India beat England by 68 runs, so they reserved their place for the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 final. This earth-shattering blow on England’s part is India’s third-ever appearance in a T20 World Cup final, a mark that signed a pair of highly-awaited Saturday fixtures with South Africa.
England’s batting innings only took on the collapse of their chase after that, an Indian bowling discipline. Jos Buttler’s fiery start with twenty-three priceless runs off fifteen balls looked promising until Axar Patel outwitted him in the fourth over. The resulting condition phase was a collapse of the batting lineup as the English team lost wickets in mini-jumbles.

Jasprit Bumrah dismissed Phil Salt for the first time, and he continued his early wickets haul by dismissing Jonny Bairstow and Moeen Ali very cheaply; England suffered alongside Sam Curran (2) and the well-settled favourite Harry Brook (25), who also accounted for dismissal by Kuldeep Yadav. Things went from bad to worse for England as Chris Jordan (1), Liam Livingstone (11), and Adil Rashid (2) all got out in rapid succession. They made a good start and even stood at 47/4 after the powerplay, but in the end, Chris Jordan (1) and Joffra Archer (21 off 14) fought out this position. Bumrah’s wicket of Jofra Archer (20 off 14) proved to be the final nail in England’s coffin. Patel and Yadav made a strong impression on the bowling side, picking up three wickets, while Bumrah also took two.

The coin was tossed in the inning that followed, and India fielded, setting a stiff target of 171 runs. The skipper of India, Rohit Sharma, with a hard-hitting 57 runs on 39 deliveries and included six boundaries, which added two sixes to them, has anchored India to a competitive score. Suryakumar Yadav provided an excellent backup for India with his good fortune of making 47 runs (off 36 balls), combining four bound1aries and a pair of sixes. In a mere 13 balls, Hardik Pandya managed to achieve the feat of 27 runs without a single boundary. On the other hand, Ravindra Jadeja’s blank score of 17 balls off nine balls had been a big shot in the arm late in the innings. At last, Axar Patel contributed ten unbeaten runs, so India had a healthy total to defend.
India is all set to face off against South Africa in the final on Saturday. The Proteas, who convincingly defeated Afghanistan in the semifinals, are now eyeing their first World Cup victory in cricket. On the other hand, India, the champion of the inaugural T20 World Cup in 2007, is eager to add another title to their name in their third final appearance.