The last time India faced England in an ICC tournament in India, the two sides played out a thrilling tie in the 2011 ICC Men’s ODI World Cup in Bengaluru.
England went on to lose in the quarter-final to Sri Lanka, while India won the title.
Fast forward 12 years and England are now under the pump in the 2023 ICC Men’s ODI World Cup – the defending champions have lost four of five matches played and sit second from the bottom with two points.
Their biggest defeat so far was against South Africa while the quickest was against Sri Lanka. They were also the stunned by Afghanistan. Their only win this tournament has come so far against Bangladesh.
India however, are at the top of the table, having won five from five, all in dominating fashion against Australia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh and New Zealand.
In the last three years, India have seen a fair amount of success against the defending champions – both in the three-match series in Pune last year and in England in 2021.
The last time the two teams met at a World Cup though, in the 2019 edition, eventual champions England beat India by 31 runs to end the latter’s unbeaten run in the tournament.
The heroes of that match, Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes, haven’t had the best…
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