India beat England in World Cup after 20 years; Hit the ‘six’ of victory in the World Cup
India vs England Full Match Highlights: Mohammad Shami, Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav’s lethal bowling led India to a 100-run win against defending champions England. India batted first and scored 229 runs on a slow Lucknow pitch. In reply, England were bowled out for just 129 runs.
The heroes of India’s victory were fast bowlers Mohammad Shami and Jasprit Bumrah. The duo destroyed England’s top order in a low-scoring match. Shami took four wickets. Bumrah dismissed three English batsmen
Chasing a modest target of 230 runs set by India, England scored 17 runs for no wicket in the first two overs. It looked like England could easily reach the target after that, but Jasprit Bumrah then gave England their first blow by dismissing David Malan for a total of 30 in the fifth over. Bumrah also dismissed Joe Root on the very next ball. Thus England lost two wickets for 30 runs.
After this, Mohammed Shami broke the back of England by dismissing Ben Stokes for a wicket. Shami then bowled Bairstow as well. Thus, England, who scored 30 runs without taking a single wicket, lost four wickets for 39 runs.
The England team could not recover from this initial shock. Shami and Bumrah destroyed England’s top order while Kuldeep Yadav did the rest. Kuldeep dismissed Jos Buttler for a total of 52 runs to give England their fifth shock.
After half the team was dismissed for 52, Moeen Ali and Liam Livingstone started to play cautiously. However, they could not last long. England’s sixth wicket fell on 81 runs in the 24th over. Mohammed Shami dismissed Moeen Ali to seal India’s victory. This was followed by Chris Woakes on 10, Liam Livingstone on 27, Adil Rashid on 13 and Mark Wood on nil. Thus the entire English team was all out for 129 runs.
From India, Mohammad Shami took four wickets for just 22 runs, giving away two maidens in seven overs. Jasprit Bumrah took three wickets for 32 runs. Apart from this, Kuldeep Yadav dismissed two English batsmen by giving 24 runs.