New Delhi: India registered their sixth consecutive win as they beat England by 100 runs, while defending a small total of 230 runs.
The ICC World Cup 2023 journey for England is all but over after the fourth consecutive loss.
England started their chase in an attacking manner as they put quick 30 runs on the board.
However, Indian bowlers had other plans as they reduced England from 30 for 0 to 52 for 5.
England never really found their won their way in the match as they kept losing regular wickets.
Except, Liam Livingston (27) no other batsman even tried to fight as they went all down 129 runs, chasing a small total of 230 runs.
Md. Shami was once again India’s best bowler of the day with 4 wickets under his name, Bumrah also gets 3, while Kuldeep got 2 for him and Ravindra Jadeja gets one under his name.
Earlier, English captain Jos Buttler won the toss and opted to bowl first.
English bowlers proved their captain’s decision correct as India lost Shubham Gill (9), Virat Kohli (0) and Shreyas Iyer (4) inside 50 runs mark.
Captain Rohit Sharma (87) and KL Rahul (39) added 91 runs for the 4th wicket to take India out of trouble.
However, regular wickets kept hurting India as they were unable to break out of shackles.
In the end, Surya Kumar Yadav (49) fought bravely to take India to a total of 229.
David Willey was England’s best bowler of the day, with 3 wickets under his name, Adil Rashid and Mark Wood got 2, while Mark Wood also got 1.
Batting (1st innings)
India: 229/9 (50 overs)- Rohit Sharma: 87 (101), Surya: 49 (47)
Bowling (1st innings)
England: David Willey: 2/45 (10 overs), Chris Woakes: 2/33 (9 overs)
Batting (2nd innings)
England: 129/10 (34.5 overs) [Target- 230]- Livingstone: 27 (46), Willey: 16* (17)
Bowling (2nd innings)
India: Shami: 4/22 (7 overs), Bumrah: 3/32 (6.5 overs)
Key moments:
Bumrah finishes the game
Jasprit Bumrah gets the final wicket as India wins by 100 runs.
Shami strikes again
Md. Shami gets his fourth wicket, India only one wicket away from victory.
Kuldeep gets his second
Kuldeep Yadav gets his second wicket as Livingstone departs on 27.
Jadeja gets his first
Jadeja gets his first wicket as Woakes departs on 10.
Shami strikes again
Md Shami continues his red hot form as he dismisses Moeen Ali on 15.
Kuldeep Yadav strikes
Kuldeep Yadav strikes as Buttler departs on 10.
Shami strikes again
Shami gets his second wicket as Bairstow departs on 14.
Shami strikes
India on top as Stokes departs on 0.
Bumrah strikes twice
Bumrah gets two wickets for India as Malan and Root departs.
Surya misses his 50
Surya Kumar Yadav missed his much-deserved 50, trying to increase the run rate.
Wood strikes
Mark Wood gets his first wicket as Shami departs on 1.
Jadeja departs
India loses yet another wicket as Jadeja departs on 8.
Big fish gone
Rashid gets the big fish as Rohit departs on 87.
Willey strikes again
Willey gets his second as KL Rahul departs on 39.
Fifty partnership up
Rohit and Rahul complete a much-needed 50 partnership in 75 balls.
Fity for Rohit
Rohit Sharma gets his 54th ODI fifty in 24th over.
India in trouble
India loses third wicket under 50, under deep trouble now
Willey gets the big fish
David Willey gets the huge wicket of Virat Kohli in 7th over.
Woakes draws the first blood
Chris Woakes strikes first as Gill departs on 9.
Gill opens the account
Subhman Gill opens the account for India with a boundary.
Willey with a maiden
David Willey bowls a maiden over to start the match.
Rohit Sharma-led team India is looking unstoppable as the captain is leading from the front in batting, giving his team an attacking start.
He is well-complimented by his opening partner, Subhman Gill, who is also getting good starts but has failed to convert his starts into big innings.
In the middle order, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul is giving back-to-back match-winning innings, taking the headache of India’s batting concerns away.
Jasprit Bumrah and the spinners have also performed extremely well, providing the team with crucial breakthroughs.
Md. Shami who made his return to the squad in the last match, took fifer on his first match back, giving India another rock-solid addition in already dangerous-looking bowling line-up.
On the other hand, nothing has gone right for the defending champions, as they have lost 5 out of their 5 matches and are currently the bottom-ranked team in the points table.
The match on Sunday, will be England’s last hope to stay in the competition as a loss at this point would eventually mean their exit from the tournament.
The three lions need to play sensible yet fearless cricket if want to get one over the men in blue, who at the current stage looks like are going to run away with the title with no problem whatsoever.
India and England have locked horns against each other 8 times in the World Cup previously with the English team getting the win in 4, while India winning in three.
One match between the two sides ended in a tie in 2011 World Cup, which the men in blue eventually ends up winning after beating Sri Lanka in the finals.
