India has defeated England by 68 runs in the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup. With this, Team India has entered the final and now it will face South Africa in the title clash. India has also settled the score of the defeat in the semi-finals of the 2022 World Cup. 2 years ago in the semi-finals, England crushed Team India by 10 wickets. While chasing the target of 172 runs, England’s batsmen could not make any big partnership. Half of England’s team was out within 50 runs, after which Team India’s victory was just a formality. England’s team could not even play the full 20 overs and was all out on a score of 103. Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel took the most wickets for India, both these bowlers took three wickets each.
India had given a target of 172
England won the toss and decided to bowl first, which proved costly for them. The Indian team was invited to bat first and the team put 171 runs on the scoreboard. Although rain interfered with Team India’s innings many times, but thanks to Rohit Sharma’s 57 runs and Suryakumar Yadav’s 47 runs, India managed to reach the score of 171 runs. In the last overs, Hardik Pandya scored 23 runs and Ravindra Jadeja stole the show by playing a cameo innings of 17 runs.
Half of England’s team out within 50 runs
England’s team, which came out to chase the target of 172, had a very bad start. The process of wickets falling started with captain Jos Buttler which did not stop till the end. Half the English team had returned to the pavilion within 50 runs. Captain Jos Buttler contributed 23 runs and Harry Brook contributed 25 runs. By 15 overs, England had lost 8 wickets for 86 runs. Since there were only 2 wickets left, scoring 86 runs in 5 overs seemed almost impossible.
England collapsed under pressure
England had a good start as the team scored 26 runs in 3 overs without losing a wicket. But within the next 23 runs, 5 batsmen of the English team returned to the pavilion. At one point, the team’s score was 49 runs for the loss of 5 wickets. In fact, the first 26 runs were the biggest partnership between any 2 players of England. The biggest reason for England’s defeat was the lack of any big partnership. 7 batsmen of the team could not even touch the double digit mark.