IND vs ENG: Rohit hit a fifty, Surya hit 47, but did not get the Player of the Match award, who deserved it?

New Delhi. The Indian team has entered the final by defeating England in the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2024. Now India will face South Africa in the final. The credit for taking India to the final goes to Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel. On whose strength Team India made it to the final. Everyone performed well. But who became the Player of the Match? Let’s find out.

Actually, after the India vs England match, the Player of the Match award was given to Akshar Patel. Akshar bowled brilliantly in this match and took a total of 3 wickets. He dismissed England’s first 3 batsmen Jos Buttler, Moeen Ali and Johnny Bairstow. After the dismissal of these three players, the England team weakened and kept losing wickets continuously. Apart from taking 3 wickets, Akshar also scored 10 runs in 6 balls.

For India, captain Rohit Sharma took the responsibility of scoring runs along with Suryakumar Yadav. Both of them together added 73 runs for the third wicket. After playing an innings of 57 runs in 39 balls, Hitman was bowled by Adil Rashid in the 14th over. Soon Suryakumar Yadav was also out on Archer’s ball after scoring 47 runs in 36 balls. But his score was enough to defeat England. Kuldeep Yadav also bowled brilliantly in the match and took a total of 3 wickets.

FIRST PUBLISHED : June 28, 2024, 06:02 IST

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