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Dominant India drive the knives deep into England’s hapless World Cup campaign

2023-10-30T06:55+11:00

India’s perfect World Cup record remained intact after a dominant win over England overnight.

In Lucknow, the host nation made it six from six this tournament with a 100-run victory over a hapless England who have fallen to new lows in what has been an insipid title defence.

India now sits atop the table, two points clear of South Africa and four points ahead of both New Zealand and Australia.

Indian captain Rohit Sharma starred with the bat, making 87 (off 101 balls) to set his side up for a total of 9/229 from their allotted 50 overs.

Suryakumar Yadav also chimed in with 49 (off 47 balls) and KL Rahul helped out with his 39 (off 58 balls) as India went about putting together a defendable total.

David Willey (3/45 from 10) and Adil Rashid (2/35 from 10) were the pick of the England bowlers.

In response, England barely put up a fight and were dismissed for 129 in the 35th over.

Mohammed Shami did the damage with the ball, finishing with figures of 4/22 (from 7 overs) including the crucial wickets of Jonny Bairstow (14 off 23) and Ben Stokes (0 off 10).

No.7 Liam Livingstone top scored for the English with 27 (off 46 balls) to highlight how grim their batting performance was.

England, the 2019 champions, have now fallen to bottom of the points table with just one victory from six matches and the worst net run rate in the competition.

They next meet the in-form Australia in Ahmedabad on Saturday after India take on Sri Lanka in Mumbai on Thursday in pursuit of a seventh straight win.

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