World Cup 2023: India become second-most successful team in tournament, and other stats

Rohit Sharma-led India made it six wins out of six matches in the 2023 Cricket World Cup with a 100-run demolition of England in Lucknow on Sunday.

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Having opted to field first, David Willey (3/45) was the pick of the England bowlers as they restricted India to 229/9, but not without a fightback from Rohit (87) and Suryakumar Yadav (49).



In their reply, England got off to a horrendous start after Jasprit Bumrah struck to remove Dawid Malan and Joe Root in the fifth over.

Things only went worse for the defending champions, with Mohammed Shami (4/22) also joining the party to help them see off England for 129 in 34.5 overs.

Multiple records were set during the match as England crumbled to their fifth defeat in six matches this World Cup. Let’s take a look at some of the stats:

• Their defeat to India on Sunday was their fourth consecutive loss in the 2023 World Cup, and fifth overall. This was the first time that England lost four matches in a row in the World Cup
• With the win, India overtook New Zealand for second-most number of wins in the World Cup. India now have won 59 matches in the World Cup overall, only behind five-time champions Australia, who tops the list with 73 wins. New Zealand are third with 58 victories.
• England were dismissed for just 129 against India. In their last two matches against South Africa and Sri Lanka prior to this, England were all out for 170 and 156 respectively. This was the first time England were bowled out for a total of less than 200 in successive World Cup matches.
• Rohit Sharma got to 18,000 runs in international cricket during the match. He became only the fifth Indian cricketer to do so, after Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Virat Kohli.
• Rohit Sharma also became the seventh India captain to lead his country in 100 matches or more across all formats.
• Virat Kohli was dismissed for a nine-ball duck against England. This was also the first time that Kohli was dismissed for a duck in an ODI World Cup match.
• Sunday also witnessed the third time that India inflicted six bowled dismissals in an ODI. The previous occasions were against Sri Lanka in Sharjah in 1986 and against West Indies in Kolkata in 1993.