Lucknow: The second semi-final match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 was played between India and England in Guyana.
In this match, the Indian team defeated England by 68 runs and made its place in the final, where they will face South Africa in the final. Let us tell you that in this match, English team captain Jos Buttler won the toss and decided to bowl first and his bowlers dominated a bit in the beginning as they dismissed legendary batsman Virat Kohli on a personal score of 9 runs.Read this also – Rohit Sharma spoke openly on the allegations of Inzamam-ul-Haq, gave a befitting reply
After Virat was out, captain Rohit Sharma took charge and played a half-century innings. Rohit faced 39 balls in this match and scored 57 runs with the help of 6 fours and 2 sixes. India had lost 2 wickets for 40 runs at one point in this match, but after this there was a partnership of 73 runs in 50 balls between star batsman Suryakumar Yadav and captain Rohit. This partnership brought India back into the match and they scored 171 runs for the loss of 7 wickets while batting first.
Surya played an innings of 47 runs in 36 balls in this match and during this, 4 fours and 2 sixes came off his bat. Fast bowler Chris Jordan was the most successful bowler from England, who took 3 wickets giving 37 runs in 3 overs. In this match, Ravindra Jadeja also played an important innings of 17 runs not out.
The English team, chasing the target of 172 runs, started off briskly and scored 26 runs in 3 overs. However, in the fourth over, Akshar Patel came to bowl and he took the big wicket of England captain Jos Buttler on the very first ball of his over.
Harry Brook scored the most runs for England in this match, 25. On the other hand, Akshar bowled brilliantly for India and took 3 wickets giving 23 runs in 4 overs. Apart from him, Kuldeep Yadav took 3 and Jasprit Bumrah also took 2 wickets.Read this also – The most expensive over in 134 years of history, Lewis Kimber hit 43 runs in one over