The Lucknow Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium is not a particularly batting-friendly venue. Slow-moving wicket. It moves slowly. For this reason, after losing the toss and batting, India was unable to score a significant amount against England. But thanks to the stubborn batting of Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, and Lokesh Rahul, India set a difficult 230-run target for England.
After losing the toss and choosing to bat, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill got off to a strong start. 26 runs came in 4 overs. But then, India began to lose wickets at regular intervals when Chris Woakes dismissed Shubman Gill for 9 runs off 13 balls. Virat Kohli was unable to endure. He played nine balls and was unable to score any runs.
Not even Shreyas Iyer‘s bat spoke. India lost three wickets for forty runs, but Rohit Sharma and Lokesh Rahul worked well together. These two combined to form a pair of 91 runs. But Lokesh Rahul came back with a catch made by Jonny Bairstow, having already scored 39 runs off 58 balls off David Willey.
Subsequently, Rohit partnered with Suryakumar Yadav. But Rohit Sharma departed after making a pair of 33 runs. He was caught out by Adil Rashid after scoring 87 runs from 101 balls. Rohit’s innings had 10 boundaries and 3 sixes.
Ravindra Jadeja could not stand in front of the English bowlers. Adil Rashid got rid of him after he had made 8 runs off 13 balls. With one run scored, Mohammad Shami departed the field. We feel sorry for Suryakumar Yadav. He was one run short of the half-century. After being caught by Chris Woakes off David Willey, he responded with 49 runs. Jasprit Bumrah made 16 runs off 25 balls before being run out. After nine runs, Kuldeep Yadav was still undefeated.
In the end, India’s innings stopped at 229 runs after losing 9 wickets. David Willey took 3 wickets with 43 runs for England. Chris Woakes and Adil Rashid took 2 wickets each. Mark Wood took 1 wicket.
Many thought that England might win today’s match after smashing India for 229 runs. For the world champs, 230 runs should not be an unreasonable goal. However, the idea did not correspond with reality. The Indian bowlers’ disciplined bowling had caused the English to lose their way. After batting with a goal of 230 runs to win, Jos Buttler’s team was bowled out for 129 runs in 34.5 overs.
Consequently, Rohit Sharma’s squad triumphed by an enormous 100-run margin. India then returned to the top after winning each of the six games. Furthermore, they were on the verge of confirming the semifinal first.
England’s batsmen could not stand in front of the Indian bowlers. Especially Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah. These two pacers took 7 wickets. Mohammad Shami took 5 wickets in the previous match. He took 4 wickets in this match.
When they came out to bat with a target of 230 runs, Jonny Bairstow and Dawid Malan shared a partnership of 30 runs. Bumrah broke the pair. Malan scored 16 runs off 17 balls before being out. Ben Stokes and Joe Root were then out for no runs. Joe Root hit the golden duck. Ben Stokes played ten balls but was unable to score any runs.
Jonny Bairstow got out after scoring 14 runs off 23 balls. Captain Jos Buttler scored 10 runs off 23 balls. Moeen Ali scored 15 runs off 31 balls. Liam Livingstone scored 27 runs off 46 balls. Chris Woakes was dismissed for 10 runs. David Willey remains unbeaten with 16 runs from 17 balls.
Adil Rashid scored 13 runs off 20 balls. All of England’s resistance ended when Mark Wood was dismissed for no runs.
India – 229/9 (50.0)
England – 129/10 (34.5)
Result – India won by 100 runs
Player of the match – Rohit Sharma
India
India | Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul (wk), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Shreyas Iyer, Jasprit Bumrah, Shubman Gill, Mohammed Siraj |
England | Jos Buttler (c & wk), Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Liam Livingstone, Chris Woakes, Moeen Ali, David Willey, Ben Stokes, Adil Rashid, Dawid Malan, Mark Wood |
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