Live Cricket Score - India vs England, 2nd semi-final, T20 World Cup 2022

All over! England decimate India to reach the final

Exceptional. Absolutely exceptional from Buttler and Hales. They both carried their bats to add 170 together - the highest partnership in T20 World Cups. You could say India were too flat and toothless on the field but the issues in this game stretch back to how they batted in the start of the innings. Rohit Sharma reckoned he would've batted first too if he had won the toss and that added up considering this was a big knockout game and scoreboard pressure always climbs on the chasing side. But England bowled beautifully at the start and India had familiar struggles with Rahul falling early and Rohit being scratchy.

Buttler was top-class with his proactive captaincy, throwing Rohit and Kohli a leg spin challenge with both Rashid and Liam Livingstone bowling. Rashid finished with figures of 1 for 20 in 4 overs. India even got to 168 only because of a superlative effort right at the end from Hardik, where he smashed 50 in the last four overs. But as it turned out, that was not enough after the poor start that India made eventually cost them big. England's response to India's 168 was absolutely faultless. India hardly had a sniff in the 16 overs of bowling, never coming close to getting even one breakthrough. With that, the rude reality of falling short in another ICC event continues for India.

Spare a thought for India who've thoroughly entertained in this World Cup but have fallen short but also doff the biggest hat you've got to England here. They've bounced back from a defeat to Ireland, a washout against Australia and two backs-to-the-walls performances that even brought them to the last-four. Now they have a shot at glory against an equally feisty side - Pakistan - who too were headed for the exit when South Africa offered them an unreal detour with a defeat to Netherlands. Pakistan showed they can be exceptionally clinical too by dumping out last year's finalists - New Zealand.

All this means only one things - there's one hell of a final in store on Sunday, even without India in it. That's all from us for now, Ciao!

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