LUCKNOW: India thrashed England by 100 runs maintaining their unbeaten streak in ICC World Cup 2023.
India is the only unbeaten team in the tournament but their vaunted batting line-up faltered against England’s spirited bowling attack with Rohit alone managing a half-century.
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India 229/9 England 129
overs 50 overs 34.5
Put into bat, the hosts slumped to 40-3 in the 12th over before Rohit forged a 91-run partnership with KL Rahul (39) to arrest their slide.
Suryakumar Yadav contributed a breezy 49 down the order and India’s tailenders scored some useful runs towards the end to take them past the 225-mark.
David Willey was the pick of the English bowlers claiming 3-45, including the prized wicket of Virat Kohli, who fell for a nine-ball duck.
England’s title defence is only mathematically alive since they slumped to the bottom of the points table following four defeats in five matches.
Earlier, England won the toss and decided to field first against India in the all-important world match for the visitors.
India
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
Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (c)(wk), Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood
Angry Bangladesh fan hits himself with shoe
Netherlands defeated Bangladesh by 87 runs in the ICC World Cup 2023 on Saturday at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
After the loss, one of the Bangladeshi fans was seen hitting himself with a shoe. He was furious with his team’s performance and took out his shoe to hit on his face.
In Kolkata, the Netherlands handed Bangladesh its fifth straight loss in the tournament when it recorded an emphatic 87-run win. It was the Netherlands’ second big victory against a test-playing nation after it had upset high-flying South Africa by 38 runs at Dharamsala in a rain-reduced game.
The Netherlands bowled out Bangladesh for 142 in 42.2 overs after Dutch skipper Scott Edwards hit 68 off 89 balls and carried the Dutch to 229 when he won the toss and elected to bat first.
