India vs England Highlights, T20 World Cup 2022 Semi-final: Jos Buttler, Alex Hales shine as England crush India to set up final clash with Pakistan

Alex Hales and captain Jos Buttler shone in an unbroken opening partnership as a ruthless England humiliated India by 10 wickets at Adelaide Oval on Thursday to storm into the Twenty20 World Cup final. England, who won the 50-over World Cup on home soil in 2019, can now become the first team to hold both global trophies in white-ball cricket when they meet Pakistan in Sunday's final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. They have rehabilitated opener Hales and skipper Buttler to thank as the pair chased down 169 for victory with four overs to spare, leaving a huge crowd of India supporters stunned. Get live cricket score updates of the T20 World Cup semi-final match between India and England. Check live scorecard, ball by ball commentary, cricket score online on Times of India.

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* KL Rahul is one six away from becoming the 14th player and third Indian to hit 100 T20I sixes

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* No team has won a men's T20I at the Adelaide Oval after winning the toss in 11 games

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India hold edge over England in T20 World Cup

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India have won 12 out of 22 T20 matches against 50-over World Cup champions England, including the last four

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India's major headache is the form of spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel. The duo hasn't bowled a complete quota of overs in any game, sharing only nine wickets in five matches, and adding to speculation that wrist spinner Yuzvendra Chahal could come into the XI in place of Patel

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While Curran enjoys support from Wood, who has picked nine wickets bowling at high pace, India's Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami have struggled at times. Hardik Pandya is India's most effective bowler in overs 7-15, picking eight wickets

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HEAD TO HEAD

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The batting intent will put more focus on a major contest between two left-arm fast bowlers. England's Sam Curran and India's Arshdeep Singh have both picked 10 wickets each in the Super 12 stage

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India failed to reach the knockout rounds in last year's T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates but have cruised into the last four Down Under with only a blip against South Africa

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While England sweat on the fitness of key players, India's sole selection dilemma is whether to bring back Dinesh Karthik as wicketkeeper or stick with Rishabh Pant as a left-handed batting option to counter England's spinners

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STAT ATTACK

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That proved a turning point, with England reaching the semi-finals or better at every World Cup since

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England have bitter memories from their last World Cup match at the ground, where Bangladesh knocked them out of the 50-overs tournament in 2015

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Virat Kohli may be jumping out of his skin to take strike in Adelaide, where he has scored five hundreds and three fifties across 14 innings in all formats

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It will be England's first match of the tournament at Adelaide Oval but India have already played at the ground, cruising to victory over Bangladesh

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The battle at the death is likely to be important, if not decisive, in the teams' first meeting in the tournament's knockout rounds given England's bowlers and India's batters have been standouts in the final overs

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Can Team India set up a dream finale against Pakistan?

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England may have their hands full against India's heavy hitters, though, with a rejuvenated Virat Kohli and the marauding Suryakumar Yadav in ominous form

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However, the bowling of Sam Curran and Wood, with support from Chris Woakes and Ben Stokes, has carried England through

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Only opener Alex Hales is ranked in the top 10 of the runs list among players who competed exclusively in the Super 12s