England captain Jos Buttler won the all-important toss and elected to bowl first against India in the second semi-final at the Adelaide Oval on November 10 (Thursday). England made two forced changes to their playing XI as pacer Mark Wood and left-handed batter Dawid Malan missed out with their respective injuries and the duo was replaced by Chris Jordan and Phil Salt. Meanwhile, the Men in Blue went with the same playing XI for the crunch knockout game.
India (Playing XI): KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma(c), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant(w), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh
England (Playing XI): Jos Buttler(w/c), Alex Hales, Philip Salt, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid
Two former champions are pitted against each other in the second semi-final on a tricky Adelaide Oval track in a bid to set up a final date with Pakistan on November 13. While India have had better performances in the group stage compared to England, a high stakes, 'winner takes it all' contest like this always starts on an even keel.
England's premier all-rounder Ben Stokes has already admitted that they have not play their best cricket and the Indian team needs to ensure that Jos Buttler and Stokes himself don't choose the semifinal to bring their A-game to the fore. History is also a bit against India when it comes to results at the business end of the ICC events.
Post-2013, Indian teams have struggled to cross the final two hurdles on multiple occasions -- 2014 T20 World Cup final, 2016 T20 World Cup semifinals, the 2017 Champions Trophy final and the 2019 ODI World Cup semifinal.
Talking about the head-to-head rivalry between India and England, the two teams squared off in a bilateral series in which the Men in Blue emerged victorious by a margin of 2-1. Rohit Sharma's men have registered four T20I wins against the Three Lions in 2022. Overall, the two teams have crossed swords on 22 occasions in the shortest format of the game. India have won 12 matches compared to England's 10 victories.
In the T20 World Cup, India and England have crossed swords three times. The Men in Blue defeated the Three Lions in 2007 and 2012 while losing the game in 2009.
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.
