New Delhi: India took a perfect revenge of the 2022 T20 World Cup semis loss against England by thrashing them in the semifinal of 2024 edition on Thursday by 68 runs. With this ultra-dominating victory, the Men in Blue booked their place in the final of the showpiece event and will take on South Africa in the final match on Saturday.
Indian bowlers rout England
India bowlers wrecked havoc on the English batters after they were off to a brisk start. Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav proved to be the magicians for the Men in Blue as they picked three wickets each, not allowing the batters to settle down. Two wickets were picked by pace spreadhead Jasprit Bumrah and the other two players got run out as India completed dominated the game almost right from the beginning.
England never looked perfectly placed in the chase apart from the first 2 to 3 overs. Once they lost the first wicket of Jos Buttler, the others started following him back to pavilion. Earlier, Team India rode on superlative knocks from skipper Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav. While Rohit played a pivotal knock of 57 runs, Surykumar scored 47 as India accumulated 171 in the stipulated 20 overs.
After India’s majestic win, social media erupted in joy as the Men in Blue were successful in completing the revenge and snatching the defending champions tag off the English side.
Here are some of the reactions.
INDIA TOOK A PERFECT REVENGE OF 2022 SEMIS. 🇮🇳
– England defeated India by 10 wickets in the 2022 Semi Final.
– India took all 10 wickets of England in the 2024 Semi Final. pic.twitter.com/7OKz2yvrsT
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) June 27, 2024
BCCI POSTER FOR TEAM INDIA 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/ME0PV35hN9
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) June 27, 2024
India into finals 🔥🔥 Jay Shah making sure India wins #ICCT20WorldCup 🔥🔥#T20IWorldCup #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/xTU2c91PDB
— Aman Kumar (@AmanKum_) June 27, 2024
#INDvENG #wct20 pic.twitter.com/D7EsNHiG2p
— PolliTickle (@PolliTickles) June 27, 2024
As tough as the clash seemed to be, the Men in Blue made it look so easy with a dominant effort in Guyana. While the Proteas look to be an easy opponent as compared to England, but nothing can be predicted as it’s the World Cup final.
India thrashed England by 68 runs in the second semifinal in Guyana to setup T20 World Cup final clash against South Africa on Saturday. Cricket Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
