India vs England LIVE: T20 World Cup result after Jos Buttler and Alex Hales inspire record chase
England marched into the final with a 10-wicket win in Adelaide
England are into the T20 World Cup final after producing a staggering performance to beat India in the semi-final in Adelaide.
The absences of injured duo Mark Wood and Dawid Malan - replaced by Chris Jordan and Phil Salt - might have unsettled England but they were able to restrict India to 168 after opting to field first, despite a half-century for Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya’s exceptional 63 off 33 deliveries.
But it proved to be nowhere near enough as captain Jos Buttler (80*) and partner Alex Hales (86*) put on a fireworks show with the bat in a remarkable unbeaten opening stand as England marched into the final with a 10-wicket win over the pre-tournament favourites.
They will now face Pakistan in Sunday’s showpiece in Melbourne.
Follow the reaction from the T20 World Cup semi-final:
England 156-0, Buttler 71, Hales 81, Patel 0-30 (4) England need 169 runs to win
Axar Patel returns for his final over. Hales dinks him away for one before Buttler does the same. England will be counting down these runs now.
Just two runs come from the over but England only need 13 to win.
England 154-0, Buttler 70, Hales 80, Shami 0-25 (2) England need 169 runs to win
Oh my! That is superb. Jos Buttler stands his ground and smokes a length ball from Shami over his head and straight into the stands! Six more for the England captain.
Dropped! Buttler goes again and knocks this one very high into the air. Suryakumar Yadav has to track back to get to the ball but he spills it and to make matters worse the ball rolls away for four!
England 144-0, Buttler 60, Hales 80, Shami 0-15 (1.3) England need 169 runs to win
Everything is coming off the middle of the bat for England. Even the shots that don’t beat the fielders. Mohammed Shami is brought back on and Buttler plays back two dots before lifting him over the offside for four more!
England 140-0, Buttler 56, Hales 80, Hardik 0-34 (3) England need 169 runs to win
Incredible batting from Buttler! He scoops Hardik for four then hooks a short ball over deep midwicket for six runs to bring up his 50!
Buttler takes one off the final delivery. England now need just 29 runs to win.
England 129-0, Buttler 45, Hales 80, Hardik 0-23 (2.3) England need 169 runs to win
England now need less than one run per ball. Hardik Pandya continues and Buttler takes him for a couple before pushing one into the offside for one.
Hales then tries to unleash and scoops the ball over mid-on allowing Buttler to scramble through for three.
England 123-0, Buttler 42, Hales 77, Ashwin 0-27 (2) England need 169 runs to win
Huge! Oh my word. Alex Hales drops to his knee and slog sweeps Ashwin over the short square boundary for six runs!
Hales follows up with a square cut through cover for another four. This one coming all along the deck. 15 runs from the over.
England are motoring now.
England 112-0, Buttler 41, Hales 67, Ashwin 0-16 (1.3) England need 169 runs to win
Ashwin returns. His previous over went for a few but he found some turn and bounce. Buttler cuts him away from one to bring Hales back on strike.
There isn’t as much pressure on England now and they can milk Ashwin away from ones and twos.
England 108-0, Buttler 38, Hales 66, Hardik 0-17 (2) England need 169 runs to win
Hales takes Hardik for three runs from the next three balls as the bowler tries to mix up his lines and lengths.
Buttler then inside edges one into the offside and Hales calls him through for another run. 10 runs come from the over as Pandya finishes with a nice bouncer that Hales ducks underneath.
England 104-0, Buttler 37, Hales 63, Hardik 0-13 (1.1) England need 169 runs to win
Six runs! Alex Hales waits deep in his crease for Hardik Pandya to bang the ball into the wicket. He does and Hales rocks onto the back foot and smokes him over deep midwicket for a maximum to bring up England’s 100!
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