In the semi-final match between Team India and England in the T20 World Cup, the Tigers of India blew England away. Team India batted first and scored 171-7 runs in 20 overs. In this, Rohit Sharma scored the highest 57 runs. While Suryakumar Yadav scored important 47 runs. In the end, Hardik Pandya scored 23 runs and Jadeja scored 17 runs. While chasing this target, England’s team was all out for 103 runs. Apart from Butler and Brook’s 23 and 25 runs, no England player could stand in front of the Indian bowlers. Know the two important turning points of this match.
Team India had a bad start. The match started late due to rain. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli started cautiously but Virat got out on 9 runs. After Virat left, Pant also came and got out after making a bang. Then Suryakumar Yadav and Rohit Sharma played a restrained and equally aggressive innings on the field. Both scored 73 runs in 50 balls. Rohit Sharma scored 57 runs in 39 balls with the help of 6 fours and 2 sixes. Suryakumar Yadav scored 47 runs in 36 balls. He hit 3 sixes and 4 fours in his innings.
Team India scored 171 runs but Jos Buttler and Salt gave a strong start. Both put 30 runs on the board. Team India looked under pressure in the match. But it was started by Akshar Patel. Patel got out while trying to hit a reverse sweep. From here, England’s innings started leaking. Then Jasprit Bumrah bowled the dangerous Salt and pushed England on the backfoot. After these two wickets, no big partnership was seen from England’s side.
Meanwhile, Akshar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav took the maximum of three wickets each for Team India. Jasprit Bumrah took one wicket. Akshar Patel was awarded the Man of the Match in this match. With this victory, Team India has reached the final and now the match will be played against South Africa on 29 June.
England (Playing XI): Philip Salt, Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper/captain), Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley.
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah.
