India vs England highlights, T20 World Cup 2024 semifinal: IND beats ENG by 68 runs, sets up final with South Africa

Bumrah is back. Low full toss and Topley takes a single. Archer returns the strike to him on the next ball. Three singles in three balls. Archer goes for a sweep, misses, the ball hits the pads and umpire gives him LBW. He has reviewed it though. Given! All over. India qualifies for final. 

Hardik Pandya for the first time today. Another run out and this time Adil Rashid falls short of the crease. Tries to take a quick single but the fielder at short cover is quick and Rashid isn’t able to reach the bowling end. Meanwhile, Archer connects and hits the ball straight, huge for a SIX. He finishes the over with a four towards long off. 

Axar is back. Livingstone pushes the ball towards midwicket and takes a double. Takes a single on the next ball. Archer connects and hits the ball over long on for a SIX. RUN OUT!! Livingstone is gone. Massive miscommunication between the two. Archer tucked the ball towards short fine, Livingstone wanted a run and was halfway down the pitch. Archer didn’t respond. Axar collected the throw and Livingstone was well short of his crease trying to return. 

Jadeja again. England is going to need more than just singles now. India allowing easy singles to Archer and Livingstone. Four runs off it. 

Kuldeep will bowl out. OUT! Jordan is trapped in front playing off the backfoot, loud appeal for leg-before and given out by the umpire. Jordan goes upstairs. This is hitting off-stump on umpire’s call and Jordan has to walk back. India tightening the noose around England here. 

Jofra Archer is the new man in. Spins sharply into Archer, who gets an inside edge to short fine-leg for a single. Kuldeep 3/19 in four overs and an excellent spell comes to an end. 

Chris Jordan lbw b Kuldeep Yadav 1 (5b)

Jadeja continues. Just three singles from the over and the required rate is almost touching 13 runs an over now. 

Kuldeep Yadav continues. Kuldeep to Brook, FOUR! Full ball and Brook plays a well-timed reverse sweep for a boundary to the third man fence. OUT! You can’t just reverse-sweep Kuldeep casually! A failed attempt from Brook as the ball kept straight to hit the stumps. 

Harry Brook b Kuldeep Yadav 25 (19b 3x4)

Ravindra Jadeja comes in place of Axar Patel. FOUR! A cracker of a shot from Brook who places the ball in the vacate region over extra cover. Three singles give England 9 off this over. 

Kuldeep Yadav from the other end. Kuldeep to Curran, OUT! England five down! Kuldeep gets enough bite from the surface as the ball turns in for Curran to trap him in front. 

Sam Curran lbw b Kuldeep Yadav 2(4)

Liam Livingstone is the new man. Four from this over. 

Axar Patel continues. Axar to Moeen, OUT! This is Axar’s day out! He lures Moeen with a slow loopy delivery, only to deceive him as Pant’s clean glovework is enough to send Moeen back. 

Moeen Ali st Pant b Axar 8(10)

Sam Curran is the new batter at number six. Just three off this over as India tightens its grip in this match. 

Kuldeep Yadav comes into the attack. Moeen is beaten by one that grips and turns away from the left-hander. FOUR! Powerfully swept away by Brook to midwicket boundary to end the over. 

Axar continues. Axar to Bairstow, OUT! Third wicket! The ball drifts in for the right-hander as Bairstow plays a weird shot on the front foot, letting the ball go through his defence. 

Bairstow b Axar 0(3)

Harry Brook in at number five. He gets off the mark after playing a dot. 4 off this over. England manages 39 from PowerPlay. 

Change in ends for Jasprit Bumrah as he comes in place of Arshdeep. Ali manages a single in the second delivery. Bumrah to Salt, OUT! And Bumrah strikes from this end! Have to give a little credit to Rohit who brought Axar and change ends for Bumrah. A slower ball, changed line after pitching and crashed onto the stumps. 

Philip Salt b Bumrah 5(8)

Jonny Bairstow is in at no. four. Just two from this over. 

Rohit brings Axar Patel from the other end in place of Jasprit Bumrah. Axar to Buttler, OUT! Axar strikes right away! BIG BIG WICKET! A full straight delivery, Buttler goes for a reverse sweep but a bottom edge goes straight to the keeper. 

Buttler c Pant b Axar 23(15)

Moeen Ali is the new batter in at number three. A single will help him get off the mark. Seven off this over. 

Arshdeep Singh continues. FOUR! Full and shapes in, Buttler slices it over mid-off to get a boundary in the first delivery . FOUR! Lucky but effective runs for England as Arshdeep held his length back, but errs in line, a down-the-ball was guided fine behind keeper. A couple of dots before Buttler swings hard off a slower ball to get the third FOUR of this over. Arshdeep ends the over with another slower ball, a single to end an expensive 13-run over. 

Jasprit Bumrah from the other end. Salt starts the over with a single. Buttler plays the ball towards backward square leg to get a couple of runs. The fielders inside 30-yard circle are making sure to complement bowler with some tight fielding. FOUR! Full and on off, Buttler opens the bat’s face, guides the ball for a boundary past first slip. 8 off this over. 

Left-arm pacer Arshdeep starts over the wicket against Salt. Salt glances the full ball on leg for a single to get off the mark. Another fuller ball, Buttler tries to play down the ground but an edge goes on the square. Short ball from Arsh, Buttler charges and pulls toward deep square to get a couple of runs. Slower one, Salt misses. Another slower one, a single to end the over. 

Jos Buttler and Phil Salt to open for England. Arshdeep Singh has the new ball. 

Well, we will know shortly. But looks like this is a tricky pitch to bat on. Some deliveries some Adil Rashid kept abnormally low, while one of them also got Rohit Sharma clean bowled. The pace-off deliveries from Chris Jordan were also effective. It’s all down to Jasprit Bumrah & Co. from here on, and, of course, Kuldeep Yadav should also be a handful on this wicket. 

Jordan will bowl the last over. A couple for Jadeja through the off-side and that’s excellent running between the wickets. Jadeja steps out and drives the ball to long-off for a single. Cut away by Axar through cover-point and again excellent running to convert that into a couple. SIX! Slower one and pulled away over deepmidwicket by Axar for a maximum. OUT! Axar picks this up from his waist and finds the fielder at deep midwicket this time and has to go. Arshdeep ends the innings with a single. India ends with 171 on the board. 

Axar Patel c Phil Salt b Chris Jordan 10 (6b 1x6)

Here comes Archer. FOUR! Cut away by Jadeja to the point boundary. Much-needed for India. Full toss and driven away to point by Jadeja for two more. FOUR! Swept away by Jadeja to the fine-leg boundary now. On leg-stump and driven to long-on by Jadeja for a single. Beaten! Axar stays leg-side of the ball and tries to carve this on the off-side but misses. Dot-ball to end the penultimate over. 

Jordan comes back. Slower one, into the pitch and a couple for Hardik. SIX! Astounding shot from Hardik. Slower one, Hardik waits for it and pulls it flat over midwicket for a maximum. SIX! In the slot outside off and drilled over long-off by Hardik for another maximum. OUT! And he is gone next ball. Slaps this short-of-a-length delivery down the ground and picks out the long-off fielder to perfection. OUT! Shivam Dube edges behind and goes for a golden duck! Axar Patel is off the mark with a single. 

Hardik Pandya c Sam Curran b Chris Jordan 23 (13b 1x4 2x6)

Shivam Dube c Jos Buttler b Chris Jordan 0 (1b)

Livingstone bowls his last over. Tossed up outside off and Hardik tries to muscle this but only gets a single off the inside half of the bat. Driven to long-off by Jadeja for one more. Just four singles off the first five deliveries. This leg-spin delivery turns away wide outside off and called wide. Just a single to end the over and Livingstone bowls out with excellent figures of 0/24 from 4 overs. 

Archer comes back. Cut away behind point by Suryakumar for a single. FOUR! Punched away through cover-point by Hardik for a boundary. OUT! Suryakumar launches this back-of-the-hand slower delivery high in the air and taken at the long-on boundary. Big blow for India. 

In comes Ravindra Jadeja, ahead of Shivam Dube. He is off the mark with a single. 

Suryakumar Yadav c Chris Jordan b Jofra Archer 47 (36b 4x4 2x6)

Livingstone comes back. FOUR! Cut away by Suryakumar for a boundary off the first ball. Livingstone comes back well with three dot balls in a row. Four dot balls now. Outside edge off the last ball and Suryakumar will steal a single. Direct-hit at the keeper’s end and Hardik makes his ground with ease. 

Rashid bowls out. He continues to keep it tight from one end. Just a couple of singles off the first two balls. Swept to short fine-leg by Suryakumar for one more. OUT! Bowled him and Rohit has to go. It was the googly and it kept low and Rohit missed the pull shot. Hardik Pandya comes in and is almost caught in the slips off the first ball he faces. This leg-break delivery keeps very low and Hardik gets his bat down in time to defend this back to the bowler. Rashid ends with 1/25 from 4 overs. 

Rohit Sharma b Adil Rashid 57 (39b 6x4 2x6)

Curran comes back. SIX! Carved over point by Suryakumar for a maximum off the first ball of the over. He skilfully opened the face of the bat to play that one. Tucked off the pads by Suryakumar for one more. SIX! Swept over fine-leg by Rohit for a maximum and that’s 50 up for Rohit off 36 balls. FOUR! Not too short, waist-high actually and pulled away in front of square by Suryakumar for a boundary. Slower one to end the over and Suryakumar flicks it away for a single. 

Rashid continues. Short and pulled away by Suryakumar for a couple at deep midwicket. Tossed up outside off and Suryakumar muscles this on leg-side but doesn’t get the timing right and collects only a single. Thumped to long-on by Rohit for one more. That’s the 50-run partnership between Rohit and SKY off 38 balls. Justfive runs from the over. 

Livingstone with the ball for his second over. Just a couple of singles off the first three balls. This is full on leg-stump and Suryakumar whips this through midwicket for one more. Rohit goes for the reverse-sweep but finds the fielder at point. SIX! Tossed up and Rohit goes for the slog sweep and clears the long-on boundary to fetch a maximum. 

Adil Rashid for his second. Rohit pushes for a single. SKY looks to sweep the ball, gets hit on the pad and England appeals. Umpire isn’t interested. Buttler discusses and doesn’t review. Rohit and SKY focusing on strike rotation. Full toss and SKY sweeps past short fine leg for FOUR! Another full toss, another sweep but this time just for a single. 

Liam Livingstone into the attack. SKY on strike. He looks to push the ball towards mid on but is beaten. Two dot balls to begin with then a single on the third ball. Livingstone bowling his leg spin to the right handers. Four singles in that over. 

Umpires are out in the middle. England team in a huddle. 

India’s score 65/2 in 8 overs. No overs are lost. Rohit and Suryakumar Yadav at the crease. 

The match will restart at 11.10 PM IST. Stay tuned in for live action. 

The umpires are in the middle for an inspection. It is bright and sunny out there. There is apparently one wet patch just inside the 30-yard circle square of the wicket that the umpires are slightly worried about. 

South Africa waits the winner of this contest in the final of the T20 World Cup after it thrashed an inspiring Afghanistan outfit earlier today. Read Ayan Acharya’s emotive piece on the Proteas’ history of near-misses below. 

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South Africa will now attempt to become the first team to win the T20 World Cup unbeaten, while Afghanistan will fly home knowing it has given a valiant account of itself.

As we wait for play to resume, let’s turn our attention a little bit towards the women’s Test between India and South Africa, which begins in Chennai from tomorrow. The contest will mark the return of women’s Test cricket to the iconic M.A. Chidambaram Stadium after 47 years! Read the preview below to know more. 

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The red soil surface at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, which for large part of matchday eve looked like a dust bowl, will pose the hardest challenge to the Proteas with its spin potency in the red-ball fixture starting on Friday, June 28. 

The next inspection is at 10.45 PM IST. The covers are off. Perhaps the outfield is what the umpires are concerned about. 

The weather continues to baffle one and all. The sun is out in all its splendour now even as the covers are coming off. The super sopper is also being employed to dry the outfield. Play should resume soon. 

The umpires have walked onto the field and the good news is that their umbrellas are folded. But there is quite some water on the covers and the ground staff are out there to inspect the situation. 

The covers are coming on. Raining pretty heavily now. 

Chris Jordan into the attack. Rohit takes a single on the first ball. Not a lot of bounce. SKY gives his skipper the strike back. SIX! SKY brings out the soopla shot as he laps the ball over fine leg. Takes a single on the next ball. 10 runs from the over. 

Adil Rashid. Rohit plays a reverse sweep on the first ball and gets a boundary! Cleanly timed. It has started to drizzle. Umpires are having a chat. They are continuing for now. Now Rohit sweeps towards fine leg for four. A single on the fifth ball. Nine runs from the over. 

Sam Curran into the attack. Starts off with a dot. OUT! Pant is gone. Tries to go over midwicket fielder inside circle but ends up giving an easy catch to the fielder. 

Suryakumar Yadav at the crease. Two singles added to the total. A bit of yes and no between the two batters. FOUR! Full ball and SKY drives straight past the bowler. 

Topley continues. Pant hits in the air but falls just short of short fine fielder. A misfield helps him take a single. Half-tracker and Rohit pulls for four. Another four! Rohit makes room towards leg side, and drives the ball past cover for four. 11 runs from the over. 

Archer continues. Rohit cuts and gets a double towards deep third. Fuller from Archer, and Rohit lofts over mid off to get two more. Two more singles added. Rohit lofts again, over covers and gets a double. 

Topley again. Beats Kohli on the inside edge now. SIX!! Full and Kohli flicks it away over midwicket for a maximum. Stunning shot. Charges on the next ball, ball goes straight and the batters run a double. OUT! Kohli is gone. He tries to make room towards leg side, goes for a slog, misses and the ball hits the stumps. Another poor outing for him.

Rishabh Pant in at three. Takes a single on the first ball. A quick single by Rohit on the last ball. Could have been a disastrous one. 

Jofra Archer from the other end. Beaten on the first ball. Kohli is showing intent. Takes a single on the next ball. Hitting the hard lengths. Now Rohit goes for a slog but is beaten. Ball isn’t bouncing a lot here. Rohit cuts, and it goes for four! Superbly timed that. 

Reece Topley with the new ball. Rohit Sharma to take the strike. Driving length, Rohit is beaten on the outside edge. Full on the stumps, Rohit tries to go towards leg side, gets thick outside past short third and it is FOUR! He pushes the ball toward mid off and takes a single. Kohli charges down the track and is beaten! Ball went very close to the leg stump. Six runs from the over. 

Players are getting ready for the national anthems. First England followed by India. 

India - Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah. 

England - Philip Salt, Jos Buttler (wk) (c), Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley. 

England wins the toss and opts to bowl. 

Jos Buttler’s side is unchanged. India too is unchanged. 

Toss to take place at 8:50 PM IST. Match to start at 9:15 PM IST. 

It’s bright and sunny in Guyana right now. Hopefully we’ll have a start soon. 

The latest update says that the inspection is at 8:45 PM IST now. 

Looks like the rain has stopped now. There will be an inspection at 8.30 PM IST. Fingers crossed! The covers are off as well. 

The rain had stopped and just as the covers were coming off, a drizzle returned. Not sure how much that will affect the start of play. But a full match can start as late as 12.10 AM IST as 250 extra minutes have been allotted to this game. 

Some solid cracks on the pitch. Michael Atherton thinks the ball will keep low and will skid on. That could bring the spinners into play. 

The rain has stopped at the venue but the covers are still on. The toss is now delayed due to a wet outfield. 

The toss has officially been delayed due to rain. 

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“Sun still out at Guyana. Drainage at the stadium is quite good. Good chance of getting a match today,” tweets Ashwin Achal from Guyana. Game on?! 

Phil Salt, Jos Buttler (c) (wk), Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley/Will Jacks.

Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh.

“Heavy, heavy rain now,” says our reporter Ashwin from Georgetown, Guyana. 

1) Beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets, semifinal, 2010 in Gros Islet

2) Beat Australia by seven wickets, final, 2010 in Bridgetown

3) Beat New Zealand by seven wickets, semifinal, 2016 in Delhi

4) Lost to West Indies by four wickets, final, 2016 in Kolkata

5) Lost to New Zealand by five wickets, semifinal, 2021 in Abu Dhabi

6) Beat India by 10 wickets, semifinal, 2022 in Adelaide

7) Beat Pakistan by five wickets, final, 2022 in Melbourne

Matches played: 7

England won: 5

England lost - 2

Last result: Beat Pakistan by 5 wickets (final, Melbourne, 2022)

Highest score: 170/0 (16) vs India (Adelaide, 2022)

Highest individual score: Alex Hales 86* (47) vs India, Adelaide 2022

Best bowling spell: Sam Curran 3/12 vs Pakistan, Melbourne 2022

2007 - Semifinal (Beat Australia by 15 runs in Durban)

2007 - Final (Beat Pakistan by 5 runs in Johannesburg)

2014 - Semifinal (Beat South Africa by six wickets in Mirpur)

2014 - Final (Lost to Sri Lanka by six wickets in Mirpur)

2016 - Semifinal (Lost to West Indies by seven wickets in Wankhede)

2022 - Semifinal (Lost to England by 10 wickets in Adelaide)

Matches played: 6

India won: 3

India lost: 3

Last result: Lost to England by 10 wickets (semifinal; Adelaide, 2022)

Highest score: 192/2 (20) vs West Indies (semifinal; Wankhede, 2016)

Highest individual score: Virat Kohli 89* (47) vs West Indies (Wankhede, 2016) 

Best bowling: Irfan Pathan 3/16 vs Pakistan (Johannesburg, 2007) 

Matches played: 4

India won: 2

England won: 2

Last Result: England beat India by 10 wickets (Adelaide; 2022)

Matches played: 23

India: 12

England won: 11

Last Result: England beat India by 10 wickets (Adelaide; 2022)

According to AccuWeather, there is a shower around in Georgetown currently with less than five hours remaining for the scheduled start of play. However, barring the possibility of a couple of showers later in the morning, it is likely to be partly sunny with intervals of cloud cover and sunshine. 

As India eyes revenge for the 2022 semifinal defeat to England, there is a possibility of rain disrupting the match. The city has witnessed persistent showers over the last few days, leading to fears that the match could be abandoned. However, if the match is abandoned, India will progress to the final by virtue of finishing higher in the standings in its Super Eight group. Note, there is no reserve day for the second semifinal. 

Start time: 8 PM IST

Toss: 7.30 PM IST 

Venue: Providence Stadium, Guyana

Live telecast: Star Sports Network

Live stream: Disney+Hotstar

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Hardik Pandya (vc), Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.

England: Jos Buttler (c), Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Tom Hartley, Will Jacks, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Reece Topley, Mark Wood.