World Cup 2023: India posts 229 after Rohit's brilliant innings

In the ongoing clash between India and England at ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, the defending champions bowled clinically, restricting India to a below-par total of 229/9 in 50 overs at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. 

Innings Break!

Captain Rohit Sharma top-scores with 87 as #TeamIndia set a 🎯 of 2⃣3⃣0⃣

Second innings coming up shortly ⏳

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England's skipper Jos Butler won the toss and invited India to bat first in the twenty-ninth game of the multi national event. Indian batters failed to continue domination in the ICC's top event despite a brilliant knock from skipper Rohit Sharma. Shubman Gill was the first batter to be dismissed by Chris Woakes in the first powerplay after scoring 9 runs off 13 deliveries. England bowled tight lines and lengths in the powerplay making the batters difficult to score runs. Virat Kohli was praised in the process of scoring a fancy shot to get off the mark as he was dismissed by David Willey for a nine-wicket duck. This is his first duck this year in ODI cricket and first ever in the World Cup. India were 27/2 in 6.5 overs. 

End of powerplay.#TeamIndia move to 35/2 after 10 overs.

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England continued their brilliant bowling performance dismissed Shreyas Iyer soon thereafter bringing KL Rahul into the middle to continue the battle with skipper Rohit Sharma. India was 40/3 in 11.5 overs. The batting duo took the innings further and added 91 runs for the fourth wicket in 111 deliveries before KL Rahul played a fancy shot and got dismissed by David Willey after scoring 39 runs off 58 deliveries including three boundaries.

Rohit's brilliant knock

Rohit continued the innings with Suyakumar Yadav adding 33 runs for the fifth wicket. However, Rohit fell 13 runs shot off his century as he handed a simple catch to a deep mid-wicket fielder off Adil Rashid's ball. He scored 87 runs including ten boundaries and three maximums. Adil gave a second blow by dismissing Ravindra Jadeja for a mere 8 runs while Mark Wood scalped Mohammed Shami's wicket. 

8⃣7⃣ runs
1⃣0⃣ fours
3⃣ sixes

Captain Rohit Sharma's gritty knock comes to an end 👏👏#TeamIndia 165/5 after 37 overs.

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Suryakumar Yadav was the second leading run-scorer of the Indian innings. He fell short of a run from completing his half-century and was dismissed after scoing 49 runs off 47 deliveries including 4 boundaries and a maximum. After SKY's departure, Jasprit Bumrah played some run-scoring shots to keep the Indian innings up and running by adding 21 runs with Kuldeep Yadav for 9th wicket partnership. Bumrah (16) was runout on the last ball of the innings. 

RASH AGAIN! 😍

Ravindra Jadeja is caught plum in front trying to sweep and the finger goes up.

🇮🇳 1️⃣8️⃣2️⃣-6️⃣#EnglandCricket | #CWC23 pic.twitter.com/rE910uCjCn

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David Willey was the pick of bowlers from the English side, who scalped three wickets. While Chris Woakes and Adil Rashid scalped two wickets each. Mark Wood claimed Mohammed Shami's wicket.

Another wicket for Willey 🤝

Suryakumar Yadav doesn't get hold of it and is caught at deep point by Chris Woakes. India 8️⃣ down!

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Brief Scorecard:

India: 229/9 in 50 Overs (Rohit Sharma 87, Suryakumar Yadav 49, KL Rahul 39; David Willey 45/3) vs England