India will lock horns with England in the 2nd Semi Final of the ICC T20 World Cup at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday, 9th of November.
India will lock horns with England in the 2nd Semi Final of the ICC T20 World Cup at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday, 9th of November. England finished on the second spot in Group 1 (7 points), with 3 wins, 1 loss and 1 abandoned game due to bad weather. On the other hand, India finished on the first spot in Group 2. The Men in Blue won 4 out of their 5 encounters gathering 8 points. This game has all the making of going down to the wire, the winner will go up against Pakistan in the final of the T20 World Cup.
England started the tournament with a convincing win over Afghanistan in a tricky run-chase. But then came one of the biggest upsets of the World Cup, where they lost against Ireland in a rain-affected match. The situation turned into a nightmare when the match against their arch-rivals Australia, was called off due to rain at the MCG. England faced the in-form New Zealand side and steamrolled them gaining 2 important points. They got through the finishing line with ease against Sri Lanka confirming their spot in the Semi-Finals with a good run rate.
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The momentum was there with India right when the World Cup started as Virat Kohli took India past the finishing line in the battle between the arch-rivals Pakistan. They eased past against Netherlands, but lost to South Africa in their next game. They bounced back well with a hammering victory over Bangladesh. In their final group game, the Men in Blue tore apart Zimbabwe to guarantee a table-top finish.
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Wicketkeeper: Jos Buttler (VC)
Batters: KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav
All-rounders: Hardik Pandya (C), Moeen Ali, Ben Stokes
Bowlers: Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Sam Curran, Mark Wood
India predicted XI: Rohit Sharma(c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant(wk), Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, R Ashwin, Mohammad Shami, Arshdeep Singh
England predicted XI: Jos Buttler(c and wk), Alex Hales, Phil Salt, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Adil Rashid, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood