CWC 2023: Kuldeep Yadav’s spin wizardry leaves Jos Buttler dumfounded during IND vs ENG clash

Jos Buttler (Photo Source: Disney + Hotstar)

Team India continued their winning run in the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 as they beat England by 100 runs in Match 29 on Sunday, October 29 at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow. After being put in to bat first, the Men in Blue posted a fighting total of 229/9 in their allotted 50 overs. In reply, England were bundled out for just 129 in 34.5 overs as Mohammed Shami picked a 4-wicket haul.

Left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav also bowled brilliantly as he registered figures of 2/24 in eight overs. The 28-year-old bowled a magical delivery to get the prized scalp of the England captain Jos Buttler (10 off 23) in the 16th over. Kuldeep pitched the ball up to Buttler as the right-hander got on the backfoot to play it. However, the ball turned back into the English batter sharply and he was left dumbfounded losing his stumps in the process.

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Watch the Kuldeep’s magical delivery here:

Kuldeep further dismissed Liam Livingstone (27 off 46) in the 30th over by trapping him in front of the stumps as England were left reeling at 98/8 after 29.2 overs. He has scalped ten wickets in the tournament so far at an average of 26.10 and an economy of 4.50.

Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah hunted in pack

Earlier in the innings, Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah ran through the England top order to restrict them to 39/4 after 9.1 overs. Bumrah (3/32, 6.5 overs) dismissed Dawid Malan (16 off 17) and Joe Root (0 off 1) on back-to-back deliveries and later returned to get the last wicket of Mark Wood (0 off 1) to bundle out England for 129.

On the other hand, Shami got the wickets of Jonny Bairstow (14 off 23), Ben Stokes (0 off 10), Moeen Ali (15 off 31) and Adil Rashid (13 off 20) to register figures of 4/22 in seven overs. Captain Rohit Sharma was awarded Player of the Match for his brilliant innings of 87 (101) on the slow pitch of Lucknow.

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