Due to the explosive bowling of Indian bowlers led by Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah, India defeated England by 100 runs in the 29th match of the World Cup 2023. With this, India has also hit a sixer of victory. After winning 6 consecutive matches, the Indian team has again topped the points table with 12 points. On the basis of Rohit Sharma’s brilliant inning of 87 runs, India, batting first, scored 229 runs for 9 wickets in 50 overs. Then England were bowled out for only 129 runs in 34.5 overs. Shami took 4 wickets and Bumrah took three wickets.
Shami’s stormy bowling in Ekana
Mohammad Shami bowled lethal bowling at Ekana Stadium. He took 4 wickets for 22 runs in 7 overs. While he also gave two maiden overs. Earlier, Shami had also punched the wicket in the match against New Zealand.
Bumrah took three wickets
For India, Jasprit Bumrah also bowled lethally and showed the way to the pavilion to three England batsmen. He sent England on the back foot by dismissing David Malan and Joe Root on two consecutive balls. Bumrah took three wickets for 32 runs in 6.5 overs of bowling. For India, Kuldeep Yadav took two wickets and Jadeja also took one wicket.
Rohit Sharma’s half-century, Team India could score only 229 runs
Despite a half-century from captain Rohit Sharma, India could only score 229 runs for nine wickets in the ICC Cricket World Cup match against the sharp bowling of England. India lost wickets at regular intervals in front of the accurate bowling of David Willey (three wickets for 45 runs), Chris Woakes (two wickets for 33 runs) and Adil Rashid (two wickets for 35 runs). Apart from playing an inning of 87 runs, Rohit added 91 runs for the fourth wicket with Lokesh Rahul (39) at a time when India was in trouble after losing three wickets for 40 runs. Suryakumar Yadav played an important role in taking India’s score beyond 200 runs by playing an inning of 49 runs.
India, who came to bat after losing the toss, had a bad start and the team lost the wickets of openers Shubhman Gill (09), Virat Kohli (00) and Shreyas Iyer (04) for only 40 runs in the 12th over. Willey bowled a maiden over to Rohit in the first over of the innings while the Indian captain showed his mettle with a four and two sixes in the next over of the fast bowler.
Gill opened his account with a four on Woakes but in the next over the fast bowler missed the ball coming in and was bowled. Kohli, who was in good form, also got caught by Ben Stokes at mid-off off Willey’s ball without opening the account after playing nine balls. Kohli was out on duck for the first time in ODI in 2023.
Iyer also became the second victim of Woakes after scoring four runs. He was caught by Mark Wood at mid-on. Rohit and Rahul took over the innings after this. When Rohit was playing after scoring 33 runs, the umpire gave him LBW on Wood’s ball. However, the Indian captain resorted to DRS and replays showed that the ball was not hitting the wickets, after which the umpire had to change his decision.
Rohit completed his half-century in 66 balls with a four on Rashid and then two runs on Wood. Rahul hit two consecutive fours on Lyan Livingstone, completing India’s century in the 25th over. However, after settling on the wicket, Rahul waved the ball in the air while trying to play a big shot on Willey’s bouncing ball and Jonny Bairstow took an easy catch at mid-on. Facing 58 balls, he hit three fours.
After this, Rohit also got caught by Livingstone at mid-wicket while trying to play a big shot on Rashid. Suryakumar then took charge. After opening the account with a four on Willey, he also hit a four in the next over of this fast bowler.
Rashid gave the sixth blow to India at the score of 182 runs by LBW Ravindra Jadeja (08). Mohammed Shami (01) also caught wicketkeeper Jos Buttler in the next over of Wood. Suryakumar took India’s score beyond 200 runs in the 46th over with a six on the wood but returned to the pavilion after being caught by Woakes on Willey’s ball. Facing 47 balls, he hit four fours and one six.
