India managed to drag off a complete of 229/9 while batting first against England within the twenty ninth match of the ICC World Cup 2023 on Sunday, October 29. Indian crew struggled for a great begin however captain Rohit Sharma led by instance to provide a combating complete at Lucknow’s Ekana Cricket Stadium.
Jos Buttler gained the toss and compelled India to bat first with each groups making no adjustments to their taking part in elevens. This was the first time within the event that India had been compelled to bat first after recording straight 5 wins while chasing. England entered the sport with only one win of their first 5 video games and appeared in good rhythm to show their fortune in Lucknow.
Chris Woakes gave England a flying begin with Shubman Gill‘s early wicket within the fourth over. Rohit produced one other explosive begin by smashing David Willey to 17 runs within the third over however needed to take a step again as India witnessed a surprising collapse.
In-form Virat Kohli was dismissed on a duck for the first time in World Cup historical past after struggling to get off the mark in 9 balls. Shreyas Iyer additionally departed cheaply while trying an enormous shot over the mid-on and India had been down to a few wickets with simply 40 runs on the scoreboard.
KL Rahul and Rohit then pulled off a comeback for India with a 91-run stand for the fourth wicket. Both Rohit and Rahul appeared to have settled for giant knocks however Willey dismissed Rahul to disclaim England a breakthrough. Rahul scored 39 runs off 47 balls.
Rohit top-scored with 87 runs off 101 balls, his fourth fifty-plus rating within the event and in addition accomplished 18,000 runs in worldwide cricket. Suryakumar Yadav additionally performed out a vital knock within the closing phases by smashing 49 runs as India scored 229 runs for 9 in 50 overs.
India Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
England Playing XI: Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (c & wk), Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood
