IND vs ENG, ODI World Cup: Mott questions Root’s dismissal; concedes Indian bowlers put England below strain

Midway via its ODI World Cup match in opposition to India in Lucknow on Sunday, England knew it had greater than half an opportunity after it pinned down the house facet to 229.

But any hopes of a tournament-reviving win have been rapidly snuffed out by an environment friendly Indian bowling unit, which bowled the English facet out for 129.

England coach Mathew Mott too felt {that a} win was in sight after the way in which his group began off.

“I was really pleased at the halfway mark. I thought it was definitely our best bowling and fielding effort. And we went out to bat with a lot of positivity. We got to none for 30 and were well placed. But anytime you lose four for ten, you put yourself under pressure and it unravelled again from there unfortunately,” mentioned Mott after the sport.

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England’s top-order collapse was triggered by Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah, who eliminated Dawid Malan and Joe Root back-to-back. Mott, although, identified that the latter’s wicket was an unfair blow for his facet.

“I wasn’t sure about Joe’s [Root] one, how pretty clear on the technology there was a little spike there, so I’m not sure why we didn’t use that. But then it happened bang, bang and we’re under pressure and they bowled extremely well,” added Mott.

This was England’s fifth defeat in six video games and with it, its hopes of defending the title it gained at dwelling in 2019 has all however ended following a disastrous marketing campaign this day trip, which has sparked rumours of a fractured dressing room.

“I think anyone that’s inside our tent at the moment would say that despite our results, we’re an incredibly tight-knit unit. Dave Humphries, who’s a former rugby international, was flabbergasted just how tight the unit was when he came in for a week to observe us, given the results that we’ve had,” mentioned Mott.

Earlier at this time, ICC introduced that this ongoing World Cup will act as a qualifier for the 2025 Champions Trophy – the highest seven, together with host Pakistan will enter the competitors. England at present rooted on the backside of the factors desk is below a real menace of lacking out on the match.

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It [Champions Trophy qualification] will give us lots of focus. We’ve obtained to show up and play and win these video games. And we’re clearly up in opposition to some good groups in these previous few video games as nicely. So, that’s loads of motivation for us to choose ourselves again up off the canvas and preserve attempting to throw punches,” mentioned Mott.

England all-rounder Liam Livingstone, who top-scored for England, opined that the pitch had nothing to do together with his facet’s heavy defeat.

“It was a difficult pitch. It was spinning a fair bit. I think it came on nicely for the seamers too. It got dewy too in the second innings. I don’t think it was a horrendous pitch. Ultimately, we fell short,” mentioned Livingstone.