Alex Hales and Joss Butler beat India
In the second semi-final of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Adelaide on Thursday, England defeated India by 10 wickets behind the 170 run partnership of Alex Hales and Jos Butler. When facing Indian bowlers early in the innings, the opening British pair put on a particularly impressive performance in Adelaide. Early in the inning, Hales took care of the Indian bowlers as Butler took a backseat. The England skipper eventually joined the fray late in the innings, though, as England was comfortably in control of the game.
With their partnership with England,they chased 169 for all ten wickets and 24 balls. Hales was undefeated with 86 out of just 47 deliveries, while Butler was 80* out of 49 deliveries. did. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma tried to form a partnership, but the English bowlers’ very tight bowling prevented them from scoring immediately.
Rohit was out in his 9th over of the innings with 27 of 28 deliveries and Surya Kumar Yadav soon after he died on 14. However, Kohli and Pandya continued to garner attention and delve deeper into the game. Kohli was sacked shortly after scoring 50 in 18 overs. However, Pandya continued to attack, leading India to a competitive 168/6 in 20 overs. Pandya’s efforts saw India add 68 runs in his last five overs, of which 54 were by Pandya’s bat.
This will see England reach the final, where they will face Pakistan at the MCG on Sunday. Coming into the bat, India went 6-for-168 after Virat Kohli’s 40-ball 50 and Hardik Pandya’s 33-ball 63.
Jos Butler (80), produced overwhelming 50s in consecutive opening games.Chris Jordan returned to England with his 43 for 3, while the Indian bowler looked sad and went without a wicket.
Ind vs Eng T20 World Cup 2022 Semi-final Match Short Results
India:168 for 6 in 20 overs (Hardik Pandya 63, Virat Kohli 50; Chris Jordan 3/43, Adil Rashid 1/20).
England: 170undefeated in 16 Over (Alex Hales 86, Joss Butler 80, Arshdeep Singh 15
