A stern test awaits Team India when the Men in Blue will walk out to face England in Adelaide on Thursday (November 10) in the second semi-final of the ongoing 2022 T20 World Cup. Both teams are identical in their makeup and they are loaded with champion batters, who can destroy any bowling attack. When it comes to bowling, both India and England have the ammunition to deliver a solid punch.
The Adelaide Oval has offered enough assistance to both bowlers and batters. Most importantly, the match will be played on a used pitch, and thus, expect the strip to be a little two-paced.
Rain has so far caused a handful of World Cup games to be called off. The venue of the India vs England semi-final game is Adelaide Oval. Off late, there have grey skies with periodic rains in Adelaide and it rained throughout last night. Having said that, India Today's Consulting Editor, Nikhil Naz, who is in Adelaide covering the Men in Blue reports that the weather is beautiful in the city right now. Last night, it rained in Adelaide with a little bit of thunderstorm but the skies are clearing up and it is expected to be a beautiful day. It is going to be a full game between the two power-packed sides.
The Men in Blue overcame a staunch Pakistan bowling attack to win their first match, before brushing aside the Netherlands. But in their third game, the frailties of India's batting were laid bare during their five-wicket loss to South Africa on Sunday, October 30. Facing an inconsistent Bangladesh, India stuttered once again but managed to hold their nerve to clinch an all-important victory. Rohit Sharma's men then easily thrashed Zimbabwe and finished the Super-12 stage with a bang.
India's squad for T20 World Cup 2022: Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Hooda.
England's squad for T20 World Cup 2022: Jos Buttler (captain, wk), Ben Stokes, Alex Hales, Harry Brook, Phil Salt, Dawid Malan, Sam Curran, Mark Wood, Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid, Tymal Mills, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Chris Woakes, David Willey.
