India, Feb. 10 -- The Odisha government, on Monday, asked the Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) to submit a detailed explanation over the floodlight failure at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack, which disrupted the second ODI match between India and England on Sunday. The malfunction caused a 35-minute stoppage during the second innings of the match when India were chasing 305.

The incident happened during the start of the seventh over of India's innings, when openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill got the team off to a flier, scoring 48 off 37 balls. One of the floodlights at the venue suddenly went off, leaving the players from both teams frustrated. The on-field umpires eventually asked them to leave the ground.

In the letter to the OCA,...