ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: ICC ODI World Cup 2023 There is immense enthusiasm being seen among the sports lovers in Lucknow regarding the match between India and England. Both the teams have reached for this match to be held at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in the capital. Team India also practiced before the match to be held on 29 October. All the batsmen including captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli sweated for a long time in the nets. KL Rahul and Shubman Gill were seen in great excitement during practice. The bowlers also practiced there. Virat Kohli was also seen practicing bowling. Team India, which is on top of the points table after winning five consecutive matches in the World Cup 2023, will try to continue its winning campaign by defeating the current world champion England. While Team India would like to secure the semi-final ticket by winning this match, on the other hand, England will have the aim of maintaining their chances in the World Cup by winning this match. The England team will practice at Ekana Stadium on Saturday. Meanwhile, the match between Team India and England at the Ekana Cricket Stadium is expected to be the most interesting of the three World Cup matches held so far.
chances of scoring runs
Due to India’s match in the ICC ODI World Cup 2023, there will be a gathering of players and sports lovers from across the country and the world in Lucknow, while everyone’s eyes are once again fixed on the pitch of Ekana. Actually, after the instructions of Team India coach Rahul Dravid, the grass has been cleared from the pitch. During Team India’s practice, Ralu Dravid went to pitch curator Sanjeev Agarwal and asked him to clean the grass on the pitch. After this the ground staff has cleaned the grass growing on the pitch. Due to this, there is a possibility of a lot of runs being scored here. According to pitch experts, the figure may even reach beyond three hundred. Along with this, due to the bounce on the pitch, it will also prove beneficial for the fast bowlers. If we look at the first three matches of the World Cup, spinners can also leave their mark here. In this way, there will be a tough battle between the ball and the bat in this important match.
Waiting for Virat Kohli’s big innings with captain Rohit
Sports lovers are waiting for the big innings of Virat Kohli along with captain Rohit in the first match of Team India in World Cup Cricket at Ekana Stadium. In the match against Lucknow Supergiants under IEPL, Rohit could not do wonders and could score only 37 runs. Team India will expect a great start from captain Rohit, who is in excellent form in the World Cup cricket. On the other hand, in-form star Virat Kohli will enter the field of Lucknow for the second time. Earlier, under the IPL, he played a match for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Lucknow Supergiants, where he played an inning of 31 runs. Sports lovers are expecting Virat Kohli to score a big score in the match against England.
Fast bowler Bumrah sweated in practice
Fast bowler Bumrah also sweated during practice, everyone’s eyes are on him too. Sports lovers are also curious about Team India’s star Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav in the match to be held at Ekana Cricket Stadium. Kuldeep has so far taken eight wickets in five World Cup matches at an average of 29.62. During this period, his economy rate was 4.74 runs, which makes him different from other bowlers. Talking about Ekana Stadium, Kuldeep Yadav was a part of India in the first match held on 6 November 2018. In this match, he took two important wickets for 32 runs. India won this match by 71 runs. After this, Kuldeep played a T-20 match against New Zealand in Lucknow on 29 January this year, in which he took one wicket for 17 runs. India won this match by six wickets.
Team India can field with five bowlers
This match to be held in Ekana on 29th October can be played on a red clay pitch. In such a situation, one fast bowler can be reduced and experienced off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin can be given a chance. It is believed that like the match against New Zealand, the team management can field five specialist bowlers in Lucknow. The weather in Lucknow is likely to remain clear during the match. According to Zonal Meteorological Centre, Lucknow, the sky will be sunny and the weather will be completely clear. Also there is no possibility of rain. The weather is expected to remain generally dry.
Matches played at Ekana Cricket Stadium
Team India has so far played two T20 and one ODI match at Ekana Cricket Stadium. While the Indian team registered spectacular victories against West Indies and Sri Lanka, the Shikhar Dhawan-led team had to face defeat by South Africa by nine runs in the ODI. In such a situation, the host team will enter the Ekana Stadium with the aim of winning the first ODI. If we talk about the three World Cup matches held so far in Ekana Cricket Stadium, the batsmen have got a lot of help so far. Now the cold has increased late in the evening. In such a situation, it is easier to chase the target when dew falls, the team chasing the target will have more chances of victory.