IND VS ENG - 29th Match, ICC Cricket World Cup 2023

India's juggernaut rolls on, six wins on the trot and they go to the top of the table. Won the first five batting second and have registered a 100-run victory despite posting just 229 on the board. They continue to be the only unbeaten side of the competition and have one foot in the semi-final. For England, it was another forgettable performance with the bat. They continue to remain at the bottom of the table and are virtually out of the semi-final race. A couple of nail-biters, followed by a couple of encounters where moderate totals were defended. On that note, it's time to bring the curtains down on this match. We have two all-Asian encounters in the next two days with all the four teams currently placed in the bottom half of the table. Don't forget it tune in. Until then, it's goodbye from Abhinand Raghavendran, Abhinav Guha, Nikhil Jadhav, Pradeep Krishnamurthy and Harish.

Rohit Sharma: 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. 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. (On India's new ball bowling) It's not something you see everyday. When you start your innings, you have to somehow try and get a couple of wickets to put the pressure back on the opposition. With the experience that our seamers have now, you can always rely and bank on them to get those crucial breakthroughs. That's exactly what our seamers did. They exploited the conditions pretty well. There was swing, there was lateral a bit of lateral movement as well. They put the ball in the right areas to create that doubt in the batters' mind. (Best bowling attack?) I think so. We have a good balance, couple of good spinners, and the seamers have a lot of experience playing in these conditions. There's a fair bit of options and experience as well. It's very important that the batters put runs on the board, give them something to work with and then rely on them to do the magic.

Jos Buttler: Very disappointed. At the halfway stage, chasing 230 and seeing how wet it got, we fancied ourselves, same old story. I wasn't sure if dew would come or not. Just the gut feel said that we wanted to chase. That's as good as we've been with the ball throughout the tournament. We created good pressure, we bowled well, took wickets. If you said we are chasing 230, we would have been happy with that. Personally, I wanted to try and soak some pressure up, come through that phase and then build a partnership and sort of kill the momentum that India had. It's about committing and executing your skill. Chasing 230, there wasn't scoreboard pressure. It's about trying to come through that phase. We are just falling short whichever way we are doing it at the minute. Our answers on a postcard, I think. Some top players and we are a long way short of our best. Excellent start in the powerplay, the guys found some movement, there was a bit of indifferent bounce as well, the ground fielding was good. It felt like today was the day where it was all turning around, but the way we batted, didn't back that up. (On Champions Trophy 2025 qualification) We are aware of that, we've still got lots to play for.

STAT: 59th win for India in World Cups going past New Zealand's 58; only Australia have won more (73)
This is the first instance of England losing four World Cup matches in a row.

Most matches lost by a defending champion in a World Cup
4 Australia in 1992
4* England in 2023

England totals last three ODIs
170 vs SA (22 overs)
156 vs SL (25.4 overs)
129 vs Ind (34.5 overs)
They were never bowled out for under 200 in successive World Cup matches previously.

Six bowled dismissals in England's innings - the joint second most in a World Cup game behind East Africa's seven against England in 1975

Most bowled dismissals by India in an ODI
6 vs SL Sharjah 1986
6 vs WI Kolkata 1993
6 vs Eng Lucknow 2023

Rohit | Player of the Match: Looking at where we were after the first 10 overs it was really important to create that partnership with KL Rahul. It was a challenging pitch, it got better to bat on as the game progressed, but happy with that win. I have got experience, it's not only about going out there and playing my shots (got to assess the conditions and situation) as well. It was necessary for me to create that partnership with KL. I still felt we were 20 runs short (at the halfway stage). Batting against the new ball was a bit challenging, the ball got softer and it wasn't easy rotating strike either. Like I said we were 20-30 runs short, but I will take that win any day..

Bumrah kept bowling in the tight channels and provided the early breakthroughs via back-to-back wickets. Malan chopped on and Root was trapped plumb in front for a golden duck. Shami got the ball to nip around and was almost unplayable. Stokes tried to slog his way out of trouble but in vain as he departed for a duck and Bairstow followed him immediately. It was top-class pace bowling from the Bumrah-Shami duo. England couldn't recover from that blow. Kuldeep bowled a ripper to clean up Buttler. That was the killer blow. Barring Siraj, all the Indian bowlers were relentless as they defended 229 comfortably. Stick around for the presentations...

21:22 Local Time, 15:52 GMT, 21:22 IST: India have thrashed the defending champions in front of a packed stadium in Lucknow. On a tricky two-paced deck, the hosts were asked to bat and they lost three of their top four batters for single-digit scores. Captain Rohit Sharma adapted to the conditions and top-scored with a classy 87 and forged a crucial 91-run stand with KL Rahul. SKY's 49 and the 21-run stand for the ninth wicket took India's total to 229. At the halfway stage, England would have been the happier side as dew had already taken effect. They even scored 30 runs off the first 27 balls, but something spectacular followed that and England were blown away.

Bumrah to Mark Wood, out Bowled!! India won by 100 runs. 140.9kph, yorker, too good for the No. 11. Wood can't bring his bat down in time and the ball hits the base of the sticks. Bumrah, who set the tone with back-to-back wickets, fittingly wraps up the proceedings. Mark Wood b Bumrah 0(1)

Bumrah to Mark Wood, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

Bumrah to Willey, 1 run, 141.3kph, another yorker outside off, squirted to the left of backward point

Bumrah to Willey, no run, 141.4kph, yorker, jammed to cover

Bumrah to Willey, SIX, second six for Willey! Banged in short, leg-lined and Willey hooks it away over fine leg. Usd the bowler's angle and pace to his advantage

Bumrah to Willey, no run, 139.2kph, short of length delivery from round the wicket, Willey looks to punch and inside-edges to mid-wicket

Mark Wood, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Shami to Adil Rashid, out Bowled!! And Shami does have four now, this is serious bowling from the Indian pace duo. Was very full and kept coming back into the right-hander, Rashid prodded across and was then looking to work it square on the on-side, the ball burst past the inside edge and crashed into the off-pole, which lay shattered and on the ground, so are any hopes of a miracle by England. Adil Rashid b Shami 13(20) [4s-2]

Shami to Adil Rashid, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

Shami to Adil Rashid, FOUR, cracking shot, England will try and keep fighting,w idth on offer and Rashid crashes the drive past cover, the fielder in the deep is very square and has no chance

Rajarshi: Although Shami has picked few wickets as compared to that match against New Zealand, tonight's spell will be remembered for a long, long time...

Shami to Adil Rashid, wide, another short delivery, another attempted pull by Rashid, he misses and it's called as a wide

Shami to Adil Rashid, wide, Shami thinks he has a 4th wicket, but the umpire calls it as a wide - short and down leg, Rashid was shaping for the pull and missed

Shami to Adil Rashid, no run, that's nasty, but Rashid did play it well - banged in short and it kept rearing onto the right-hander, Rashid hops up, loosens the bottom hand and then fends it away, the ball dropping at his feet