Rohit Sharma and company defeated England and entered the final. India was defeated by England in the semi-finals of T20 World Cup 2022.Team India has avenged its two-year-old defeat against the British.
New Delhi. The Indian team led by Rohit Sharma has confirmed its place in the final of the T20 World Cup 2024. After defeating the British, India now has to play the title match against South Africa on 29 June. During this rain-affected match, England captain Jos Buttler won the toss and asked India to bat first. This move backfired on them. Rohit Sharma took full advantage of the wrong decision of the England captain on this difficult pitch. Batting first, Team India scored 171 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 20 overs. In response, the England team was all out for 103 runs after batting 16.4 overs. Let us tell you about the 5 heroes of India’s victory.
Rohit Sharma’s fifty: During the first batting, Team India lost the wickets of Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant cheaply. Despite this, Rohit Sharma stood firm at one end. Along with the new batsman Suryakumar Yadav, Hitman did not let the pace of runs slow down. He scored 57 runs in 39 balls with the help of six fours and two sixes. Due to this fiery innings, India reached a strong position.
Explosive innings of Suryakumar Yadav: Suryakumar Yadav along with captain Rohit Sharma made a crucial partnership of 73 runs for the third wicket. Due to which India’s score could cross 100 runs. Surya did not let India’s run rate slow down at any time. He scored 47 runs in 36 balls. During this, four fours and two sixes came from his bat.
Axar Patel’s brilliance with bat and ball: Akshar Patel, who became the Player of the Match, performed brilliantly with both bat and ball. In the last overs, he scored 10 runs in 6 balls with the help of a six. Then during bowling, he completely defeated the English team. After the English batsmen, Akshar’s bowling was unbeatable. He took three wickets. Apart from Jos Buttler, who looked very dangerous, top batsmen like Moeen Ali and Jonny Bairstow became victims of Akshar. He took three wickets for 23 runs in his four overs.
Kuldeep Yadav’s spin: Chinaman bowler Kuldeep bowled more economically than Akshar. He gave away just 19 runs in his four overs and took three wickets. Kuldeep dismissed the brilliant Harry Brook, Sam Curran and Chris Jordan. Kuldeep and Akshar together broke the back of the entire English batting order.
The magic of Hardik-Bumrah: Hardik Pandya played a short but important innings of 23 runs in 13 balls with the help of two sixes for Team India during batting. At the same time, Jaspreet Bumrah dismissed two English batsmen despite the wicket being spinner friendly.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : June 28, 2024, 06:01 IST