"Best All-Round Attack": England Great Hails Team India After Win vs Defending Champions

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After India mauled defending champions England on Sunday, former English opener Michael Atherton heaped praise on the hosts

The Indian innings closed at 229/9 in 50 overs. The Indian batters, who had been going great guns going into this match, failed for once. Batting talisman Virat Kohli fell for a nine-ball duck while opener Shubman Gill (9) and middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer (4) were also dismissed for single-digit scores.

However, a typically aggressive but controlled hand from skipper Rohit Sharma, who fell 13 shy of a century (87 off 101 balls with 10 fours and three sixes), KL Rahul (39 in 58 balls, with three fours) and Suryakumar Yadav (49 in 47 balls, with four boundaries and a six) took the hosts to a respectable total on a challenging surface.

David Willey (3/45) was the pick of the bowlers for England while leggie Adil Rashid and leggie Chris Woakes (2/33) were also among the wickets.

Tearaway Mark Wood scalped a solitary wicket.

Chasing 230, England were rocked early, with 'Boom, Boom' sending back opener Dawid Malan and former skipper Joe Root.

With the exception of Liam Livingstone (27), who briefly looked to take the fight to the Indian bowlers, England were never really in the game. Mohammed Shami (4/22) and Jasprit Bumrah (3/32) knocked the stuffing out of the English batting while Kuldeep Yadav (2/24) and Ravindra Jadeja (1/16) also shared the spoils.

Rohit Sharma won the 'Player of the Match' for his gusty knock in his 100th match as captain across formats.

With the win on Monday, India went top of the points table with 12 points. England dropped to the bottom with just one win and five losses in six matches.

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