Jun 28, 2024
Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel took 3 wickets each as India thrashed defending champions England by 68 runs in Guyana to set up a T20 World Cup final against South Africa.
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England, set a challenging target of 172, slumped to 103 all out inside 17 overs, with Kuldeep finishing with 3-19 and Patel taking 3-23.
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India captain Rohit Sharma laid the foundations by top-scoring with 57 in a total of 171-7 after his side was sent into bat by England skipper Jos Buttler.
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India were 40-2 in the powerplay after Virat Kohli (9) and Rishabh Pant (4) both fell cheaply.
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But a third-wicket stand of 73 between Rohit and Suryakumar Yadav (47), spanning a rain delay of over an hour, turned the tide.
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Jos Buttler launched England's reply with a brisk 23 but fell to Patel's first ball while attempting to reverse sweep caught by wicketkeeper Pant.
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Fellow opener Phil Salt was then clean bowled by Jasprit Bumrah's well-disguised slower ball.
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Axar Patel bowled Jonny Bairstow for a duck, Moeen was stumped by Pant and when Sam Curran was lbw to Kuldeep, England were 49-5 in the ninth over.
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Liam Livingstone was run out for 11 after a dreadful mix-up with Jofra Archer, who struck a couple of sixes but Bumrah had him LBW to end the match.
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India will now play South Africa -- also unbeaten at this tournament after a nine-wicket hammering of Afghanistan in their semi-final -- in the final in Barbados.
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