After the brilliant batting of captain Rohit Sharma (57) and Suryakumar Yadav (47), thanks to 3-3 wickets of Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav, India defeated defending champion England by 68 runs and entered the final of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024. India will now face South Africa in the final on Saturday, 29 June. In the second semi-final held at Providence Stadium in Guyana, India batted first and scored 171 runs for 7 wickets and then bundled out England for 103 runs in 16.4 overs.

With this win, India has also avenged the crushing 10-wicket defeat to England in the 2022 semi-final. The Indian team has reached the T20 World Cup final for the third time after 2007 and 2014. The 2007 champion Indian team has a chance to become champion for the second time by defeating South Africa in the final of T20 World Cup 2024. All-rounder Axar Patel, who scored 10 runs in batting and took 3 wickets in bowling, got the Man of the Match award.

England, chasing the target of 172 runs given by India, captain Jos Buttler (23) and Phil Salt (5) added 26 runs in three overs for the first wicket. But Axar Patel took charge in the fourth over itself and on the very first ball, Butler, who was becoming dangerous, was caught out by wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant. Butler was dismissed after hitting four fours in 15 balls. After his dismissal, Jasprit Bumrah bowled Salt in the very next over.

After the dismissal of both the openers, Axar also bowled Jonny Bairstow (0) in his second over without opening the account. England lost three wickets for 39 runs in the first six overs. Akshar then stumped Moeen Ali (8) to give India their fourth success. After Moeen's dismissal, Kuldeep Yadav dismissed Sam Curran (2) on the very first ball of his second over. England's team got into trouble from here as half of their team returned to the pavilion within 49 runs.

Meanwhile, Liam Livingstone (11) and Harry Brook (25) added 19 runs for the sixth wicket. But Kuldeep clean bowled Brook as soon as he came and gave England the sixth blow. Brook hit three fours in 19 balls. England's team kept losing wickets after this and was reduced to 103 in 16.4 overs.

For India, apart from Akshar and Kuldeep's three wickets each, Jasprit Bumrah took two wickets.

Earlier, after losing the toss and batting first, the Indian team scored 171 runs for 7 wickets after playing the full 20 overs. India did not have a good start and lost the wickets of Virat Kohli (9) and Rishabh Pant (4) for 40 runs within the powerplay. However, captain Rohit Sharma held one end and scored his second consecutive half-century. Rohit took the team out of trouble by sharing 73 runs in 50 balls for the third wicket with Suryakumar Yadav (47). Rohit was bowled by Adil Rashid in the 14th over. He hit six fours and two sixes in 39 balls.

After Rohit's dismissal, Suryakumar was also out without completing his half-century. He was made a victim by Jofra Archer. Surya hit four fours and two sixes in 36 balls. After his dismissal, Hardik Pandya (23) and Ravindra Jadeja added 22 runs in 12 balls for the fifth wicket. During this, Hardik hit two sixes. However, he was out after scoring 23 runs with the help of one four and two sixes in 13 balls.

In the lower order, Jadeja along with Akshar Patel added 24 runs in 12 balls for the seventh wicket and took India past 170 runs for 7 wickets. Akshar scored 10 runs with the help of one six in six balls while Jadeja scored unbeaten 17 runs with the help of two fours in nine balls. Chris Jordan took the maximum three wickets for England. Apart from him, Reece Topley, Jofra Archer, Sam Curran and Adil Rashid got one wicket each.