In the second semi-final of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, India qualified for the final after defeating the defending champion England.
England captain Jos Buttler won the toss and invited India to bat first.
First inning:
When India scored 65 runs for 2 wickets in 8 overs, the match was stopped due to rain and the pitch was covered with covers, but the match resumed after some time.
India did not have a good start against England, Virat Kohli failed to play a big innings this time too and was bowled by scoring only 9 runs.
Newcomer batsman Rishabh Pant also failed to score big and returned to the pavilion for 4 runs, while captain Rohit Sharma and Surya Kumar Yadav played responsible batting and hit attractive shots all around the ground.
However, then Rohit Sharma was dismissed for 57 and Surya Kumar Yadav scored 47 runs. Apart from this, Hardik Pandya returned for 23 runs, Shiv Dubey for zero and Akshar Patel for 10 runs while Jadeja remained not out for 17 runs.
Thus, India scored 171 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the allotted 20 overs.
On behalf of England, Chris Jordan took 3 wickets, Adil Rashid, Topley, Archer and Sam Curran took one wicket each.
Second inning:
Harry Brooke and Jos Buttler scored 25 runs and Jofra Archer scored 21 runs and Liam Livingston scored 11 runs.
England’s Moeen Ali was dismissed for 8, Phil Salt scored 5 runs, Jonny Bairstow was dismissed for zero while Sam Curran and Adil Rashid scored 2 and 2 runs respectively.
India’s Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav took 3 wickets each while Jasprit Bumrah took 2 wickets.
