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CWC2023: Rohit, Surya's brilliance not enough as India post below-par 229 against England

Opener Rohit scored a 101-ball 87, while Surya struck a 47-ball 49. For England, pacer David Willey grabbed three wickets

Our Web Desk Lucknow Published 29.10.23, 06:12 PM
Jasprit Bumrah

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  • Bumrah continues. Another six for David Willey! Yorker in the next ball and BOWLED! England all-out for 129. India win by 100 runs
  • Shami replaces Kuldeep. OUT! A couple of boundaries for Adil Rashid before Shami rattles his stumps. England 122/9 in 34 overs
  • Bumrah replaces Jadeja. First ball and a massive six by David Willey. This marks the second six for England innings as wellTwo singles from the rest of the balls. England 112/8 after 33 overs
  • Kuldeep for his 8th over. Two singles. England 104/8 after 32 overs
  • Jadeja continues. One single only in the over. England 102/8
  • England cross 100 run mark in 30th over
  • OUT! A desperate battle ends as Liam Livingstone departs for 27 of 45 balls. He is given leg before off Kuldeep's delivery. India on the brisk of win as 8 wickets down for England in just 98 runs. Adil Rashid is the next batsman
  • OUT! Chris Woakes tries to step out on the first ball of Jadeja but misses the ball. An easy stumping for KL Rahul. Woakes departs for 10 of 20 balls. David Willey is the next batsman. Maiden over for Ravindra Jadeja. England 7-down for 98.
  • Kuldeep replaces Shami. 4 runs off the over. ENG 98/6 in 28 overs
  • Jadeja into the fifth over. Just three singles from the over. England 94/6 in 27 overs
  • Shami continues. A great shot for four by Chris Woakes in the second ball. England 91/6 in 26 overs
  • Jadeja continues. 3 runs from the over. England 84/6 in 25 overs
  • Shami replaces Kuldeep. And OUT! First ball from Shami finds the outside edge of Moeen Ali's bat. KL Rahul takes a comfortable catch. Chris Woakes comes in to bat. Another wicket-maiden for Shami. England 81/6 in 24 overs
  • Jadeja on his third over. 2 singles off the over. England reach 81/5 in 23 overs
  • Kuldeep on his 5th over. A boundary and 3 singles off it. England 79/5 in 22 overs
  • Jadeja continues. 4 runs off the over. England 72/5 in 21 overs
  • Kuldeep continues. Only one run from the over. ENG 68/5 after 20 overs
  • Spin introduced from the other end as well as Jadeja replaces Siraj. 3 runs off the over. England reach 67/5 after 19 overs
  • Kuldeep continues. 3 runs from the over. England 64/5 after 18 overs
  • Siraj continues from the other end. Livingstone gets off the mark with a single. A boundary down the leg side for Livingstone on the last ball. 7 runs off the over. Score 61/5 after 17
  • OUT! Kuldeep Yadav strikes as England loose their fifth wicket. Jos Buttler departs for 10. Liam Livingstone is the next batsman in. 2 runs off the over. England 54/5 after 16 overs
  • Siraj continues. 5 runs off the over. 50 comes up for England in 15th over
  • Spin introduced by Rohit as Kuldeep brought into the attack. 2 runs off the over. Score reaches 47/4 after 14 overs
  • Siraj continues. Three runs off the over. England 45/4 after 13 overs
  • Shami continues from the other end. One run from this over. England 42/4 in 12 overs
  • Moeen Ali comes to bat next. SIraj replaces Bumrah. Only one run from the over. England 41/4 in 11 overs
  • OUT! Mohammad Shami strikes again! Bails are flying and the atmosphere at the stadium is absolutely electric. Bairstow departs for 14 of 23 balls. England is in great trouble. England 40/4 after 10 overs
  • Bumrah continues. DROPPED! Bumrah induces an outside edge from Bairstow. The ball flies to Virat Kohli at first slip who gets a hand but cannot hold onto it. Great display of attacking bowling from India. Score reaches 39/3 after 9 overs
  • BOWLED! Wicket-maiden for Shami as Ben Stokes departs for a duck. England 33/3 after 8 overs. Jos Buttler comes in.
  • Jasprit Bumrah continues. A maiden over from him. England 33/2 after 7 overs
  • Mohammad Shami brought in from the other end. 3 runs of the over. England 33/2 after 6 overs
  • OUT! Bumrah strikes twice! Root comes in at number 3 and finds himself in front of wicket the first ball. Umpire signals out. England opts for a player review. DRS shows that the decision is right. Joe Root departs for a golden duck. England 30/2 in 5 overs. Ben Stokes comes in at number 4
  • Bumrah continues. Malan plays a great shot for four off the third ball. BOWLED! Jasprit Bumrah strikes for India as Dawid Malan departs for 16 of 17 balls.
  • Siraj continues. First ball, a beautiful cover drive by Bairstow for four. 6 off the over. England 26/0 after 4 overs
  • Bumrah continues. 3 runs off the over. England 20/0 after 3 overs
  • Mohammed Siraj into the attack from the other side. 2 wides in the first three balls followed by a massive six and a glorious straight drive for four from Malan. 13 runs from the over. England 17/0 after 2 overs
  • Bumrah starts the first over. A boundary of the last ball for Bairstow. England 4/0 in 1 over
  • England start their chase

Overview

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Rohit Sharma produced a special effort on a challenging pitch where the majority of Indian batters struggled, as the hosts were restricted to 229 for nine by England in their World Cup game here on Sunday.

With India getting to bat first for the first time in the tournament, the batters got a good opportunity to set the target. It was, however, only Rohit (87 off 101) and Suryakumar Yadav (49 off 47) who found a way to bat on a two-paced wicket while the others perished trying to force the pace.

The 91-run partnership between Rohit and K L Rahul (39 off 58) stabilised the innings after India found themselves at 40 for three in the 12th over.

Rohit also added 33 valuable runs with Suryakumar but the skipper's fall led to a clutch of wickets. In his second game of the competition, Suryakumar then batted around the tail to get some much needed runs in the death overs.

England were finally able to put together an effort worthy of defending champions, excelling both with the ball and in the field.

Chris Woakes (2/33) impressed in his seven-over spell with the new ball while leggie Adil Rashid (2/35) continued to collect wickets in the middle overs. David Willey (3/45) too was effective.

Application was going to be the key on the relaid red soil pitch here and Rohit put up a masterclass.

After consuming six dot balls in the first over of the game bowled by Willey, the India skipper released the pressure by smashing the left-arm pacer for a couple of sixes and a four in his following over.

Rohit used the feet both against the pacers and spinners to manufacture the boundaries but the likes of Virat Kohli (0 off 9 balls) and Shreyas Iyer (4 off 16) departed while searching for that pressure release shot.

It was a rare duck for Kohli, who tried to step out like Rohit only to mistime his shot to Ben Stokes at mid-off.

Shreyas was sent back by Woakes off a perfectly placed short of length ball that got big on the India number four. Clearly, Shreyas needs to fight the demon in his head to improve his short ball play.

Woakes had struggled for accuracy thus far in World Cup but delivered on Sunday.

With three batters dismissed for 40, the onus was on Rohit to take the innings forward and he did with a lot of class.

After stepping out the fast bowlers, Rohit displayed his artistry against the spin trio of Rashid, Liam Livingstone and Moeen Ali.

He swept Rashid, reverse-swept Livingstone and came down the track to loft Moeen over mid-off for three of the 10 fours he struck. His pick-up shot off Mark Wood that went all the way was also sublime.

In Hardik Pandya's absence, India fielded five bowlers again but R Ashwin remained out of the playing eleven.

Scoreboard:

India innings: Rohit Sharma c Livingstone b Adil Rashid 87 Shubman Gill b Chris Woakes 9 Virat Kohlic Stokes b Willey 0 Shreyas Iyer c Mark Wood b Chris Woakes 4 KL Rahul c Bairstow b Willey 39 Suryakumar Yadav c Chris Woakes b Willey 49 Ravindra Jadeja lbw b Adil Rashid 8 Mohammed Shami c Jos Buttler b Mark Wood 1 Jasprit Bumrah run out 16 Kuldeep Yadav not out 9

Extras: (b-4, w-3) 7

Total: 229/9 in 50 overs Fall of wickets: 26-1, 27-2, 40-3, 131-4, 164-5, 182-6, 183-7, 208-8, 229-9

Bowling: David Willey 10-2-45-3, Chris Woakes 9-1-33-2, Adil Rashid 10-0-35-2, Mark Wood 9-1-46-1, Liam Livingstone 4-1-29-0, Moeen Ali 8-0-37-0.

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