Team India led by Rohit Sharma literally struggled to add flesh to the scoreboard against England in the 29th match of the ICC Men’s ODI World Cup 2023 tournament at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.
On a tough batting wicket, the majority of the Indian batsmen struggled except Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav. Rohit Sharma was the pick of the batters as he scored an impeccable 87 including 10 fours and 3 maximums.
Suryakumar Yadav played pretty well as he scored 49 runs to his name. In the end, India ended up at 229/9 in 50 overs and set up a target of 230 for England. In response, England got off to a good start, with the help of Dawid Malan and Jonny Bairstow as the duo added 30 runs before things started to collapse for the Three Lions.
Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah ran riot by ripping through the defence of England’s batting line-up. Shami took four wickets whereas Bumrah took three wickets. In the end, England were bowled out for just 129 runs and lost the game by a huge margin of 100 runs.
Swiggy savagely trolls England after a horrible defeat
After the game, Swiggy, a popular food-delivery portal savagely trolled England in the wake of horrible defeat. Swiggy took to their official X handle and then posted a picture along with the caption which reads, “Another 5-star delivery.” The picture highlights England’s defeat delivered.
After the match, Indian captain Rohit Sharma said, “This was the game, a lot of character in the squad. When the times were tough, all our experienced players stood up at the right time and got the game for us. Looking at how the tournament has gone for us, batting second in the first five games, we had to come and bat here.”
“We were challenged upfront, they bowled pretty well upfront. For us to get to a total on a pitch that had something in it, we just wanted to get to a total where we could play with it. We were not great with the bat today. Losing three wickets isn’t the ideal situation,” he added.
“When you are in a situation like that, all you are looking to do is create that long partnership, which we got. But couple of guys threw it at the end, including myself. All I was thinking was to be positive, the balls in my area I want to put it away, that’s how you put pressure back on the bowlers and the opposition as well. When you look at the overall picture, I thought we were 30 runs short,” the Indian captain concluded.