360 feet. Also, the flag pole weighs a massive 55 tonnes and cost Rs. 1.75 alone out of the total estimated Rs.3.5 crore.

According to reports, the Amritsar Improvement Trust, has over six flags on standby in case of any damage to the currently hoisted tricolor. Each flag has cost them Rs. 1.25 lakh. Further, the trust is expected to outsource the contract for the maintenance of the flag to a private organisation.

India, on Tuesday, unfurled the biggest and tallest tricolor in the country at the Attari border. The flag, which can be spotted from Lahore in Pakistan, is 120 X 80 feet and stands at the tallest position at 360 feet. Also, the flag pole weighs a massive 55 tonnes and cost Rs. 1.75 alone out of the total estimated Rs.3.5 crore.

According to reports, the Amritsar Improvement Trust, has over six flags on standby in case of any damage to the currently hoisted tricolor. Each flag has cost them Rs. 1.25 lakh. Further, the trust is expected to outsource the contract for the maintenance of the flag to a private organisation.

A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea on March 6, officials said, but no Pacific-wide tsunami warning was issued.

The tremor hit at a depth of 28 kilometres (17 miles) near sparsely populated New Britain island, 450 kilometres northeast of the capital Port Moresby, the United States Geological Survey said.

The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center ruled out a widespread tsunami.

"Based on all available data, a destructive Pacific-wide tsunami is not expected," it said.

New Britain, the largest island of the Bismarck Archipelago, is east of mainland New Guinea and has a population of around 500,000 people.

It lies on the 4,000-kilometre Pacific-Australia plate, which forms part of the "Ring of Fire", a hotspot for seismic activity due to friction between tectonic plates

A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea on March 6, officials said, but no Pacific-wide tsunami warning was issued.

The tremor hit at a depth of 28 kilometres (17 miles) near sparsely populated New Britain island, 450 kilometres northeast of the capital Port Moresby, the United States Geological Survey said.

The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center ruled out a widespread tsunami.

"Based on all available data, a destructive Pacific-wide tsunami is not expected," it said.

New Britain, the largest island of the Bismarck Archipelago, is east of mainland New Guinea and has a population of around 500,000 people.

It lies on the 4,000-kilometre Pacific-Australia plate, which forms part of the "Ring of Fire", a hotspot for seismic activity due to friction between tectonic plates

A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea on March 6, officials said, but no Pacific-wide tsunami warning was issued.

The tremor hit at a depth of 28 kilometres (17 miles) near sparsely populated New Britain island, 450 kilometres northeast of the capital Port Moresby, the United States Geological Survey said.

The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center ruled out a widespread tsunami.

"Based on all available data, a destructive Pacific-wide tsunami is not expected," it said.

New Britain, the largest island of the Bismarck Archipelago, is east of mainland New Guinea and has a population of around 500,000 people.

It lies on the 4,000-kilometre Pacific-Australia plate, which forms part of the "Ring of Fire", a hotspot for seismic activity due to friction between tectonic plates

A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea on March 6, officials said, but no Pacific-wide tsunami warning was issued.

The tremor hit at a depth of 28 kilometres (17 miles) near sparsely populated New Britain island, 450 kilometres northeast of the capital Port Moresby, the United States Geological Survey said.

The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center ruled out a widespread tsunami.

"Based on all available data, a destructive Pacific-wide tsunami is not expected," it said.

New Britain, the largest island of the Bismarck Archipelago, is east of mainland New Guinea and has a population of around 500,000 people.

It lies on the 4,000-kilometre Pacific-Australia plate, which forms part of the "Ring of Fire", a hotspot for seismic activity due to friction between tectonic plates

The FBI has joined the investigation into the shooting of a Sikh man by a partially- masked gunman, who shouted "go back to your own country", in a suspected hate crime.

Deep Rai, a US national of Indian-origin, was shot outside his home in Kent, Washington, on Friday.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating the incident as a potentially hate-motivated crime.

"The Seattle FBI is assisting the Kent Police Department through a joint investigation of the shooting incident.

"The FBI remains committed to investigating crimes that are potentially hate-motivated and we continue to work with all our community partners in the Seattle area," said FBI Seattle Spokesperson Ayn Dietrich.

The FBI is also investigating another shooting in Kansas last week as a hate crime, in which 32-year-old Indian engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla was killed when 51-year-old US Navy veteran Adam Purinton opened fire at him and his friend Alok Madasani, yelling "get out of my country".

Meanwhile, Indian-American Congressman Ami Bera has condemned the shooting of Rai, saying crimes motivated by hate are on the rise.

"This disturbing crime is an outrage that goes against everything we stand for as a nation of immigrants," Bera said.

"On the heels of the Kansas shooting, crimes motivated by hate are on the rise," Bera said.

"Xenophobia and racism have no place in America, and we as a nation need to stand up to these hate crimes — starting with the President (Donald Trump). Thankfully, the victim is recovering and my thoughts and prayers are with him and his family," said Bera, the three-term Indian American Congressman from California.

The Sikh Coalition praised Kent Police for swiftly moving to investigate the incident as a hate crime.

"We applaud the decision by the Kent Police Department to pursue a hate crime investigation," said Sikh Coalition interim programme manager, Rajdeep Singh.

The Coalition also urged the Trump administration to take concrete actions to prevent the recurrence of such crimes.

"Immigrants and religious minorities are being attacked around the nation, but the Trump administration has not even created a task force to address this issue…," Rajdeep said, adding, "The White House needs to show leadership in preventing hate violence." 

The FBI has joined the investigation into the shooting of a Sikh man by a partially- masked gunman, who shouted "go back to your own country", in a suspected hate crime.

Deep Rai, a US national of Indian-origin, was shot outside his home in Kent, Washington, on Friday.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating the incident as a potentially hate-motivated crime.

"The Seattle FBI is assisting the Kent Police Department through a joint investigation of the shooting incident.

"The FBI remains committed to investigating crimes that are potentially hate-motivated and we continue to work with all our community partners in the Seattle area," said FBI Seattle Spokesperson Ayn Dietrich.

The FBI is also investigating another shooting in Kansas last week as a hate crime, in which 32-year-old Indian engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla was killed when 51-year-old US Navy veteran Adam Purinton opened fire at him and his friend Alok Madasani, yelling "get out of my country".

Meanwhile, Indian-American Congressman Ami Bera has condemned the shooting of Rai, saying crimes motivated by hate are on the rise.

"This disturbing crime is an outrage that goes against everything we stand for as a nation of immigrants," Bera said.

"On the heels of the Kansas shooting, crimes motivated by hate are on the rise," Bera said.

"Xenophobia and racism have no place in America, and we as a nation need to stand up to these hate crimes — starting with the President (Donald Trump). Thankfully, the victim is recovering and my thoughts and prayers are with him and his family," said Bera, the three-term Indian American Congressman from California.

The Sikh Coalition praised Kent Police for swiftly moving to investigate the incident as a hate crime.

"We applaud the decision by the Kent Police Department to pursue a hate crime investigation," said Sikh Coalition interim programme manager, Rajdeep Singh.

The Coalition also urged the Trump administration to take concrete actions to prevent the recurrence of such crimes.

"Immigrants and religious minorities are being attacked around the nation, but the Trump administration has not even created a task force to address this issue…," Rajdeep said, adding, "The White House needs to show leadership in preventing hate violence." 

The US on Monday assured India of "speedy justice" to the Indian-American victims of hate-related crimes as the Indian envoy here reached out to the State Department to convey his "deep concerns" over such tragic incidents.

"State Department, on behalf of US Govt, expressed condolences and assured they are working with all agencies concerned to ensure speedy justice," the Indian Embassy in the US said in a series of tweets.

India's Ambassador to the US Navtej Sarna reached out to the State Department to convey his "deep concerns" to the US government on the recent tragic incidents involving Harnish Patel and Deep Rai.

Patel, 43, the owner of a convenience store in Lancaster County, South Carolina, was found dead of gunshot wounds in the front yard of his home on Thursday.

Rai, 39-year-old Sikh, has been shot outside his home by a partially-masked gunman who shouted "go back to your own country", in a suspected hate crime.

Sarna also "underlined" the need to prevent such incidents and protect the Indian community.

Indian Embassy officials are in constant communication with local police officials in both the cases.

In the case of Patel, the County Sheriff had pointed out that this may not be a hate crime.

"We will remain in touch with them," an Indian Embassy source said.

There have been a slew of bias-related incidents in the US, raising concerns over the safety of the members of the Indian-American community.

Last month, 32-year-old Indian engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla was killed when 51-year-old US Navy veteran Adam Purinton opened fire at him and his friend Alok Madasani, yelling "get out of my country".

The US on Monday assured India of "speedy justice" to the Indian-American victims of hate-related crimes as the Indian envoy here reached out to the State Department to convey his "deep concerns" over such tragic incidents.

"State Department, on behalf of US Govt, expressed condolences and assured they are working with all agencies concerned to ensure speedy justice," the Indian Embassy in the US said in a series of tweets.

India's Ambassador to the US Navtej Sarna reached out to the State Department to convey his "deep concerns" to the US government on the recent tragic incidents involving Harnish Patel and Deep Rai.

Patel, 43, the owner of a convenience store in Lancaster County, South Carolina, was found dead of gunshot wounds in the front yard of his home on Thursday.

Rai, 39-year-old Sikh, has been shot outside his home by a partially-masked gunman who shouted "go back to your own country", in a suspected hate crime.

Sarna also "underlined" the need to prevent such incidents and protect the Indian community.

Indian Embassy officials are in constant communication with local police officials in both the cases.

In the case of Patel, the County Sheriff had pointed out that this may not be a hate crime.

"We will remain in touch with them," an Indian Embassy source said.

There have been a slew of bias-related incidents in the US, raising concerns over the safety of the members of the Indian-American community.

Last month, 32-year-old Indian engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla was killed when 51-year-old US Navy veteran Adam Purinton opened fire at him and his friend Alok Madasani, yelling "get out of my country".