T-20 World Cup: IND vs ENG Updates

Men in Blue are gunning for the second T-20 world cup and the entire nation is gripped with cricket fever. To excite and entertain cricket lovers, Cinejosh brings live updates of the India vs England match from 1.30 PM onwards. Team India failed to recreate the magic of MS.Dhoni's team when it won the inaugural edition of T-20 world cup in 2007. Many times it failed at the crucial junctures, unable to qualify to the next round or failing to clear the semifinal and final hurdle. Rohit Sharma-led Indian team is keen to bring back the cup after 15 years when it locks horns with England in the semi-finals to be played in Adelaide, Australia.

India performed well in this tournament barring the crushing defeat at the hands of South Africa. On the other hand, England huffed and puffed to the semi-finals. However one cannot take to count the previous matches as whoever plays the best on D-Day will emerge the winner. India and England clashed thrice and India won 2 while England won the remaining. India vs England clash brings back memories of Yuvraj Singh blasting Stuart Broad 6 sixers. However one should know that teams who won the toss failed to win the match. It has to be seen whether that continues or will be changed for good.

🏏  In a couple of minutes, India will cross swords with England and sparks are expected to fly as there is very less difference between the two teams with India being the No1 in T20 rankings while England No2.

🏏  Both the captains are walking out for the toss and let's find out who won it, the team composition and the batting and the fielding sides

🏏  England captain Jos Butler won the toss and elected to bowl

🏏  Indian team is unchanged while

      Phil Salt and Chris Jordan are in for Dawid Malan and Mark Wood.

🎇 India (Playing XI): KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma(c), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant(w), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh

🎇 England (Playing XI): Jos Buttler(w/c), Alex Hales, Philip Salt, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid

🏏  The match started. That too with a first ball boundary…. 😍

🏏  First over was completed with 6 runs

🏏  KL Rahul Gone 😮 gave a simple catch to the keeper in the Woakes bowling and got out

🏏  Second over was completed. Score 10/1

🏏  The third over is completed. Score 11/1

🏏  India picking up momentum. Ten runs in this over. Score reads 21/1

✍️  Rohit is faltering. Kohli seems to be in good touch. If Rohit bounces back, the scoreboard will add runs. Let's hope he gets his style

🏏  Five overs gone.. another ten run over.. Rohit and Kohli taking off 31/1

🏏  England are bowling with discipline. The sixth over is complete. Just 7 runs were scored. Score 38/1 Rohit 20(18) , Kohli 12(13)

🏏  Eight runs were scored in the Seventh over. 46/1

✍️  India progressing steadily, England bowling tightly

🏏  Scoring in singles . Fifty up.  After 8 overs 51/1

✍️  Hit Man Rohit fails to take off ☹️ Out for 27(28) trying to force pace. Jordan gets the main man.

🏏  56/2.. SKY.. Surya Kumar Yadav arrives . opens account.  57/2 after 9 overs

🏏  Halfway stage.  In ten overs 62/2.. England stifling India. Can India break the shackles?

✍️  Rahul failed once again against big teams and he is getting trolled. Rohit except for captaincy failed with the bat.  Can Pant turnout be the X factor??? Let's watch the match live

🏏  Surya strikes  decisive blows. 6 and a 4.. after 11 overs 74/2

✍️  Rashid gets his man. Big wicket 😳 Surya Kumar Yadav. SKY crashes.. 75/3

🏏  77/3 after 12 overs.. Hardik Pandya in

🏏  Another top over. Only 3 runs were scored. 13 overs completed. India crawling.  80/3

🏏  Ten run over.. 14 overs gone 90/3

🏏  Kohli and Hardik finding occasional boundary and scoring one and two runs.  Reaches 101/3 in 15 overs.

✍️  Can Kohli and Hardik take on England just like how they did against Pakistan??

🏏  The crucial final four overs begin 🎇

🏏  Kohli survives a scare as England reviews Umpire decision 🙂  It's Umpire 's call

🏏  End of the 16th over.  110/3.. Hardik supporting Kohli who is two short of another 50

✍️  Hardik blasts a six 💪 and Takes 2 runs for next ball

🏏  Another 2 runs, takes a single of the last ball.  121/3 at the end of 17 overs

✍️  Kohli not getting strike and he is frustrated 

✍️  Hardik muscles two sixes towards the short boundaries 💪

🏏  Kohli scores 50(39) , fourth 50 in this world cup 🎇

🏏  Jordan finally gets Kohli. Rashid  takes a brilliant catch 😞

🏏  End of 18 overs. 136/4

🏏  Pant in. What can he do 🤔

🏏  Pant smashes a four 😍

🏏  Hardik in after Pant single.. scores a boundary 😀

🏏  Out of the ground for a six.  By Hardik 😎

🏏  Four of a misfield and it's Hardik's 50 (29)

🏏  After 19 overs 156/4.. 20 runs in this over

✍️  Can India get another 20 in the 20 th over??

🏏  1st Ball : Pant gets a single

🏏  2nd Ball : Single to Hardik

🏏  3rd Ball : Pant runout.. sacrifices himself for Hardik..

✍️  Quiet over so far

🏏  4th Ball : Hardik smashes a six over the longest boundary 🎇

🏏  5th Ball : Hardik blasts a boundary

🏏  6th Ball : Hardik bowled off the last ball 😞 Score 168/6

🏏  Hardik 63(33) with 4 fours and 5 sixes powers India to a respectable 168/6

✍️  Will India be pleased with his average score? .. Experts are of the opinion that 180 would be a good score.. But England  bowlers Jordan, Moen Ali, Rashid and others kept a tight leash and with Rahul and Rohit's poor form with the bat continuing, and a rare failure from Surya Kumar left India with only 100 in 15 overs. However, Kohli once again showed his class and then Hardik showed England who is the Boss and it resulted in 68 runs of the last five. England has a strong batting line-up consisting of Butler, Stokes,Hales and Moen Ali .  Can Rohit Sharma defend this score and maintain his captaincy record. Let us see what magic Arshadeep Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ashwin, Sami and Axar does.

- England innings Started -

🏏  Butler means business.. scores 3 boundaries of Bhuvi. 12 in the first over

🏏  Quiet over compared to the first.. 21/0 in two overs.. Butler scores another boundary

✍️  Win predictor. England 69% India 31% 🙃

🏏  Hales scores a six 😨

🏏  33/0 after 3 overs

🏏  First bowling change.  Axar Patel in 🤔

✍️  England powering away

🏏  8 runs scored in the 4th over. 41/0 in 4 overs

✍️  Another bowling change.. Shami in

🏏  Hales hits him for a six

🏏  Another four.. edge passes wide, away from the wicket keeper.

🏏  50 up for England.. after 5 overs 52/0

🏏  Hales smashes Axar for another 6.

✍️  Indian fans going silent 😷

🏏  England's dominance continues. 63/0 after 6 overs. Butler 28(18) and Hales 34(20)

✍️  Can India regroup after the brutal attack from England in the Power Play?

🏏  Ashwin introduced into the attack

🏏  Out of the ground for a six by Hales 🤗

🏏  75/0 in 7 overs.. this shows the difference between Indian and England openers..

✍️  For all the chest thumping by Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma about aggressive and aggressive batting irrespective of the situation, they failed in their execution..

🏏  Axar going for runs. Hales blasts another 6 ☹️

🏏  Hales 50(28).. England 84/0 in 8 overs

🏏  Hardik into the attack...

✍️  Can he continue his form with the ball??

🏏  Hardik gave 7 runs. 91/0 in 9 overs. 

✍️  Many of the Indian team selection decisions will be questioned after the match.  Persisting with Rahul, Axar and bowling Axar in powerplay and not trying Hooda and Chahal and Harshal. In the current situation, India will not win unless a miracle happens 

🏏  Arshdeep for his second spell . Hales welcomes him with a boundary

🏏  England 98/0 at the halfway mark.. India down and dusted looking for divine intervention

✍️  England cruising towards the target, nothing working right for Rohit Sharma and Indian supporters losing hope are leaving the stadium.. unless England commits a harakiri India is down and dusted and fans will be baying for the blood of many failed players, coach and the captain. Excellent run chase from England after going full throttle in the powerplay.  India should consider itself lucky to reach the semifinals as it is without Bumrah and Jadeja.

🏏 108/0 of 11 overs..

🏏 Hales blasts 4 and 6 of Ashwin. 123/0 of 12 Overs

✍️  Hales finishing off in style.. 77(40) can he score a century 🤔

🏏 Another 6 to Butler and it's his 50(36) England is on the rise. Score 13 overs 140/0

✍️  It's a repeat of Pakistan vs England 1992 worldcup final. England speeding towards the final in a exquisite manner

🏏 Butler brings England's 150 with a 6 🎇

🏏 Butler hits high in the sky. fielders run but couldn't catch. races to a boundary 4️⃣

🏏 154/0 in 14 overs

🏏 There was only one tight over in the entire innings. Axar gave just 2 runs in the 15th over. Score 156/0

✍️  Just 13 needed. Shami in

🏏 Simply... A shot away from the finals. 6 to win now

🏏 Thats a SIX... England captain Butler hits India out of the world cup with cracking shot

Finally it's curtains down for India's world cup campaign. They return empty handed. Fans dreams of successful IPL captain Rohit Sharma presenting India it's second world cup in T20 format came down crashing.

While England came out with all guns blazing, India adopted an ultra defensive approach. All the so called pre world cup preparations, aggressive approach came for nothing when it came in the field. Rahul, the so called future captain had a torrid run expect for fifties against weak teams.  Rohit Sharma tried to break the shackles but failed to do through out the tournament. Only Surya Kumar Yadav played a near perfect game ably supported by Kohli and Hardik. All the bowlers be it Arshadeep, Bhuvneshwar, Shami failed at the crucial time when England tore them apart. Coach Rahul Dravid 's defensive mindset, persisting with Axar and Karthik, not playing death over specialist Harshal Patel, not trying out Chahal and Hooda will be questioned by the experts and fans in particular.

Indian team with it's approach should consider itself lucky to be in the semis winning from the losing situations against Pakistan and Bangladesh which saved them from the early exit. Wonder how Dravid and Rohit were content with 160 odd runs when the average score at Adelaide is around 180

Finally the wait for worldcup continues for India and it's weeping time for fans 😞

- Signing off Pramod Nandivada