T20 World Cup 2022 India vs England Preview : A place in the T20 World Cup final will be up for grabs as Team India lock horns with England in the 2nd semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2022 in Adelaide on Thursday.
Having finished the group stage with the most wins across all 12 teams, the Men in Blue will be high on confidence. However, the Three Lions are also dangerous, and Rohit Sharma is aware of that fact.
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With India's bowling unit looking in top shape, the only concern at the moment seems to be the poor form of the skipper. Rohit has had a disastrous tournament so far and has managed to score just 89 runs in his 5 group-stage outings. However, Rohit's opening partner KL Rahul has shown some promise by scoring back-to-back half-centuries in his last 2 games.
Whether Rishabh Pant will be given another chance ahead of Dinesh Karthik is another selection dilemma surrounding the Indian team with the former getting out cheaply in the match against Zimbabwe. Karthik has also experienced a poor run of form coming into the tournament.
As far as the playing 11 is concerned, England have some problems of their own with bowler Mark Wood and batter Dawid Malan being doubtful starters for the semi-final due to injuries.
India and England have faced each other 22 times in the T20 format so far with the Men in Blue having a slight advantage with 12 wins as compared to England's 10 victories.
Unlike most of the games in the tournament so far, the Adelaide weather forecast predicts little to no chance of rain on Thursday.
IND vs ENG Match Timings - 1:30 PM (IST)
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India Predicted Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh
England predicted playing XI: Jos Buttler (C), Alex Hales, Phil Salt, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Mooen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood