Rohit Sharma’s 109-ball 102, his third century in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, went in vain as England defeated India by 31 runs at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Sunday.
With the victory, England kept their h♚opes of sea𝄹ling a spot in the semifinals alive.
Brief scores: England 337/7 in 50 overs (Jonny Bairstow 111, Stokes 79, Mohammed Shami 5-69, Jasprit Bumrah 1-44) be꧋at India 306/5 in 50 overs (Rohit Sharma 102, Virat Kohli 66, Liam Plunkett 3-55, Chris Woakes 2-58) by 31 runs.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
England back on track. Too good a team to miss out. I don't see them losing to New Zealand now.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
The unbeaten run comes to an end. A hard day at the o꧋ffice for the boys. The business end of the tournament is still up fo💞r grabs. Come on boys let’s regroup and get back on track.
— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina)
Never mind Team india you guys fought well🅠 chin up and only way from here upwards well played congratulations class 👍
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
All said, however, great performance by England under pressure, battling to s🙈tay alive in tournament
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)
Great performance … 👍👍👍
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
Jason Roy, who marked his return to the side after injury with a blistering half-century, celebrates England's win with his dad 👨👩👦 |
— ICC Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup)
BOOM! Fantastic win by England – superb batting, bowling & fielding just when we needed it most. Congrats to & the team.
Three more performances like that & we🐟’ll be World Champions. 👊👍— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan)
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Congratulations to England for the win. Time to reg𒈔roup and get back on track next against Bangladesh 💪💪
— BCCI (@BCCI)
This is India's first loss during the league stage of a since losing to South Africa at Nagpur in 2011. Since then had won 12 consecutive matches during the league stage.
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman)
🏴 – 337/7, 50 Overs
🇮🇳 – 306/5, 50 OversShami's 5-fer and Rohit's ton were not enough as the hosts hand their first loss of ! 😔
PC:
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders)
India's unbeaten run at comes to an end!
England win by 31 runs to move b🐬ack into fourth and give their semi-final hopes a huge boost.
How good is this tournament?!
— ICC Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup)
What a knock 👊! Pure maturity / class in difficult circumstances. Was privileged to chat wi𝄹th him the other day where I learnt about his deep thinking abilities. As a🐎 leader he said relies on hard data for decision making.
— Vikram Sathaye (@vikramsathaye)
