India v England LIVE: Cricket World Cup result and reaction as defending champions beaten by 100 runs
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England have slumped to yet another heavy defeat, this time collapsing in a run chase as India claim victory by 100 runs to maintain their flawless start to their Cricket World Cup.
The defending World Cup champions have lost four matches in a row, are all but eliminated and had no answers to the bowling of Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah. They both starred in the powerplay as England collapsed from 30 without loss to 39 for four and were unable to recover and even get close to the total.
India, meanwhile, have been outstanding, Rohit Sharma’s side have won every game to justify their position as favourites with real quality and depth with the bat and ball.
Liam Livingstone top-scored with 27 in a sorry-looking scorecard for England, but that should take nothing away from India who were exceptional.
The hosts all but secured their place in the semi-finals with a win and maintained the form shown in the win against 2019 runners-up New Zealand. Follow all the updates from the match below and the latest tips and betting preview here.
India 73-3 (20) Rohit 44, KL Rahul 16, Wood 0-13 (3)
Wood goes down briefly after sticking out a hand to field the ball. There was a moment of concern, given what happened to Reece Topley against South Africa which resulted in a broken finger and saw him ruled out for the tournament.
India 70-3 (19) Rohit 43, KL Rahul 14 Rashid 0-17 (5)
Rashid has not been expensive here, and has bowled well. But has not come that close to taking a wicket so far.
KL Rahul chops one towards backward point.
Three runs from the over.
India 66-3 (18) Rohit 42, KL Rahul 12, Wood 0-10 (2)
KL Rahul has chased one outside off there and missed it, that will be encouraging for Mark Wood.
There is not a lot of pace in this wicket and the bounce has kept relatively low.
But just as that happened, Rahul has a boundary, the edge has gone fine and to the boundary, it is cheered by the crowd like it came off the middle of the bat.
India 62-3 (17) Rohit 42, KL Rahul 7, Rashid 0-14 (4)
Rohit has perfectly found the gap for another boundary, he is so important to this India innings now.
India will want to keep this partnership going as long as possible and try and put the pressure back on England.
India 51-3 (16) Rohit 37, Shreyas 5, Wood 0-5 (1)
The brilliant spell from Woakes has come to an end and England turn to Mark Wood for an injection of pace and something else for the batters to contend with.
Wood struck Rohit on the pad and he has been given out! The India captain reviews...there’s no bat involved.
But DRS shows the ball missing the stumps and that might be the biggest cheer from the India crowd all day.
The next ball following that reprieve, is smashed to the boundary for four and that brings the first drinks break.
India 50-3 (15) Rohit 33, KL Rahul 4, Rashid 0-7 (3)
India have 50 runs! The milestone came in the 15th over, and the crowd has definitely been subdued a bit here with England definitely on top.
Rashid will have his third, and just the one run from it.
India 49-3 (14) Rohit 33, KL Rahul 3, Woakes 2-23 (7)
Rohit has gone for another big hit! Haven’t seen any sign of that in the last few overs, but that one is smashed down the ground from the final ball of Woakes’s seventh over for 4.
Rohit is not going to dig in and take it slow.
India 42-3 (13) Rohit 28, KL Rahul 1, Rashid 0-6 (2)
Another tight over from Rashid...and will Woakes have another?
India 40-3 (12) Rohit 27, KL Rahul 0, Woakes 2-16 (6)
KL Rahul has been on good form so far this World Cup, but it has been a dream start for England, who have looked to remind everyone why they are defending double world champions.
It has been a significant improvement from the defeats to Afghanistan and Sri Lanka.
An excellent over from Woakes.
Wicket! Shreyas Iyer out for 4! India 40-3
Woakes has been exceptional and he almost had another, Shreyas Iyer wafts at one and again it falls just short of Joe Root at slip.
But he has another wicket! Shreyas has gone for a big shot, and that one was back of a length and just top-edged up and was a straightforward catch for Mark Wood.
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