NEW DELHI: England bowlers fired in unison to limit India to a beneath par 229 for 9 on the tough Lucknow floor on the World Cup on Sunday. Left-arm pacer David Willey led the assault together with his three-fer as pacers shared 6 wickets between them.
Whereas the England quicks did the early injury, spinners bowled fantastically within the center overs to maintain the India batters in test all through the innings.
Regardless of Rohit Sharma‘s valiant 87 and Suryakumar Yadav’s brisk 49, different batters didn’t step up as India batted first for the primary time within the event after England received the toss and opted to bowl.
Throughout the innings break paceman Chris Woakes acknowledged that he and his fellow bowlers bowled with self-discipline, one thing the defending champions lacked within the earlier matches.
“Good to do nicely with the brand new ball. It was good to get again in rhythm, we bowled in the best areas immediately. Selecting up wickets is all the time good, we put them below strain early on. I missed my lengths earlier within the event, was a bit irritating, however I hit the best areas immediately. The fielders backed up the bowlers and that set the tone for us. It is two paced with the brand new ball. Hopefully the circumstances get higher below lights. It is a good Indian facet, hopefully we bat nicely and chase it down,” mentioned Woakes.
The all-round effort from the English bowlers helped them limit India to their lowest whole on this World Cup.
Whereas the England quicks did the early injury, spinners bowled fantastically within the center overs to maintain the India batters in test all through the innings.
Regardless of Rohit Sharma‘s valiant 87 and Suryakumar Yadav’s brisk 49, different batters didn’t step up as India batted first for the primary time within the event after England received the toss and opted to bowl.
Throughout the innings break paceman Chris Woakes acknowledged that he and his fellow bowlers bowled with self-discipline, one thing the defending champions lacked within the earlier matches.
“Good to do nicely with the brand new ball. It was good to get again in rhythm, we bowled in the best areas immediately. Selecting up wickets is all the time good, we put them below strain early on. I missed my lengths earlier within the event, was a bit irritating, however I hit the best areas immediately. The fielders backed up the bowlers and that set the tone for us. It is two paced with the brand new ball. Hopefully the circumstances get higher below lights. It is a good Indian facet, hopefully we bat nicely and chase it down,” mentioned Woakes.
The all-round effort from the English bowlers helped them limit India to their lowest whole on this World Cup.
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India presently have 5 wins in 5 matches whereas England have misplaced 4 out of their 5 matches and are in determined want of a win to stay alive within the semi-final race.
