Rohit Sharma‘s blistering knock of 87 runs and some scintillating bowling from the Indian bowlers decimated England for a commanding win as India won the match by a huge margin of 100 runs. Rohit Sharma was spot on with his tactics as he didn’t give easy singles to England’s batters.
India took on England in Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow. Jos Buttler wins the toss and elects to bowl first . Both the teams were unchanged for the clash which was quite a surprise
Rohit made another fast start but on the other end Chris Woakes cleaned up Shubman Gill with the beauty. Shubman Gill just can’t sort out that age-old problem against that particular length and the nip-back.
Virat Kohli was dismissed for a duck for the first time in the ODI World Cup history when he was caught by Ben Stokes off David Willey’s delivery. KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma did the rebuilding work for India with a partnership of 92 runs for the 4th wicket
Rohit Sharma’s 87 guided India to 229 in 50 overs
Rohit Sharma departed for a brilliant 87 off 101 balls with 10 fours and 3 sixes. He just seemed to be struggling as the innings were progressing. It was googly bowled by Adil Rashid and Rohit Sharma whacked the ball on the leg-side but could not get the timing right as Livingstone took an excellent catch however, his knee was stuck and it did look a bit nasty to him. Nevertheless it top class knock from Rohit.
Ravindra Jadeja departed for 8 off 13 balls It is Adil Rashid’s leg-spin which did the trick the ball was pitched outside Jadeja’s stump and turned sharply. Jadeja did stride forward however, the umpire on-field gave out. Jadeja took the review and it was the umpire’s call
Suryakumar Yadav scored a brilliant 49 off 47 balls with 4 fours and a six unfortunate for him to miss a well-deserved half-century. David Willey was the pick of the bowlers for England and finishes with the figures of 3 for 45 in his 10 overs with 2 maiden
Adil Rashid picked up the 2 vital wickets and finished with the figures of 2 for 35 in his 10 overs. Chris Woakes also chipped in with 2 wickets with the figures of 2 for 33 in his 9 overs with 1 maiden. England’s bowlers showed a lot of discipline.
Mohammed Shami and co dismantle the English batting order
England got to a great start the boundaries are flowing for them till the 5th over after that Jasprit Bumrah started the collapse as Dawid Malan chopped it onto his stumps. Joe Root was adjudged LBW as the crowd has gone nuts. The batter will review though. Looks gone but let’s wait for UltraEdge. No bat is involved. Ball tracking shows all three reds. Root had to depart for a duck
Shami had been bending the ball to his will he has Cleaned up Stokes tries for a big hit and misses wildly and his stumps are gone. Shami did it again 12 dot balls in a row and pressure ends up showing on England. To add to it, Shami bowled two outstanding deliveries every over as he finished with the figures of 4 for 22 in his 7 overs.
Jasprit Bumrah did what he does best picking up two wickets in the power play and coming back to finish the innings and guide India to a famous victory as he finished with the figures of 3 for 32 in his 6.1 overs with 1 maiden The spin duo of Jadeja and Kuldeep rattles through the English middle order and finishes with the figures of 1 for 16 in the 7 overs and 2 for 24 in 8 overs respectively.