It showed them how regressive they were, with the batting approach compared to England's attacking display, with the eventual champions doing things fearlessly without fear of losing their wickets, as Jos Buttler and Alex Hales finished the chase with four overs to replacement.
After Adelaide's thrashing in November 2022, captain Rohit Sharma adopted an offensive batting approach, which set the tone for India to rack up big totals or chase them with ease in last year's ODI World Cup, although it ended in a anguish over the clash for the title. Australia in Ahmedabad.
Come Thursday, the world will be eager to know how a relentless and unbeaten India in the competition, with a renewed offensive batting approach, meets the challenge of England in a much-anticipated second semi-final in Providence. Stadium in Georgetown, Guyana.
With rain a major threat to this clash with no reserve day (and with 250 minutes of extra time allotted), a failure in Guyana would be more suitable for India as it would send them to the title clash in Barbados and end in search of England. to become the first team to retain a Men's T20 World Cup title.
After a fluent fifty against Ireland on an up-and-down makeshift New York pitch, Rohit had a lean run, before delivering a masterclass in attacking batting, ironically against Australia, by hitting 92 runs off just 41 balls, including the knock by Mitchell Starc. for 29 in his first over.
Compared to his high standards, Virat Kohli is having a disappointing tournament and is expected to score big. With Rohit setting the pace for attacking batting, he expect Rishabh Pant, Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube (who hasn't been very convincing) and in-form all-rounder Hardik Pandya to follow suit.
If the conditions in Guyana remain spin-friendly and offer low spin and bounce to the spinners, it automatically makes Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja the trump cards for India. Otherwise, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh and Pandya will be counted on to fill the England batting line-up.
On the other hand, things have not been easy for England as defending champions. They fought their way into the Super Eight after rain and Australia stressed them out. In the Super Eights, despite a narrow loss to South Africa, they brought out their best game to thrash the hapless United States by ten wickets.
Captain Buttler and Phil Salt will be the key to England getting off to a flying start in the powerplay. Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone and Moeen Ali need to contribute with the bat to propel England to a winning total, and the services of the latter two players are needed in the spin bowling department along with the in-form Adil Rashid.
England will play a T20I in Guyana for the first time after 2010, and only Chris Jordan has the recent experience of playing at the venue, that too in 2019. This makes recent hat-trick scorer Jordan and his good friend Jofra. The goalkeeper dominates the ball, along with the left-arm pace of Sam Curran and Reece Topley.
The five matches in Guyana in the ongoing tournament have shown that batting is not easy. The average first innings score is 146 and runs per over 6.2, with the defending teams winning three times and the chasing teams emerging victorious twice.
19 months after the annihilation of Adelaide, the world will know, rain or no rain, whether the change in India's batting approach and greater variety in bowling will allow them to overtake England or lead to yet another heartbreak.
Squads:
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Hardik Pandya, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj.
England: Jos Buttler (captain and week), Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Jonathan Bairstow, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Tom Hartley, Will Jacks, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Reece Topley and Mark Wood
Referee: Jeffrey Crowe
Referees on the field: Chris Gaffaney and Rodney Tucker
Television Referee: Joel Wilson
Fourth referee: Paul Reiffel
The game starts at 8 p.m. IST on Star Sports (TV) and Disney+ Hotstar (mobile).
After Adelaide's thrashing in November 2022, captain Rohit Sharma adopted an offensive batting approach, which set the tone for India to rack up big totals or chase them with ease in last year's ODI World Cup, although it ended in a anguish over the clash for the title. Australia in Ahmedabad.
Come Thursday, the world will be eager to know how a relentless and unbeaten India in the competition, with a renewed offensive batting approach, meets the challenge of England in a much-anticipated second semi-final in Providence. Stadium in Georgetown, Guyana.
With rain a major threat to this clash with no reserve day (and with 250 minutes of extra time allotted), a failure in Guyana would be more suitable for India as it would send them to the title clash in Barbados and end in search of England. to become the first team to retain a Men's T20 World Cup title.
After a fluent fifty against Ireland on an up-and-down makeshift New York pitch, Rohit had a lean run, before delivering a masterclass in attacking batting, ironically against Australia, by hitting 92 runs off just 41 balls, including the knock by Mitchell Starc. for 29 in his first over.
Compared to his high standards, Virat Kohli is having a disappointing tournament and is expected to score big. With Rohit setting the pace for attacking batting, he expect Rishabh Pant, Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube (who hasn't been very convincing) and in-form all-rounder Hardik Pandya to follow suit.
If the conditions in Guyana remain spin-friendly and offer low spin and bounce to the spinners, it automatically makes Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja the trump cards for India. Otherwise, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh and Pandya will be counted on to fill the England batting line-up.
On the other hand, things have not been easy for England as defending champions. They fought their way into the Super Eight after rain and Australia stressed them out. In the Super Eights, despite a narrow loss to South Africa, they brought out their best game to thrash the hapless United States by ten wickets.
Captain Buttler and Phil Salt will be the key to England getting off to a flying start in the powerplay. Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone and Moeen Ali need to contribute with the bat to propel England to a winning total, and the services of the latter two players are needed in the spin bowling department along with the in-form Adil Rashid.
England will play a T20I in Guyana for the first time after 2010, and only Chris Jordan has the recent experience of playing at the venue, that too in 2019. This makes recent hat-trick scorer Jordan and his good friend Jofra. The goalkeeper dominates the ball, along with the left-arm pace of Sam Curran and Reece Topley.
The five matches in Guyana in the ongoing tournament have shown that batting is not easy. The average first innings score is 146 and runs per over 6.2, with the defending teams winning three times and the chasing teams emerging victorious twice.
19 months after the annihilation of Adelaide, the world will know, rain or no rain, whether the change in India's batting approach and greater variety in bowling will allow them to overtake England or lead to yet another heartbreak.
Squads:
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Hardik Pandya, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj.
England: Jos Buttler (captain and week), Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Jonathan Bairstow, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Tom Hartley, Will Jacks, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Reece Topley and Mark Wood
Referee: Jeffrey Crowe
Referees on the field: Chris Gaffaney and Rodney Tucker
Television Referee: Joel Wilson
Fourth referee: Paul Reiffel
The game starts at 8 p.m. IST on Star Sports (TV) and Disney+ Hotstar (mobile).