India take on England in the T20 World Cup 2024 semifinal as Jos Buttler won the toss and elected to bowl first at the Providence stadium in Guyana on June 27, Thursday. Notably, both the teams kept their playing XIs unchanged and played the same team which they fielded in their last match respectively.
What did the captains say?
After winning the toss, England skipper Jos Buttler said:
“We'll bowl first. Looks like a good surface, the bounce will be low, with the rain around, we thought it'll be a bit of an advantage to bowl first. We're up against a great team, but we're peaking nicely and we are playing the same team today. Looking forward to a great challenge against a top side. Excited to be in a semi-final, but some of us have been here before.”
Meanwhile, after losing the toss India captain Rohit Sharma said:
“We would batted first, the weather looks good, whatever had to happen, it has already happened. We wanted to put runs on the board. The pitch tends to get slower as the3 game goes on. We understand the challenge of playing a tournament like this, a lot of travel and logistics. It's a chance to play some goodcricket. We don't want to think too far ahead, stay in the moment and letyour game do the talking. Same team for us.”
India's Playing XI:
Rohit Sharma(c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah
England's Playing XI
Philip Salt, Jos Buttler(w/c), Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley
Head-to-Head
India and England have faced each other 33 times in T20 Internationals with the Men in Blue winning 12 of them and 11 of them going in the English side's favour. They have also clashed four times in T20 World Cups with both teams winning two games each.
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