India Beat England To Enter World Cup Finals: Rohit Sharma Narrates The Success Story

Skipper Rohit Sharma narrated the success story of Men in Blue in the post-match conference of India vs England T20 World Cup 2024 semi-final played at the Providence Stadium in Guyana. India outclassed defending champion England by 68 runs playing on a slow and sticky rain-affected pitch.

Batting on such a track has always been a challenge. But Rohit Sharma and his co. did it beautifully and the skipper led the side from the front and mesmerized everyone with his classy shots once again.

Sharing his views, Rohit Sharma said, it is always very satisfying to win, especially at the World Cup. He said that "boys worked very hard as a unit and it was a great effort from all. We adapted really well, conditions were challenging. That's been the success story for us so far."

Praising his mates, captain Rohit said, batters and bowlers adapted conditions well and played according to the situation, which powered things to fall in the right place.

"At one stage, 140-150 looked par. But we got runs in the middle, SKY and I were going and thought we can get 20-25 more. 175 was a very good score, bowlers were fantastic. Axar, Kuldeep are gun spinners. Tough to play shots against them in these conditions. They were calm under pressure. We had a chat after the first innings, message was to keep stumps in play. That's what they did. I can set the target in my mind, but I don't want to let anyone know about it, to the batters. They are all instinctive players. I thought 170 was a very good surface," Rohit Sharma said in the post-match presentation ceremony.

India vs England Match Score Card:

Toss: England Invited India To Bat First

India's batting:

Rohit Sharma: 57 runs off 39 balls (6 fours and 2 sixes)

Virat Kohli: 9 runs off 9 balls (1 sixer)

Rishabh Pant: 4 runs off 6 balls

Surya Kumar Yadav: 47 runs off 36 balls (4 fours and 2 sixes)

Hardik Pandya: 23 runs off 13 balls (1 four and 2 sixes)

Ravindra Jadeja: 17 runs off 9 balls (2 fours)

Shivam Dube: 0

Axar Patel: 10 runs off 6 balls (1 sixer)

Arshdeep Singh: 1 run off 1 ball

Bowlers: English speedster Chris Jordan picked up 3 wickets, while Reece Topley, Jofra Archer, Sam Curran, and Adil Rashid dismissed 1 Indian batter each.

England's Batting:

Phil Salt: 5 runs off 8 balls

Jos Buttler: 23 runs off 15 balls (4 fours)

Moeen Ali: 8 runs off 10 balls

Jonny Bairstow: 0

Harry Brooks: 25 runs off 19 balls (3 fours)

Sam Curran: 2 runs off 4 balls

Liam Livingstone: 11 runs off 16 balls

Chris Jordan: 1 run off 5 balls

Jofra Archer: 21 runs off 15 balls

Adil Rashid: 2 runs off 2 balls

Reece Topley: 3 runs off 3 balls

India's bowling

Indian spinners Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav stole the show set by batters as they picked up 3 wickets each. Their turning balls trapped English batters, who had no clue on how to play them. Speedster Jasprit also spread the magic of his pace and forced two batsmen to go back to dugouts without allowing to score big.

Total scores:

India 171/7 (20 overs)

England 103/10 (16.4 overs)

Match Result:

India won the second semi-final match by 68 runs. The men in blue will now meet South Africa in the T20 World Cup finals on Saturday, June 29, at the Kensington Oval Bridgetown in Barbados. The high-voltage battle will commence at 7:30 pm (IST).