ICC World Cup 2023: Bumrah, Shami take two each as England 39-4 in pursuit of 230 against India

Jasprit Bumrah (Pic: AFP)

Paceman Jasprit Bumrah took two wickets as India left England tottering at 39-4 in their chase of 230 in Sunday's ICC World Cup 2023 league stage clash.

Bumrah struck on successive balls to send back Dawid Malan, for 16, and Joe Root, for nought, to be on a hat-trick at a deafening and nearly-packed Ekana Stadium in Lucknow.

Jonny Bairstow played out the hat-trick ball but England soon lost Ben Stokes, bowled by Mohammed Shami to raise India's hopes of defending the total. Mohammed Siraj then brought the house down when he bowled Bairstow for 14 as 46,000 fans, largely all Indian in blue jerseys, roared.

Earlier England fast bowlers David Willey and Chris Woakes shared five wickets between them to restrict India to 229-9 after the defending champions elected to bowl in their hunt for victory. The 2019 champions sit bottom of the 10-team table with four defeats from five matches.

India expected a lot from Shreyas Iyer, but the right-handed batsman had to leave the crease for 4 runs after Woakes picked his wicket in the 11.5 overs (IND 40-3).

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In the meantime, 'Men in Blue' skipper Rohit Sharma continued to play singles and build up the inning. In the 14.2 overs, India reached the 50-run mark after playing 86 balls. After playing 150 balls, India crossed the 100-run mark in the 24.6 overs. Willey dismissed KL Rahul in the 30.2 overs for 39 runs from 58 balls (IND 131-4).

In the 36.5 overs, Adil Rashid bagged a big wicket in the game after he dismissed Rohit for 87 runs from 101 balls (IND 164-5). In the second powerplay, the 'Men in Blue' scored 145 runs. On the other hand, Jos Buttler's side bagged three wickets. Ravindra Jadeja was removed from the crease by Rashid in the 40.3 overs for 8 runs (IND 182-6).

Mohammed Shami too couldn't stand still infront of the English pacers and was dismissed in the 41.2 overs after scoring just 1 run (IND 183-7). In the 45.1 over, India crossed the 200 runs after Suryakumar Yadav smashed a six over the fine-leg. Suryakumar was unlucky after missing his half-century for just one run when Willey picked his wicket in the 46.2 overs (IND 208-8). In the last ball of the inning, Jasprit Bumrah was dismissed after a run out from Jos Buttler (IND 229-9). In the third and last powerplay of the first inning, India bagged 49 runs.

(With inputs from agencies)