Thanks to captain Rohti Sharma’s brilliant half-century and Mohammad Shami’s accurate bowling, India defeated England by 100 runs here today and registered their sixth consecutive victory in the Cricket World Cup and knocked on the threshold of the semi-finals.
The Indian team has reached the top of the table with 12 points in six matches. Chasing the target of 230 runs for victory, the England team was bowled out for only 129 runs in 34.5 overs. For India, Mohammed Shami took the most four wickets while Jasprit Bumrah took 3 wickets and Kuldeep Yadav took two wickets. Ravindra Jadeja got a wicket.
India played first despite a poor start with captain Rohti Sharma’s 87 runs, Suryakumar Yadav’s 49 and K.L. Thanks to Rahul’s 39 runs, scored 229 runs with the loss of 9 wickets in 50 overs. Virat Kohli, who is chasing Sachani Tendulkar’s 49 hundreds, could not even open the account. Chasing the target, England’s top order batsmen could not stay ahead of the Indian bowlers and half of the English team returned to the pavilion on 52 runs. This is the fifth defeat in six matches for the current champions England.
The chances of the team led by captain Jos Buttler reaching the semi-finals are almost over.
Liam Livingstone was the top scorer for the team with 27 runs. Rohti Sharma was selected as ‘Player of the Match’. Meanwhile, Rohti Sharma also completed his 18,000 runs in international cricket matches today. He scored his 54th half-century in ODIs.
In memory of Bishan Singh Bedi, the Indian team played with a black armband
Lucknow: In the match against England here today, the Indian cricket team played by tying a black armband in memory of the legendary spinner and former captain Bishan Singh Bedi. Bedi passed away on October 23. The Board of Control for Cricket in India said in a statement immediately after the start of the match, “The Indian team will wear black armbands in today’s match in memory of Bishan Singh Bedi (77) who passed away on October 23.” It should be mentioned that Bishan Singh Bedi led India in 22 Test matches from 1976 to 1978. He represented the country in a total of 67 Test matches and 10 one-day matches between 1967 and 1979 and also captained the team in 4 one-day matches.
