T20 World Cup: England beat India to storm into World Cup final

England stormed into the Men's T20 World Cup last with a sensational 10-wicket demolition of India astatine the Adelaide Oval.

They romped location with a monolithic 24 balls to spare to acceptable up a last against Pakistan connected Sunday and seal 1 of England's top white-ball wins.

Hales ended 86 not retired from 47 and Buttler unbeaten connected 80 from 49, the England skipper clinching the lucifer with the pair's 10th six.

Earlier, England's bowlers had restricted India good earlier Hardik Pandya's 63 from 33 balls powered his broadside to what had looked a investigating score.

But Hales, recalled aft much than 3 years successful the planetary wilderness, gave England a accelerated commencement and Buttler took connected the onslaught.

It denies the tourney what would person been a mouth-watering India-Pakistan finale, alternatively ensuring a repetition of the celebrated 1992 50-over World Cup last astatine the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).

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England roar into Sunday's final

This was expected to beryllium the nighttime India joined their large rivals successful what would person been 1 of the large sporting finals.

A frenzied assemblage was expectant but by the end, a tiny pouch of England fans were jubilant, the quietened India supporters drifting away.

England's bowling effort, without Mark Wood due to the fact that of wounded and up against India's batting line-up of superstars, was tidy and disciplined, until they were knocked disconnected people by Hardik's precocious blitz.

The batting was simply stunning.

Buttler settled immoderate nerves by taking 3 fours from the archetypal implicit earlier helium and Hales dispatched some gait and rotation successful seemingly effortless fashion.

As the final, imperious onslaught cleared long-on, Buttler whipped disconnected his helmet and roared with delight.

A run that was floundering aft decision by Ireland 2 weeks agone could present extremity successful glory.

Pakistan person produced their ain singular betterment to scope the showpiece but were beaten 4-3 by England successful a T20 bid successful their ain backyard past month.

Bowlers restrict earlier Hardik's onslaught

Without the wicket-taking menace of Wood's searing pace, England fought good to restrict India successful the aboriginal stages.

Chris Woakes got 1 to emergence disconnected a magnitude and instrumentality KL Rahul's borderline successful the 2nd over, Rohit Sharma was caught astatine heavy mid-wicket disconnected Chris Jordan for 27 disconnected 28 balls and erstwhile dangerman Suryakumar Yadav was taken astatine heavy constituent disconnected Adil Rashid for 14, India were 75-3 successful the 12th over.

Kohli's archetypal bound was a glorious thrust for six implicit other screen but the erstwhile skipper was incapable to find apical gear, Rashid peculiarly effectual done the mediate with a four-over spell that outgo lone 20.

Kohli yet fell astatine the extremity of the 18th, caught by the diving Rashid astatine abbreviated 3rd disconnected Jordan.

Hardik past deed back-to-back sixes disconnected Jordan successful the 18th - 1 a abbreviated shot pummelled implicit mid-wicket and the adjacent a afloat shot sensationally flicked disconnected his pads - earlier helping instrumentality 22 from the penultimate implicit bowled by Curran.

Eighty runs came from the past 7 overs and 47 from the last 3 but successful information had Hardik added different 30, it would not person been enough.

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