England bowlers led by David Willey kept India down to 229-9 despite skipper Rohit Sharma's 87 in a must-win ICC World Cup 2023 league stage clash for the defending champions on Sunday.

Willey, a left-arm quick, returned figures of 3-45, including the prized wicket of Virat Kohli for a nine-ball duck, after England elected to bowl at Lucknow in search of a victory to cling on to their slim hopes of making the semi-finals.