In the second semi-final of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, India set a target of 172 runs to the defending champion England for victory.
India scored 171 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the allotted 20 overs, captain Rohit Sharma scored 57 runs.
In the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup, the teams of defending champions England and India are facing each other in Guyana, the toss was delayed due to rain.
However, due to a delay of about one and a half hours, the toss took place and England captain Jos Buttler won the toss and invited India to bat first.
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’s innings
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, in such a situation, 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.