As it happened | ENGvIND: England defeat India by 31 runs

England beat India by 31 runs

England defeated India by 31 runs in a must-win clash to keep their semi-final hopes alive in the Cricket World Cup 2019. 

After opting to bat first under a slightly overcast Birmingham sky, Eoin Morgan-led side set 338-run target for India at Edgbaston on Sunday. 

Chasing the same, India scored 306 runs in their allotted 50 overs. 

KL Rahul departed without even opening his account but the other opener Rohit Sharma smashed a brilliant century before losing his wicket to Chris Woakes. 

Virat Kohli scored 66 and all-rounder Hardik Pandya scored crucial 45 runs. 

Debutant Rishabh Pant looked nervous with his bat in the beginning but scored 32 runs before losing his wicket to Liam Plunkett. 

Earlier, Jonny Bairstow smashed a belligerent 111 and Jason Roy returned from a hamstring injury to feature in the tournament's highest opening stand and power England to a commanding total. 

Bairstow nearly deflected a couple of inside edges on to the stump and Roy got a caught-behind reprieve on 21 when he gloved Hardik Pandya. 

The umpire, however, declared it wide and the Indians deliberated for a while before deciding against reviewing the decision.

England reached the 150-run mark in the 21st over and it took a stunning catch by substitute fielder Ravindra Jadeja in the deep to send back Roy for 66.

Bairstow brought up his eighth ODI century off 90 balls, celebrating by dropping his helmet, stretching out his arms and soaking in the applause.

Mohammed Shami (5-69), who bowled well without luck in the morning, returned to end Bairstow's 109-ball blitz which included six sixes and 10 boundaries. 

India stemmed the run flow in the 30-40 over period but Ben Stokes (79) provided the late assault to help England get close to the 350 mark. 

49th Over

Jofra Archer's final over. 7 runs from this over. 

His bowling figure in this match is 10-0-45-0. 

48th Over

Mark Wood's last over. 6 runs from this over. 

His bowling figure for this match ends with 10-0-73-0. 

47th Over

Jofra Archer comes back into attack. 

5 singles from this over. 

It's his 9th over. 

46th Over

Mark Wood come back into attack to bowl his penultimate over.

He gave 9 runs in this over. 

45th Over

Liam Plunkett's final over. 7 rund from this over and took a wicket also. 

His bowling figure for this match is 10-0-55-3. 

He had replaced Moeen Ali in today's playing XI and did his job perfectly. 

44.5 | Wicket!

Hardik Pandya's short but crucial innings comes to an end.

He scored 45 runs off 33 runs balls. 

James Vince took the catch of Liam Plunkett to dismiss Pandya. 

Next batsman is Kedar Jadhav. 

44th Over

Jofra Archer comes back into attack. 

5 runs from this over. 

43rd Over

Chris Woakes 9th over. 

7 runs from this over. 

42nd Over

Adil Rashid comes back into attack. 

A good over, 5 singles from this one. 

41st Over

Chris Woakes' 8th over. 

9 runs from this over, including a boundary from Pandya's bat on the 5th ball of the over. 

39.1 | Wicket!

Rishabh Pant out. 

Liam Plunkett to Pant, caught out by Chris Woakes. 

Pant World Cup debut and he scored 32 runs off 29 balls. 

Next batsman is MS Dhoni. 

39th Over

A brilliant over for India.

16 runs from this over. 

Including 3 consecutive boundaries from Pandya's bat. 

38th Over

Mark Wood's 8th over. 

6 runs from this over. 

Including a magnificent boundary on the last ball of the over. 

37th Over

India have crossed 200-run mark.

The score is 204-3.

A good over by Chris Woakes. He took the crucial wicket and gave 6 runs. 

36.1 | Wicket!

Rohit Sharma out. 

After scoring 102 runs, Sharma caught out by Buttler. 

Next batsman is Hardik Pandya. 

36th Over

Two beautiful boundaries from Rishabh Pant's bat on the third and last ball of the over. 

This is Wood's 7th over.

A total of 10 runs from the over. 

35th Over

Liam Plunkett continues from the other end.

It's his 8th over. 

three singles and 1 double in this over. 

34th Over

Mark Wood's 6th over. 

6 runs from this over. 

33rd Over

Another expensive one!

Plunkett's 7th over and just like the previous one, 11 runs from this over as well. 

32nd Over

Mark Wood comes back into attack. 

A bit expensive for England as 11 runs came from this over. 

31st Over

Liam Plunkett's sixth over. 

3 runs from this over. 

After 30 overs

The score is 152/2. 

Virat and Rohit were looking good at a moment but a good captaincy decision by Morgan as he brought Plunkett and he took a very important wicket. 

In previous 5 runs. India scored 28 runs. 

28.2 | Wicket!

Virat Kohli out. He departed after scoring 66 runs. 

Liam Plunkett to Kohli, caught out by James Vince. 

Next batsman is Rishabh Pant. 

After 20 overs

India are 83/1. 

At this stage, England were 145/0. 

India's run rate is very slow, now the onus on these two players, Virat and Rohit to accelerate the innings. 

While, one the other hand, England are looking for wickets to break this crucial partnership. 

After 10 overs

India are 28/1

In previous five overs, they scored 19 runs without losing any wickets. 

After 5 overs

The score is 9/1.

Not an ideal start Team India was looking for as they lost a wicket while chasing the mammoth target. 

2.3 | Wicket!

Chris Woakes got the breakthrough. 

KL Rahul departed on a duck. 

A very important wicket for England. 

Woakes to Rahul, caught and bowled. 

Next batsman is Virat Kohli. 

Second innings:

KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma are at the crease to start the run chase and Chris Woakes has launched the bowling attack. 

Innings break:

England post 337/7 against India. 

Scoreboard:

Jason Roy c sub (Jadeja) b Yadav 66
Jonny Bairstow c Pant b Shami 111
Joe Root c Pandya b Shami 44
Eoin Morgan c Jadhav b Shami 1
Ben Stokes c sub (Jadeja) b Bumrah 79
Jos Buttler c and b Shami 20
Chris Woakes c Sharma b Shami 7
Liam Plunkett not out 1
Jofra Archer not out 0

Extras (b2, lb2, w4) 8
Total (seven wickets, 50 overs) 337
Did not bat: Adil Rashid, Mark Wood
Fall of wickets: 1-160 (Roy), 2-205 (Bairstow), 3-207 (Morgan), 4-277 (Root), 5-310 (Buttler), 6-319 (Woakes), 7-336 (Stokes)
Bowling: Shami 10-1-69-5 (1w), Bumrah 10-1-44-1, Chahal 10-0-88-0 (2w), Pandya 10-0-60-0 (1w), Yadav 10-0-72-1

49.4 | Wicket!

Jasprit Bumrah took his first wicket of this match...

Bumrah to Ben Stokes, caught out by Jadeja. 

Stokes scored 79 runs. 

Next batsman is Jofra Archer. 

48.1 | Wicket!

Mohammed Shami struck again. 

Chris Woakes departed after scoring 7 runs off 5 balls. 

Shami to Woakes, caught out by Rohit Sharma. 

Next batsman is Liam Plunkett. 

Shami has taken a five-wicket haul. 

And he is on a hat-trick. 

46.6 | Wicket!

Shami struck again... and took Jos Buttler's wicket. 

Shami missed his line and length in this over but eventually got the breakthrough. 

With Buttler's wicket, India might have saved 15-20 runs. 

Shami to Buttler, caught and bowled. 

Next batsman is Chris Woakes. 

After 45 overs

England's score is 289-4

Ben Stokes 51* (38)
Jos Buttler 9* (3)

Projected score from here is 321 if England score 6 runs per over. 

44.1 | Wicket!

Joe Root out after scoring 44 runs.

Shami struck again and Hardik Pandya took a brilliant catch to dismiss Root.

A brilliant running catch at the deep fine leg. 

Next batsman is Jos Buttler. 

After 35 overs

The score is 211/3.

India have dominated in the previous 5 overs and they managed to take 2 important wickets and gave just 9 runs. 

33.4 | Wicket!

Eoin Morgan out to similar shot he was dismissed against Australia in their previous match. 

It's the short balls that have troubled the English skipper. 

And... Shami struck against to get this important wicket. 

Shami to Morgan, caught out by Kedar Jadhav at the fine leg. 

Morgan scored 1 run off 9 deliveries. 

Next batsman is Ben Stokes. 

31.4 | Wicket!

Mohammed Shami gave another breakthrough as he took a crucial wicket of Jonny Bairstow. 

Shami to Bairstow, caught out by Rishabh Pant standing at the deep cover. 

Bairstow scored 111 runs off 109 balls. 

Next batsman is Engloand skipper Eoin Morgan. 

After 30 overs

England are 202/1.

22 runs in the previous 5 overs.

England cross 200-run mark. 

After 25 overs

The score is 180/1 

In previous five overs, England scored 35 runs and they lost a crucial wicket. 

22.1 | Wicket!

Jason Roy departs after scoring 66 runs off 57 balls. 

Spinner Kuldeep Yadav got the breakthrough. 

Kuldeep to Jason, brilliant catch taken by Ravindra Jadeja.

He took a running catch near the ropes. 

He came running from the long-on, diving forward took a stunner. 

Next batsman is Joe Root. 

After 20 overs

The score is 145/0. 

Jason Roy 62* (51)
Jonny Bairstow 78* (69)

For the first time in this tournament, Indian bowlers are struggling to get their first breakthrough. 

16.4 | Jason Roy's half-century!

After Jonny Bairstow, now Roy has completed his half-century. 

Roy's 16th ODI 50. 

England cross 100-run mark!

The openers have given a terrific start to the team in this must-win game. 

It is their 9th 100-run partnership. 

15.3 | Fifty up for Jonny Bairstow!

Opener Jonny Bairstow has completed his half-century. 

It's his third 50 of this edition of World Cup. 

He completed 50 runs with a magnificent sixer over the long-on. 

After 15 overs

The score is 97/0. 

England are off to an ideal start.

The openers are rotating the strikes and hitting big shots as well. 

In previous five overs, England scored 50 runs. 

After 10 overs

The score is 47/0. 

In the previous 5 overs, England have scored 19 runs without losing wickets. 

Now, India are desperate for wickets to break the partnership between Roy and Bairstow. 

The current run rate id 4.78

After 5 overs

The score is 28/0.

Both the openers are looking good at the moment and they have played some beautiful shots that shows that the pitch is good for batting. 

Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow have opened England's innings and Mohammed Shami launched the bowling attack. 

Both the teams have sung with their national anthems and the game will start in five minutes. 

Toss:

England won the toss and skipper Eoin Morgan opted to bat first against India. 

Rishab Pant will make his World Cup debut as he has replaced Vijay Shankar in India's Playing XI.

For England, Jason Roy has been declared fit and is back in the squad. 

Also, Liam Plunkett replaced Moeen Ali. 

Playing XI:

India: Lokesh Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli(c), Rishabh Pant, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni(w), Hardik Pandya, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah

England: Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan(c), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler(w), Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Liam Plunkett, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood | 

India's new colour:

Virat Kohli-led team will put on a different jersey other than their usual blue as ahead of the World Cup, ICC had issued a guideline, requiring teams to have two different uniforms for all its televised tournaments except hosts England. 

Keeping ICC's verdict in mind, India will be wearing an orange-blue jersey which was unveiled on Friday to distinguish themselves from hosts England who wear a lighter version of blue. 

Virat said, "For one game, it's fine. I don't think permanently we'd be heading in that direction because blue has always been our colour, very proud to wear that. For a change and looking at the occasion, it's a very smart kit." 

Kohli, however, loved the designed and gave it an eight out of 10. "The fit is great, it's a nice change," he said. 

Squads

England: Eoin Morgan (c), Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler (wk), Tom Curran, Liam Dawson, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, James Vince, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood

India: Virat Kohli (c), Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, MS Dhoni (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami, Vijay Shankar, Rohit Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav

Conditions:

There's bright sunshine, the baked pitch on the drier side with a promise of more turn than usual. 

The weather for today's game is set fair and the temperatures will reach as high as 25 degrees Celsius. 

Not to forget the New Zealand's match against Pakistan in which, pitch provided assistance for spin. 

Head-to-head:

Both the teams have played a total of 99 one-day matches. India dominate the tally by winning 53, while England won 41. Two clashes were tied. 

Preview: 

India, with an unbeaten record in six encounters so far, Virat Kohli's men are all but through to the semi-finals with 11 points but a win against England will further tighten their grip at the top and in the process oust the hosts from the global event. 

Not long ago, England were considered to be favourites to win the tournament but Eoin Morgan's men have bungled big time in crucial games, which has now brought them at the verge of exit with only eight points from seven games.

But with their backs against the wall, Eoin Morgan and his boys can be expected to give it their all as they must win their match against India and then against New Zealand to make it to the semis.

For India, playing two wrist spinners in these conditions along with a lethal Jasprit Bumrah could well spell doom for an English side. 

The middle-order batting still remains a concern and Vijay Shankar's performance at number four certainly makes him a weak link.

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