New Delhi. The ICC T20 World Cup 2024 is in its final stages. Afghanistan’s thrilling 8-run win over Bangladesh has set the tournament’s semi-final lineup. India and Afghanistan from Group 1 and South Africa and England from Group 2 have made it to the last 4. In the first semi-final, ‘Giant Killer’ Afghanistan will face South Africa (Afghanistan Vs South Africa) on June 27, while India will face England (India Vs England) in the second semi-final on the same day.
As for Team India, they will face England in the T20 World Cup semi-finals for the second time in a row after the Indian team suffered a crushing defeat in the 2022 semi-final. 10 wickets. This time the Rohit Sharma brigade will have a chance to avenge the previous defeat. The two teams have met each other 4 times in the T20 World Cup so far and both have won twice. While the Indian team won in 2007 and 2012, the England team lost in 2009 and 2022. The competition is likely to be tough this time as well but the lethally-economic bowling, Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav and Hardik Pandya’s all-round performance could prove to be the X factor for Team India. However, England also have a good all-rounder in the form of Sam Curran but he has not been able to make much of an impact with the bowling. Captain Rohit Sharma’s explosive innings against Australia must have put the England camp under pressure.
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The first T20 World Cup match between the two countries was played in Durban in the inaugural tournament in 2007. Team India won the match by 18 runs, which became memorable due to 6 sixes hit by India’s Yuvraj Singh off Stuart Broad’s over. The two teams met again in the 2009 World Cup. England won this match at Lord’s by 3 runs. After this, in the 2012 World Cup in Colombo, India defeated England by a huge margin of 90 runs, while in the 2022 semi-final in Adelaide, England embarrassed Team India by winning by 10 wickets.
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Rohit, Virat, Hardik and Buttler have good records with the bat
As for the current players of both the teams, India’s Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya have done well with the bat against England in the past while Buttler has batted for England. Rohit was unbeaten once in 3 innings of 4 T20 World Cup matches against England and scored 91 runs at an average of 45.50 and a strike rate of 131.88 and Virat scored 90 runs in two matches at an average of 45.00 and a strike rate of 125.00. Hardik played an innings of 63 runs at a strike rate of 190.90 in his only match against England in 2022. However, Gautam Gambhir (129 runs in three matches, average 43) has scored the most runs for India against England in the T20 World Cup.
On the other hand, Jos Buttler has scored the most runs for India vs England in T20 WC. In batting, he and Phil Salt can be the biggest threat for Team India this time. Buttler has scored 91 runs in two matches at an average of 91.00 and a strike rate of 149.18, including a magnificent innings of 80 not out in the 2002–22 semi-finals. Alex Hales also scored an unbeaten 86 in this match but he is not part of the English team this time.
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All the bowlers of the current Indian team have an empty ‘account’ against England.
In the bowling department, Harbhajan Singh is India’s most successful bowler against England in the T20 World Cup. He has taken the highest 8 wickets in four matches against England in the tournament. Irfan Pathan has also taken 5 wickets against England in two matches. Along with this, there is also a fact that no bowler of the current Indian team could take a single wicket against England in the T20 World Cup. Current Indian team Arshdeep Singh, Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel played in the match against England in 2022 and all three went ‘wicketless’. Jasprit Bumrah, the ‘trump chord’ of Team India in bowling, did not get a chance to play against England in the T20 World Cup, while the ‘Chinaman’ is playing in the T20 World Cup for the first time.
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5 England batsmen have a strike rate of 150+ in the current World Cup.
Be it Test, ODI or T20 format, playing aggressive cricket is the habit of England. Even in the T20 World Cup 2024, England’s batsmen have scored quick runs by ‘attacking’ the opposition bowlers. So far opener Phil Salt has scored 183 runs in 7 matches at an average of 45.75 and a strike rate of 166.36 and captain Jos Buttler has scored the highest 191 runs at an average of 47.75 and a strike rate of 159.16. Apart from these two, Harry Brook (120 runs at an average of 120 in three innings of 7 matches), Liane Livingstone (61 runs at an average of 20.33 in three innings) and Moeen Ali (61 runs in three innings at an average of 15.75 in 4 innings) also have a strike rate above 150. is The Indian team will have to make a solid strategy to get these strong batsmen out soon. In the bowling department, Jofra Archer and Adil Rashid (9 wickets each) have been the team’s most successful bowlers this season. Chris Jordan has also taken 7 wickets including a hat-trick.
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Only one Indian batsman has scored runs with a strike rate of 150+.
In the current World Cup, only Rohit Sharma has scored runs for India with a strike rate of over 150, scoring a team-high 191 runs (average 38.20 and strike rate 159.16). Apart from Rohit, Hardik Pandya (116 runs), Rishabh Pant (167 runs), Suryakumar Yadav (149 runs) and Shivam Dubey (107 runs) have also scored more than 100 runs so far. In bowling, Arshdeep Singh is the most successful bowler of the team with 15 wickets. Apart from him, Bumrah has taken 11 wickets and Hardik Pandya has taken 8 wickets. ‘Chinaman’ Kuldeep Yadav has proved his usefulness by taking 7 wickets in just 3 matches.
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First published: June 26, 2024, 07:58 IST