India get revenge crush England to reach T20 World Cup final 2024

 

India get revenge 

crush England to reach T20 World Cup final2024

England beat India by 10 wickets in Adelaide in the semi-finals in 2022. Buttler scored 80 not out that night but this time his dismissal, caught off the toe end to left-arm spinner Axar Patel’s first ball started the slide.

Salt was tied down in his eight balls before he was bowled trying to slog Jasprit Bumrah down the ground.

Bairstow was also bowled. He played a wild drive to Axar, who took 3-23, and was beaten on the inside edge. Moeen’s dismissal was comical as he drifted out of his crease, unaware of where the ball had gone after being hit on the pad, and was stumped.

Sam Curran went plumb in front to wrist-spinner Kuldeep, who also bowled Brook around his legs.

If Moeen’s dismissal looked poor, Liam Livingstone’s was worse. He was sent back by Jofra Archer running for a single and was left well short.

As much as England were bad, credit must go to India, who charge into the final with

 momentum.

India’s only concern is the form of Virat Kohli. He was bowled by Reece Topley in the third over for nine as his run of low scores continued.

Crucially, with five to his name, Rohit cut hard in the air off Archer but the ball went through Phil Salt at backward point before he could get a hand to it.

Rohit rode his luck early as he looked to be aggressive, but played the match-winning partnership with Suryakumar, after Rishabh Pant was caught at mid-wicket off Sam Curran.

When they resumed on 65-2 off eight overs after the rain delay, Livingstone and Adil Rashid battled to restrain them but Curran was struck for 19 in one over.

Rohit was bowled by a Rashid googly that kept low and Suryakumar skied an Archer slower ball to long-on just as they threatened to take the game away.

From there England battled to limit the damage, with Chris Jordan dismissing Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dube in consecutive balls but not before Hardik had struck two flat sixes in 23 from 12 balls, while Ravindra Jadeja added 17 not out late on.

Livingstone and Rashid were the pick of the bowlers but that was only a sign of what was to come from Kuldeep and Axar.