The second semi-final match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 was between India and England on June 27, but due to rain, there was a lot of speculation whether the match would be held or not, but making all the speculations wrong, the match was started at Providence Stadium. India lost the toss and batted first and scored 171 runs for 7 wickets. In response, England was all out for 103 runs. India defeated England by 68 runs in this match and made its place in the final. Now India will face South Africa in the final on June 29.
It is the hard work of Rohit-Dravid with Team India to reach the semi-finals of ICC T20 World Cup 2024 which turned the tables.
We share with you in short the main reasons for Team India’s big victory over England.
1-Rohit Sharma’s captaincy: The biggest credit goes to Rohit Sharma’s captaincy. All his decisions have proved effective. And the team is also very good at their crops. Backing the players and encouraging them for the next match has been the most commendable work of the captain. And taking all the players along.
2- Aggressive performance of Rohit Sharma before big matches: Rohit Sharma was not able to give a good start to India in the initial matches. But in the Super-8 match against Australia, he took charge after the dismissal of Virat Kohli and played an explosive inning of 92 runs. Thanks to his strong performance, India reached the semi-finals. This effort of Rohit proved to be a master card for India.
3- Pant’s strong and reliable comeback: Star wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant returned to competitive cricket from IPL this year. Earlier, he had shown the power of his bat in IPL. In the T20 World Cup 2024, he has scored 171 runs so far with his explosive batting. He is the player who has scored the most runs. Pant’s bat will roar fiercely in the upcoming match as well and his wicket-keeping impressed everyone.
4- Team playing together: Players playing together has proved to be the biggest game changer for Team India. All the players were seen on the field making important contributions to help India win. All the players from top to bottom order of the team gave their best contribution, the result of which is that today our team is in the semi-finals.
ICC T20 World Cup 2024 was between India and South Africa on:
Date:June 27(Saturday)
Time: 8PM
Place: Kensignton Oval in Barbados
5- Explosive performance of Suryakumar Yadav: One of the reasons for the Indian team reaching the final is the performance of the middle order. The presence of Suryakumar Yadav has given great strength to Team India. His aggressive attitude has proved to be a trouble for the opposition bowlers and a boon for India.
6- All-round performance of Hardik Pandya: Hardik Pandya has played an important role in taking the team to the finals. Has impressed everyone with his all-round performance. He has been the most important part of the fast bowling attack. Bowled a total of 22 overs and took eight wickets and also scored 139 runs with the help of a half-century with his batting.
7-Dangerous bowling by Akshar and Kuldeep: Spinners had an important contribution. Akshar and Kuldeep in all the matches. Both the bowlers took three wickets each against England and helped India avenge its previous defeat. Rohit Sharma praised both of them and called them gun spinners.
8-Deadly performance of the fast bowling attack: The fast bowling attack led by Bumrah has been successful in wreaking havoc on the opponents. Arshdeep Singh has taken maximum 15 wickets for India. Whereas, Bumrah has got 13 successes.
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