India thrashed defending champions England by 68 runs in the second semi-final in Providence on Thursday to reach final of of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024. India will take on South Africa in the final of the mega event on June 29.
Chasing a challenging 172-run for victory, England kept losing wickets at regular intervals and were all out at 103 in 16.4 overs. Harry Brook was the highest scorer who made 25 runs. Skipper Jos Buttler made 23, Jofra Archer 21 and Liam Livingstone 11 runs. No other batter could enter the double figures. Player of the match Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav bagged three wickets each and Jasprit Bumrah had two while Liam Livingstone and Adil Rashid were run out.
After being asked to bat first by England skipper Jos Buttler, India scored 171/7 in the allocated 20 overs despite losing key wickets of Virat Kohli (9) and Rishabh Pant (4) during the powerplay. Skipper Rohit Sharma was the top scorer with 57 runs followed by Suryakumar Yadav who made 47.
Hardik Pandya scored 23, Ravindra Jadeja 17 and Axar Patel 10 runs. Chris Jordan bagged three wickets while Reece Topley, Jofra Archer, Sam Curran and Adil Rashid had one each.
India Playing XI: 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Virat Kohli, 3 Rishabh Pant (wk), 4 Suryakumar Yadav, 5 Shivam Dube, 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Axar Patel, 8 Ravindra Jadeja, 9 Arshdeep Singh, 10 Kuldeep Yadav, 11 Jasprit Bumrah
