In the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup, England defeated India and reached the final where they will face Pakistan on Sunday. Engla...
In the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup, England defeated India and reached the final where they will face Pakistan on Sunday.
England qualified for the final by defeating India by 10 wickets, with England captain Jos Buttler and Alex Hales putting on a 170-run partnership to lead their team to a historic victor
In India's chase of 169 runs, English opener Alex Hales completed an aggressive half-century, scoring 50 runs off just 28 balls.
In the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup, India has set England a target of 169 runs for victory.
In the second semi-final of the event being played in Adelaide, England won the toss and invited India to bat first.
When India opened the innings, in the second over, Lokesh Rahul became the wicket of Chris Woakes after scoring just five runs.
After the fall of the first wicket, Virat Kohli came to support Rohit Sharma and both played a responsible game and did not allow any more wickets to fall in the power play.
The two players added 47 runs but Rohit Sharma lost his wicket trying to play a big shot on a total of 56, he scored 27 runs off 28 balls.
Surya Kumar Yadav played a few big shots after coming on but was caught easy by Phil Salt trying to hit a six off Adil Rashid, he scored 14 runs off 10 balls.
After the fall of three wickets, Hardik Pandya came to the wicket and he added 61 runs along with Virat Kohli to take the score to 136.
Virat Kohli once again played a responsible innings and scored a half-century but the batsman who scored 50 runs off 40 balls became the wicket of Chris Jordan.
From the other end, Hardik Pandya continued his aggressive batting streak and paved the way for his team's big score by scoring 20 runs in an over from Sam Karan.
India scored 168 runs for the loss of five wickets in the allotted overs, Hardik was hit on the last ball of the innings after scoring 63 runs off 33 balls with the help of five sixes and four fours.
Earlier, England decided to bowl first in the match after winning the toss.
Two changes have been made to England's squad for the match, with Phil Salt and Chris Jordan replacing David Mullan and Mark Wood in the final XI.
India captain Rohit Sharma said that he would have decided to bat first if he had won the toss.
The Indian team has not made any changes in the team for the match and has retained the winning XI of the previous match.
Both the teams for the match consist of these players.
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Lokesh Rahul, Virat Kohli, Surya Kumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammad Shami, Arsdeep Singh.
England: Jos Buttler (captain), Alex Hales, Phil Salt, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Liam Livingston, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid.
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