Who Won Yesterday Match
The Indian cricket team led by Rohit Sharma has entered the final after winning the semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2024 against defending champions England by a margin of 68 runs.
Team India had set a target of 172 runs for England to win. But Jos Buttler’s team collapsed after scoring 103 runs in 16.4 overs. Indian spinners, especially Akshar Patel, trapped England’s top order in their spin web and destroyed it. After this, the Indian team did not look back in the match. In the final, Team India will now face South Africa captained by Aiden Markram on June 29 in Barbados.
England won the toss:
In the rain-affected match against India, England captain Jos Buttler won the toss and decided to bowl first.
India had a bad start:
After losing the toss, the Indian team came out to bat first and the pair of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli came out to open the innings. Virat Kohli once again failed to make an impression as an opener. Virat was bowled by Reece Topley after scoring 9 runs off 9 balls. After this, Rishabh, who came to bat, was caught by Bairstow off Sam Curran’s ball. Pant could score 4(6) runs.
Team India lost 2 wickets for 40 runs
After losing two wickets for 40 runs in 5.2 overs, the Indian team looked in trouble. In such a situation, Rohit Sharma got the support of Suryakumar from the other end. Together, the two took the team past 50 runs in 6.1 overs. But the game had to be stopped due to rain at a score of 65 in 8 overs. When the game resumed after the rain, Rohit and Surya took the innings forward. Both completed a half-century partnership in 38 balls for the third wicket and took India past 100 runs in 12.3 overs.
Rohit hit a captaincy half-century
Rohit completed his third half-century of the current World Cup in 36 balls with the help of 6 fours and 2 sixes. But on the third ball of the 14th over, Rohit was deceived by Adil Rashid’s googly and was bowled. Rohit returned to the pavilion after scoring 57 runs in 39 balls. There was a partnership of 73(5) runs between the two for the third wicket.
Surya missed the half-century
As soon as Rohit was out, the Indian team’s score became 113 runs for 3 wickets. Surya got the support of Hardik Pandya from the other end. But after scoring 47(36), Surya was caught by Archer. After this, Hardik batted fast and took India to 146 runs. On the fourth ball of the 18th over, Hardik became the victim of Chris Jordan while trying to hit a six. He played an innings of 23 runs in 13 balls.
India scored 171 runs for 7 wickets
After this, Ravindra Jadeja 17*(9), Axar Patel 10(6) took the Indian team to 171 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. Chris Jordan took the maximum of 3 wickets for England. At the same time, Reece Topley, Jofra Archer, Sam Curran and Adil Rashid got one success each.
England got a steady start
The pair of Jos Buttler and Phil Salt gave England a steady start. Both of them quickly took the score to 26 runs without loss in 3 overs. But after this, Axar Patel, who came to bowl on the first ball of the fourth over, gave England the first blow by getting Joel Buttler caught by Rishabh Pant. Buttler returned to the pavilion after scoring 23(15).
As soon as Buttler was out, England started losing wickets
After Buttler was out, England started losing wickets. Phil Salt and Jonny Bairstow were out in no time. Phil Salt was bowled by Bumrah. He could score only 5(8) runs. Jonny Bairstow was bowled by Axar without opening his account. After losing 3 wickets for 35 runs, England’s team came on the backfoot. In the powerplay, England’s team could score 39 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. In such a situation, the fourth blow came in the form of Moeen Ali. Moeen Ali was stumped on the ball of Kuldeep Yadav. He scored 8(10) runs. On the first ball of the ninth over, Kuldeep gave the fifth blow by Sam Curran.
England’s hopes ended as Brook got out
Amidst increasing pressure, Kuldeep Yadav bowled Harry Brook on the fourth ball of the 11th over, giving England the sixth blow. Brook returned to the pavilion after scoring 25(19). As soon as he got out, all the possibilities of England’s victory ended. Soon after this, Chris Jordan was LB Wing by Kuldeep. Jordan could score only 1 run.
England team collapsed at 103 runs
At the score of 86, Liam Livingstone was run out by Kuldeep in a duet with Akshar. After this, Adil Rashid was also run out by Kuldeep. England lost 9 wickets at 88 runs and finally Bumrah completed the formality of victory by LB Wing Jofra Archer. Archer scored 21(15) runs. England team collapsed at 103 runs in 16.4 overs. Akshar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav took the maximum 3-3 wickets for India. Bumrah got two successes.
Man of the Match:
Axar Patel, who contributed to bowling, batting and fielding, was chosen as the Player of the Match. Axar took 3 wickets for 23 runs. He scored 10(6) runs in batting and contributed to one run out.