In the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup, the fear of sports lovers had increased because the England team was in front. Because the memories of the 2022 World Cup were coming back. Because then England defeated India by 10 wickets. But now India has avenged this defeat. Although India lost the toss but the decision was of Rohit Sharma. India batted first. India scored 171 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs and challenged 172 runs for victory. The England team could score only 103 runs in 16.4 overs. India won this match by 68 runs. The most important contribution in this victory was of Akshar Patel. Akshar is known as Bapu in the Indian cricket team. In the match against England, Bapugiri really started. England players looked dominant in the first three overs. But the fourth over was taken and Akshar Patel scored the most runs on the very first ball.
Axar Patel dismissed the dangerous Jos Buttler and Team India was on the way to victory. Jos Buttler was playing after scoring 23 runs off 15 balls. Therefore, his wicket was very important. After this, Rohit Sharma once again handed him the sixth over. Then K blew away Bairstow’s bat on the very first ball and did not let him even open his account. Axar Patel came to take the eighth position for the team and third position personally. He dismissed Moeen Ali on the very first ball. Pant stumped him behind the wicket without making any mistake. Axar Patel scored 23 runs in 4 overs and took 3 important wickets. For this performance, he was awarded the Man of the Match award.
Akshar Patel also gave his best performance in batting. He hit a six in the death over and took the team past 170. This six of his also came at a strategic moment. After this match, Akshar Patel spoke his mind. “I have bowled in the powerplay before, so the plan was that I have to bowl in the powerplay. The ball was going to stick to the wicket. So tried to bowl in the right area. The wicket was slow, so I tried to bowl slow balls in this match, it worked for me. Akshar Patel said, “If I had bowled fast, it would not have worked.”
