After defeating Zimbabwe in the Super 12, India reached the semifinals where they’ll face England on November 10 at the Adelaide oval. The men in blue crushed Zimbabwe by 71 runs to book their spot. This is India’s 4th T20 World Cup 2022 semi-final appearance. Pakistan and New Zealand are going to face each other in the other semifinal.
England ended with 7 points at an NRR of +0.473. England’s first game started with a five-wicket victory against Afghanistan, but it wasn’t an easy win since their batters were bundled out to the target of 113 runs.
T20 World Cup 2022: India will face England in the semi-final; India vs Pakistan in the final?
- In the first semifinal, New Zealand will be seeing Pakistan on Wednesday, November 09 2022 at 1:30 PM IST.
- In the second one, India and England will have a clash on November 10, Thursday at 1:30 PM IST.
Indian and Pakistani fans are keeping their fingers crossed so that the two arch-rivals can face each other once again in the finale. If both teams win their respective semifinals, the final of 2007 may be repeated once again. Pakistan beat Bangladesh and sealed its spot in the semi-finals of the tournament.
Pakistan defeated India for the very first time in T20 World Cup 2021 by 10 wickets in Dubai. In 2007’s finale, MS Dhoni and Co. won the game by a narrow margin of 5 runs in Durban. The inaugural match of this season was a blockbuster clash. both the teams gave their best but India won by 4 wickets. In the last ball, a single run was required which was accomplished by Ravichandran Ashwin. Virat Kohli was the man of the match as he scored 82 runs off 64 deliveries. Although the victory seemed quite difficult to achieve, Kohli and Hardik Pandya made it possible with their spectacular performances.
The fans on Twitter have already started praying for the final clash to take place between the neighbors
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