India’s spinners crushed a woeful England side in the T20 World Cup semi-final as they secured a dominant 68-run victory at the Guyana National Stadium.
India will meet unbeaten side South Africa, who earlier thrashed Afghanistan for 56 all out, in the final in Barbados on Saturday (3pm), live on Sky Sports.
Rohit Sharma’s men posted 171-7 in a rain-interrupted innings after being asked to bat first, and then bowled England out for 103 with 20 balls to spare, with left-arm spinner Axar Patel (3-23) and wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav (3-19) doing the damage as the defending champions were unable to counter the attack.
England looked in trouble when they lost Jos Buttler (23) and Phil Salt (5) early on in the powerplay and were unable to recover during their innings, losing their final five wickets for only 35 runs against a rampant India side as they fell from 68-6 in the 11th over to 103 all out.
Earlier, Rohit Sharma (57) brought up his third half-century of the tournament and shared a 73-run partnership with Suryakumar Yadav (47) between the rain delays, to help their side post a strong total on a pitch with low bounce and high turn.
England’s Chris Jordan (2-27) took two wickets in two balls in the 18th over, removing Hardik Pandya (23) and Shivam Dube (0), while Adil Rashid, Reece Topley, Jofra Archer and Sam Curran all took one wicket each.
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Watch the T20 World Cup final in Barbados from 3pm on Saturday (3.30pm first ball), live on Sky Sports Cricket.
