world cup: T20 WC: Rain threat looms over England-Pakistan final

There is a risk of rain in the ICC T20 World Cup final between England and Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, as the Bureau of Meteorology on Friday predicted a 95 per cent chance of rain for Melbourne on November 13.

Cricket fans across the world are waiting for the T20 World Cup to peak but the final may either be pushed to the reserve day or the cup may be forced to look into the possibility of being shared by both the teams.

At present there is a 95 percent chance of rain on Sunday and 8 to 20 mm of rain may occur.

“Cloudy to cloudy. Very high (close to 100%) chance of rain. Thunderstorms, possibly severe. Light winds blowing from north to northeast at a speed of 15 to 25 km/h early morning, then moving from north to northwest during the day,” the Bureau of Meteorology predicted Friday morning.

The weather for Reserve Day, Monday, November 14, is not encouraging and there is a 95 per cent chance of rain on this day.

“Cloudy to cloudy. Very high (95%) chance of rain, most likely in the morning and afternoon. Chance of rain with thunderstorms. Winds from northwest to southwest with a speed of 15 to 20 km/h turn towards morning at a speed of 25 to 40 km/h. Then in the evening it will turn west at a speed of 15 to 25 km/h.”

The tournament has been plagued by rain and matches are being washed out without a ball being bowled.

Sunday’s final could face the same fate, which will be the sad end of perhaps the best T20 World Cup in history; Due to the fact that it saw unexpected results and was full of twists.

Earlier, top innings from openers Alex Hales and Jos Buttler helped England to a convincing 10-wicket win over India in the second semi-final of the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup in Australia to ensure a place in the T20 World Cup final. Adelaide on Thursday.

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india england match: There will be some retirements, says Sunil Gavaskar after India’s T20WC exit

Legendary Sunil Gavaskar expects some senior players to announce retirement after India’s humiliating 10-wicket defeat against England in the T20 World Cup semi-final here on Thursday. Gavaskar also feels that all-rounder Hardik Pandya will take over the captaincy after the departure of Rohit Sharma.

“After winning the Indian Premier League on his first assignment as captain, he would have marked Hardik Pandya as the next captain,” the former India captain said on Star Sports.

“Hardik Pandya will definitely take charge of the team in the future and there will be some retirement, you never know. The players will be thinking a lot about it.

“There are many players in their mid-30s who would reconsider their position in the Indian T20I squad.”

Fifties from Alex Hales and Jos Buttler helped England beat India by 10 wickets.

While Virat Kohli has been the highest scorer in this World Cup, it has been disappointing for other senior players like skipper Rohit Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin and Dinesh Karthik, who are in their mid-30s.

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Virat Kohli news: Virat Kohli becomes first player to smash 4,000 runs in T20I cricket

Star Indian batsman Virat Kohli on Thursday became the first player in history to cross the 4,000-run mark in T20I cricket.

India’s star batsman achieved this feat during the second semi-final match of the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup against England at the Adelaide Oval.

In the match, Virat played a brilliant innings of 50 runs in 40 balls. His innings included four fours and a six. He hit the ball at a strike rate of 125.00.

This was his fourth fifty in the current edition of the tournament. He is currently the highest run-scorer in the tournament so far. He has scored 296 runs in six innings at an average of 98.66. This also includes his instant-classic knock of 82* against Pakistan in Melbourne.

With this fifty, Virat’s run-tally in T20I cricket has gone up to 4,008 runs in 107 innings from 115 matches at an average of 52.73. He has scored a century and 37 half-centuries with his personal best score of 122*. His strike rate in the shorter format is 137.96.

Other top batsmen in the shortest format are Indian captain Rohit Sharma (3,853), New Zealand opener Martin Guptill (3,531), Pakistan captain Babar Azam (3,323) and Ireland opener Paul Stirling (3,181).

Coming into the match, India posted a score of 168/6 in their 20 overs. Hardik Pandya (63 off 33 balls) and Virat Kohli (50) were the stars of the match for India.

Chris Jordan (3/43) was the bowler for England. Chris Woakes and Adil Rashid took one wicket each.

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england: Brilliant Hales, Buttler rout India as England cruise into T20 World Cup final

Alex Hales and Jos Buttler scored a brilliant unbeaten half-centuries as England beat India by 10 wickets to enter the Twenty20 World Cup final against Pakistan on Thursday.

Chasing 169 for victory in the second semi-final in Adelaide, Hales hit seven sixes in his 86 and Butler, who scored 80, struck a spellbinding run to reach the final in Melbourne on Sunday with four overs to spare. He hit three sixes in his batting performance.

Hardik Pandya’s 33-ball 63 guided India to 168-6 but the aggregate proved insufficient for a motivated opening pair as England chased down their second T20 crown since their 2010 win. .

England skipper Buttler hit three boundaries in the opening over of his chase and his team never looked back.

He continued to bat and Hales soon joined the big-hitting party as England won 63-0 in six overs.

Hales scored 50 off 28 balls and was serious on Axar Patel, who conceded 28 runs in his three overs as the match turned away from India in a flurry of sixes and fours.

Hales completed the team’s 100 with another six off Pandya and Butler soon geared up to adjust to his teammate.

The skipper completed his half-century with a six and a four off Pandya, dashing any hopes of ending their world title drought since India’s 2013 Champions Trophy win.

He scored the winning run with a six off Mohammed Shami and recounted the 1992 50-over World Cup final between Pakistan and England, which Pakistan won.

pandya fireworks

Earlier, Virat Kohli scored his fourth half-century of the tournament and shared a fourth-wicket partnership of 61 runs with Pandya, who broke the opposition attack in the final overs, including 57 runs in the last three overs, including 20 runs in one. Were. Sam Curran.

But it proved too little, too late, after a slow start with the bat and then a poor performance on the field against some of England’s somewhat disciplined bowling.

Chris Jordan took three wickets for the injured Mark Wood.

England invited India to bat and KL Rahul started with a boundary off Ben Stokes.

Seamer Chris Woakes got Rahul caught on the rising ball for five runs.

Captain Rohit Sharma hit four boundaries after a poor start as he and Kohli attempted to rebuild, but Jordan broke in his first over and ended the 43-run partnership when Sharma scored 57 runs wide-on. But missed.

Suryakumar Yadav hit a six and a four off Stokes, but soon fell for 14 in Adil Rashid’s leg-spin.

Kohli scored 4,000 T20 International runs with a boundary off Liam Livingstone, which took India’s total to 100-3 after 15 overs.

Kohli, who leads the tournament batting charts with 296 runs, reached 50 off 39 balls but was caught by Rashid at short third man off Jordan.

On the last ball of Jordan’s innings, Pandya hit four fours and five sixes and got his stumps out on the hit wicket.

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T20 World Cup: England thumps India by 10 wickets, storms into finals

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pandya: T20 WC: Half-centuries from Pandya, Virat power India to 168/6 against England in semifinal

Hardik Pandya scored a scintillating half-century while taking India to 168/6 against England at the Adelaide Oval in the ongoing T20 World Cup on Thursday.

Virat continued his love affair with the Adelaide ground and scored a half-century and put the innings together for the team. Pandya’s 63 (33) meanwhile made the final, and his late flourish put India on the level after a slow start.

Having chosen to field, England did not ask for a better start as they dismissed KL Rahul in the second over after the batsman dropped a boundary over point off the first ball of the innings. The right-hander could not repeat the heroism of his previous match and could only score 5(5).

The tournament’s leading run-scorer, Virat Kohli came out to bat and stamped his authority by hitting Chris Woakes for a beautiful six off the first ball of the third over.

Captain Rohit Sharma also joined the action and hit Sam Curran for two consecutive fours, which eased the batsman’s pressure. He dismissed Adil Rashid for a boundary in the sixth over and took India to 38/1 at the end of the powerplay.

India’s star batsman Virat continued his aggressive intent and hit Liam Livingstone for a boundary in the seventh over, meanwhile Rohit struggled to bat.

Pacer Chris Jordan was struck brilliantly for a boundary over cover by the opener but the bowler had the last laugh as he dismissed him in the same over. Rohit looks to launch the ball into the sky but loses his shape in the process and skids it towards mid-on, where Sam Curran takes a brilliant running catch to dismiss him for 27 (28). Took diving.

Talismanic batsman Suryakumar Yadav grabbed the crease and took India to 62/1 with the game hanging in the balance.

All-rounder Ben Stokes came to bowl his second over and hit only one six and one four in the 11th over.

Leg-spinner Adil Rashid proved to be Suryakumar’s undoing as the batsman hit him over the boundary but was able to drive the ball towards sweeper-cover, where Philip Salt held his nerves to complete the catch and gave England their own. Handed the biggest wicket. night.

The responsibility then fell on Virat and Hardik Pandya to stabilize the Indian innings and provide it with some stability while making sure not to see a drop in the scoring rate.

India were bundled out for 10 from the 14th over and things went ahead with Virat hitting a boundary in the over.

On the last ball of the 15th over, King Kohli hit a four and completed India’s century. He escaped with a leg before review after a brilliant yorker from Jordan was rapped over the boots.

The batsman sprinkled salt on the bowler’s wounds and hit a boundary in the extra cover area off the very next ball.

India got off to a great start in the 17th over and Pandya hit Kuren for a six over cover. Virat and Pandya also worked hard and were shining brightly between the wickets to keep the scoreboard in place.

Pandya was completely free in the 18th over and was pushing the accelerator with successive sixes off Jordan. Run machine Kohli completed his fourth half-century of the tournament but was caught at short third man in the same over.

Pacer Sam Curran was at Pandya’s end in the 19th over as he was torn apart by the batsman for two fours and a six, in the process reaching his half-century off just 29 balls.

Courtesy of Pandya got 12 runs in India’s final over as India ended the innings at 168/6.

Chris Jordan took three wickets for 43 runs.

Brief Scores: India 168/6 (Hardik Pandya 63, Virat Kohli 50; Chris Jordan 3-43) vs England.

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india: England opt to bowl against India in second semifinal

England captain Jos Buttler won the toss and elected to bowl against India in the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup here on Thursday. England made two changes, with Phil Salt and Chris Jordan in place of David Malan and Mark Wood.

India are unchanged and have picked Rishabh Pant ahead of Dinesh Karthik.

teams,

IndiaKL Rahul, Rohit Sharma (Captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh.

England: Jos Buttler (captain), Alex Hales, Phillip Salt, Ben Stokes, Harry Brooke, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid.

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