In the World Cup 2023, the Indian team played its 6th match against England at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. In this match, the Indian team displayed its magic and achieved the sixth consecutive win. Batting first, India scored 229 runs, in response to which England completely fell apart. The Indian team was playing its 100th match under the leadership of Rohit Sharma and Hitman made it memorable. After the victory, in the press conference, Rohit Sharma got angry at his batsmen.
Rohit Sharma’s big statement:
After the 100-run win against England, captain Rohit Sharma looked unhappy with the poor performance of his batsmen. He said, “Looking at where we were after the first 10 overs, it was really important to build a partnership with KL Rahul. It was a challenging pitch and it got better to bat on as the game progressed. It was a game, there was a lot of character in the team. All our experienced players stood up at the right time and we got the game. Seeing the way the tournament was going, we had to come here and bat. We just wanted to reach a score with which we could fight. We were not good with the bat. Losing three wickets is not an ideal situation.”
Match status:
Batting first, India scored 229 runs losing 9 wickets. Apart from Rohit Sharma’s 87 runs for Team India, Suryakumar Yadav played an important inning of 49 runs, in response to which England’s batting department completely disintegrated. No batsman from England could play a big innings. Jonny Bairstow played an inning of 14 runs, while David Malan scored 16 runs. Apart from this, Joe Root and Ben Stokes became victims of golden duck.
Important innings of Rohit Sharma:
Indian captain Rohit Sharma’s bat is performing well in the World Cup 2023. He played a brilliant inning of 87 runs in this match. This innings included 3 sixes and 10 fours. His innings came at a time when one batsman after another was returning to the pavilion. Rohit has scored 398 runs in 6 matches in World Cup 2023. During this period, he has scored 1 century and 2 half-centuries.
