India outclassed England in the second Semi Final of T20 World Cup 2024: India marched into the T20 World Cup final with a brilliant victory over the defending champions England. Buttler chose to bowl first after winning the toss, and Rohit was happy to bat first on a dry pitch. Despite losing Kohli and Pant early in the powerplay, Rohit and Surya kumar built a vital partnership with a half-century.
The rain delay didn’t significantly disrupt their rhythm. Key efforts from Hardik, Jadeja, and Axar pushed India’s score to 171. Even though it seemed like a good performance, India would have been cautious of England’s batting order.
Buttler began well, scoring three boundaries off Arshdeep’s second over. Axar got his first wicket by dismissing the tricky Buttler, who was caught off guard while attempting a reverse-sweep, and England lost their strategy completely after that. The struggling Salt was tricked by Bumrah and then India dominated England with spin. Three wickets from Axar and Kuldeep, a few run-outs, and then Bumrah sealed the deal to ensure Buttler and his team’s victory.
Jos Buttler’s Statement after the match
“India certainly outplayed us. We let them get 20-25 runs too many. It was a challenging surface that they played well on. They fully deserved this win. Very different conditions (than 2022), credit to India. They played a very good game of cricket. With the rain around, didn’t expect the conditions to change too much. Don’t think it really did. They outbowled us. They had an above-par score. Don’t think toss was necessarily the difference between the teams. They’ve got some fantastic spinners. In hindsight, should have bowled Moeen in that innings with the way spinners were bowling. We are really proud of everyone’s effort. We stuck together, came up short when it mattered the most”.
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Most wickets in a T20 WC edition for India
15 – Arshdeep Singh (2024)
13 – Jasprit Bumrah (2024)
12 – RP Singh (2007)
11 – Ravichandran Ashwin (2014)