This World Cup is going like a nightmare for the England team .Last World Cup champions England are unable to perform in the World Cup. So far in six matches, they have won only one match. As a result of one bad loss after another, the former world champions are at the bottom of the points table. England are the only team to lose four consecutive World Cup matches after becoming world champions. Never before has a team performed so poorly in a World Cup after being crowned champion. What is the reason for this poor state of England?
England faced hosts India in their last match. Having lost four of their first five matches they are oalyed against India, who are in great form, this match was much more challenging for the team. India is an unstoppable team in this year's ICC Cricket World Cup. Before this match, the team won all five matches in the World Cup. The team was in the 2nd position in the points table with 10 points with five wins in five matches. On the other hand, England's position is at the bottom.
The match between England and India is held at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow. England captain Jos Buttler won the toss and decided to bowl at the start of the match. The main goal of the team was to restrict the hosts to a few runs by bowling in the beginning. They have largely succeeded in that goal. However, despite restricting India to a few runs, the team completely failed to chase that run.
Captain Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill came into bat for India at the start of England's invitation. However, these two openers failed to color the day. Shubman Gill made his way to the pavilion after the he was dismissed for team total 26 runs. The hosts came under pressure when Virat Kohli and Iyer got out soon after Shubman Gill's departure. Captain Rohit Sharma took the team forward by handling that pressure. Rohit played a great innings of 87 runs off 101 balls. At the other end, KL Rahul gives him worthy company. However, after the departure of these two batsmen, India suffered a batting disaster. In the end, no one could do better except one Suryakumar Yadav. As a result, India's innings stopped at 229 runs.
England openers Jonny Bairstow and David Malan put up an opening partnership of 30 runs in reply to India's 230 runs. This is their highest run pair in the match. Because England's batting disaster started after the first wicket fell for 30 runs. England lost five valuable wickets in the team's 52 runs. Then they lost one wicket after another at regular intervals and were all out for 129 runs. As a result, the team lost by a big margin of 100 runs.
Liam Livingstone played the highest innings of 27 runs for England in this match. Mohammad Shami and Jasprit Bomerar picked up four and three wickets respectively for India. With this victory, the host India team made a record of winning six consecutive matches. As the only unbeaten team, they are at the top of the points table. Who will stop this high performing India?
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