England’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup defense is over – and India is through to the final, winning this semi-final encounter by 68 runs.
England won the toss and chose to field. Captain Rohit Sharma led the way for India, pulling the innings together after the early losses of Virat Kohli. Joined by Suryajumar Yadav at the crease, the two put on a fine partnership – not disrupted by the rain that paused play for over an hour after eight overs. After that, Rohit Sharma bold out scored 57 off 39 balls. Also, Suryakumar followed in the next over for 47. Late in the innings Hardik Pandya’s cameo innings, India scored 171 for a loss of 7 wickets.
Openers Buttler and Phil Salt made a solid start, but the combination of Axar Patel and Jasprit Bumrah took the top order apart. Buttler toe-ended Patel behind into the gloves of Pant for 23 off 15 balls, followed quickly by Salt, bowled by Bumrah for 5. New batsman Bairstow did not trouble the scorers with his three deliveries before Patel bowled him. And Moeen Ali was out for 8 in ignominious fashion, crawling back to his ground while Pant removed the bails – leaving England struggling on 46/4 before the end of the eighth over. Curran was next to fall. Harry Brook was valiant in salvaging something from the innings, hitting an admirable 25 off 19 balls before joining the list of Kuldeep’s victims. After they required 100 runs off their remaining 46 balls. And although Liam Livingstone was still at the crease, he was run out in the next over for 11. Late-order batsman Archer was given out lbw to Bumrah, having made an excellent 21 off 15 balls. Match summary:
