Axar Patel and Rohit Sharma have fun a wicket throughout their semi-final match towards England within the ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2024 at Windfall Stadium in Guyana on June 27, 2024.
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Skipper Rohit Sharma’s grace was matched by the may of Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav as India exorcised the ghosts of 2022 by handing defending champions England a 68-run thrashing to enter the ultimate of the T20 World Cup in Georgetown on June 27.
Rohit thus turned the primary Indian captain to steer the nation in three ICC international finals in an area of 12 months — 2023 World Take a look at Championship, 2023 ODI World Cup and now the T20 World Cup.
The Indian skipper, who has all the time obtained flak for not scoring on large days, contributed a useful 57 off 39 balls on a monitor the place the ball persistently stored low, as India posted 171 for 7 in 20 overs.
Credit score also needs to be given to Suryakumar Yadav for his 47 off 36 balls and Hardik Pandya for his two mighty sixes in a 13-ball-23. Ravindra Jadeja (17) and Axar Patel (10) additionally chipped in with helpful contributions.
In reply, England misplaced 5 wickets on the midway stage and by no means recovered to be all out for 103 in 16.4 overs.
Axar (3/23 in 4 overs) and Kuldeep Yadav (3/19 in 4 overs) shared the spoils with the ball. The redoubtable Jasprit Bumrah (2/12 in 2.4 overs) did his bit with a traditional gradual off-cutter that noticed the again of the damaging Phil Salt.
The 2007 champions will meet South Africa within the remaining in Barbados on June 29.
In 2022, India have been pummelled by 10 wickets within the semi-final at Adelaide after England had restricted them to the same whole. However the circumstances at Windfall Stadium made batting troublesome.
The grasp tactician Rohit learn the pitch’s riot act even earlier than the beginning and knew that dealing with Kuldeep and Axar on this monitor was going to be a really troublesome ask.
On a monitor the place the balls stored low, all one wanted was to bowl wicket-to-wicket and Axar did precisely that, forcing Jos Buttler to play an indiscreet reverse sweep whereas Jonny Bairstow and Moeen Ali have been fooled by the tempo of the deliveries.
On the different finish, Kuldeep additionally diversified his tempo with a misleading loop and deliveries that turned sharply into the batters, making their life troublesome. The fielding was additionally good.
Temporary scores
India 171 for 7 in 20 overs (Rohit Sharma 57, Suryakumar Yadav 47, Hardik Pandya 23, Chris Jordan 3/37, Adil Rashid 1/25, Jofra Archer 1/33, Reece Topley 1/25, Sam Curran 1/25) England 103 in 16.4 overs (Axar Patel 3/23, Kuldeep Yadav 3/19, Jasprit Bumrah 2/12).
