AFP | Lucknow
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Mohammed Shami led some inspired bowling as India defeated England by 100 runs yesterday to remain unbeaten in the World Cup and almost knock the defending champions out of the semi-final race.
England, who were chasing an elusive 230 for victory in Lucknow, collapsed to 129 all out in 34.5 overs, suffering their fifth loss in six matches and missing out on defending their title at the mercy of a mathematical miracle.
The hosts have won six of the same number of matches and are virtually guaranteed a place in the semi-finals. Captain Rohit Sharma scored 87 runs as India improved to 229-9 and looked below average, but it was enough for an England team struggling with poor pitching. Proven.
Man of the Match Rohit said: “It was a great performance. We can win any time.” Shami finished the match with 4 wins and 22 losses, with fellow speedy Jasprit Bumrah taking three wickets and fireworks in the sky.
England got off to a disastrous start and slumped to 52-5 as Bumrah took wickets in successive balls to complete a hat-trick and Shami combined to pick up two more runs. Bumrah sent back Dawid Malan for 16 points and Joe Root for none, but Jonny Bairstow parried his hat-trick ball.
England soon lost Ben Stokes to Shami’s bowling, raising India’s hopes of a total defense, before he bowled Bairstow for 14 and 46,000 fans, mostly Indians in blue jerseys, Amidst the roar, the house was defeated.
Wickets continued to fall with skipper Jos Buttler being bowled by Kuldeep for 10 and Shami sending Moeen Ali packing for 15 as the end neared.
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England’s left-arm quick David Willie picked up a record of 3 wins and 45 losses after opting to bowl, including picking up the valuable wicket of Virat Kohli with a nine-ball duck.
The unbeaten hosts lost three wickets early on, including two to Chris Woakes, and slumped to 40-3, but Rohit steadied the innings and KL Rahul, who scored 39, and KL Rahul, who scored 39 runs, scored 91 runs. established a position. Rohit was given a reprieve for 33 but he survived. Although out of pound, the opener reconsidered the decision in his favor by tracking that the ball would have missed leg stump.
Rohit reached 50 for the second time in this tournament, and also reached 100 in the match against Afghanistan, and the nearly full 50,000-seater stadium erupted in jubilation. The captain and Rahul, who was back at home for the IPL after sustaining a serious injury earlier this year, kept the scores ticking until Willie broke the stand with Rahul’s wicket.
“I know that he has the experience to react as the situation demands rather than just coming out and taking shots all the time,” Rohit added. “My job there was to use that experience to help the team and get the game as deep as possible. Even after that, I still felt like we were about 20 points short.”
Rohit continued to fight on but fell to leg-spinner Adil Rashid after holing out to deep wicket, where he was caught low by Liam Livingstone. Kohli, who withstood his 16th duck in ODIs, is one century away from equaling all-time great Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 4,900 runs in the 50-over format.