Rohit Sharma’s India vs Jos Buttler’s England in T20 World Cup Semi-Final

England won the toss and chose to field first against unbeaten India, led by Rohit Sharma, in the ICC T20 World Cup semi-final at Providence Stadium. If rain cancels the game, India will advance to the final due to their top position in the Super Eights group, ending England’s title defense.

In a rematch of the 2022 semi-final, India aims to turn their fortunes around. England captain Jos Buttler said, “We’ll bowl first. Looks like a good surface, and the bounce will be low, with the rain around, we thought it’ll be a bit of an advantage to bowl first. We’re up against a great team, but we’re peaking nicely and we are playing the same team today. Looking forward to a great challenge against a top side. Excited to be in a semi-final, but some of us have been here before.”

India captain Rohit Sharma commented, “We would have batted first, the weather looks good, whatever had to happen, it has already happened. We wanted to put runs on the board. The pitch tends to get slower as the game goes on. We understand the challenge of playing a tournament like this, a lot of travel and logistics. It’s a chance to play some good cricket. We don’t want to think too far ahead, stay in the moment and let your game do the talking. Same team for us.”

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