Former Indian all-rounder Suresh Raina reunited with Virat Kohli during India’s World Cup fixture against England at Lucknow’s Ekana Stadium on Sunday. The duo met each other after the hosts posted 229/9 in 50 overs. Right before the second innings began, Raina bumped into Kohli and the duo hugged each other warmly.
Both Kohli and Raina shared the dressing room during India’s triumphant campaign in the 2011 ODI World Cup. While Kohli remained in the squad for the latest edition of the tournament Raina became part of the broadcast team in Lucknow.
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Suresh Raina played his last ODI game for India against England back in 2018 in Leeds. The star all-rounder couldn’t make much impact in that match, scoring just a run in four balls and remaining wicketless in his two-over spell. India went on to lose that game by eight wickets after Joe Root scored an unbeaten 100 off 120.
India continued an unbeaten run in the World Cup as the hosts cantered to a 100-run win over the defending champions England to inch closer to the semi-finals.
Rohit held the innings together with a gritty knock laced with 10 fours and three sixes on a tough pitch while adding 91 runs for the fourth wicket with KL Rahul. Suryakumar Yadav made a crucial 49 in the back end for India to go above 200, which was initially deemed as a below-par total.
England had scored 30 runs off their first 27 balls in their chase, but after that, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami, along with Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav, blew England away with a fantastic show of accuracy to skittle the listless defending champions for 129 in 34.5 overs.
While Shami took 4-22, Bumrah was superb in 3-32. Kuldeep was great in 2-24 while Jadeja took 1-16 as India went on top of the table with 12 points. England lost their fifth match in a row and are now staring firmly at the exit door.
(With Agency Inputs)
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