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 96-0, Buttler 36, Hales 56, Arshdeep 0-13 (1.3) England need 169 runs to win
Arshdeep Singh returns for India but Alex Hales swats him away for fours runs through the offside. England won’t be going into their shells. They’ll want to chase down these runs as soon as possible.
Arshdeep comes around the wicket for the next ball and Hales flicks him into the legside for one to bring Buttler back on strike.
Buttler drives down the ground but drills the ball into the stumps and England are robbed off a single.
England 91-0, Buttler 36, Hales 51, Hardik 0-7 (1) England need 169 runs to win
England 91-0, Buttler 36, Hales 51, Hardik 0-7 (1) England need 169 runs to win
The run-rate is now just a touch over seven runs per over. Rishabh Pant is getting a bit of treatment from the Indian physios as it looks like he’s down with cramp.
The umpires use the break in play to call for drinks.
England need 78 runs to win from 66 balls.
England 91-0, Buttler 36, Hales 51, Hardik 0-7 (1) England need 169 runs to win
Hardik Pandya now comes on for India who need him to perform. He digs one into the pitch and Hales swivels him away for one.
Jos Buttler then scoops Hardik over to fine leg where Mohammed Shami collects the ball. He tries to lay it off but throws the ball wide of the incoming fielder and England scramble through for four runs.
Hardik is not amused by that. Buttler then takes two before finding the fielder at point with a square drive. Seven runs come from the over.
England 84-0, Buttler 29, Hales 50, Patel 0-28 (3), England need 169 runs to win
Short from Axar Patel and he gets pummelled into the legside by Alex Hales on the pull. Six more for England’s opener!
Hales then Buttler milk the ball away for a single each before the final ball of the over brings another one for Hales.
He goes to 50 from 28 balls! Can he kick on?
England 75-0, Buttler 29, Hales 42, Ashwin 0-12 (1), England need 169 runs to win
Ravichandran Ashwin is introduced into the attack by Rohit Sharma. Alex Hales pushes him down the ground for a single to start the over.
Ashwin gets the ball to grip and spin to Buttler and hits him on the pads. There’s a thought about an appeal but Ashwin himself waves it away.
Three more singles and a wide come from the next three balls as Ashwin continues to find turn and bounce. Hales then drops to one knee and sweeps the off-spinner away for six runs!
12 come from the over.
England 63-0, Buttler 28, Hales 33, Patel 0-19 (2), England need 169 runs to win
Four runs! Buttler blocks back a couple of deliveries from Axar Patel before rocking back and pulling the spinner away to the boundary on the final ball of the over.
63 runs come from the powerplay for England. 106 still needed from 96 balls.
England 59-0, Buttler 24, Hales 33, Patel 0-15 (1.3), England need 169 runs to win
Six more! Axar Patel continues and so does Alex Hales. The spinner drifts into the pads and Hales works him over the ropes on the legside.
He then takes one to get off strike.
England 52-0, Buttler 24, Hales 26, Shami 0-1 (1), England need 169 runs to win
He gets away with one! Hales gives himself room outside the leg-stump and swipes at a good length delivery. He’s trying to lift it over the offside but Shami finds the outside edge yet the ball runs away for four runs!
That brings up England’s 50 and Hales takes a single off the last ball. It was a decent over from Shami but 11 runs comes from it.
England 47-0, Buttler 24, Hales 21, Shami 0-6 (0.3), England need 169 runs to win
Mohammed Shami is good bowler and a tough competitor who seems to play well against England. He starts with a dot ball against Hales but the batter responds with a massive drive over mid-off and hits a six to the longest boundary!
Six or nothing at the minute as Shami sends down another dot ball.
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