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:
India 74-2, Surya 14, Kohli 27, Stokes 0-18 (2)
Six! Ben Stokes bangs a short ball into the deck and Surya takes him on. He looks for the hook shot and gets a fine edge to the ball but it’s enough to carry it over the ropes for a maximum down to fine leg.
Four more! Stokes over corrects and goes full allowing Surya to lift the ball over extra cover and there’s no fielder on the boundary to keep it in play.
10 runs come from the final two balls of Stokes’ over. 12 come from it in total.
India 64-2, Surya 4, Kohli 27, Stokes 0-8 (1.3)
Swing and miss! Suryakumar Yadav almost pulls his shoulder out of it’s socket as he attempts a booming drive against the returning Ben Stokes but he misses the ball.
Stokes darts one into the leg-stump next up and Surya takes one to the deep square-leg boundary.
Kohli emulates him off the next ball too.
India 62-2, Surya 3, Kohli 26, Rashid 0-17 (3)
Great over from Adil Rashid! There’s a touch of spin so the Indian batters are finding it a bit tricky to get him away to the boundary. Just five more runs come from Rashid’s third over.
India reach the halfway stage of the innings 62-2. England would have taken this at the start of play. Can they get Virat Kohli out soon to set up the end of the innings.
India 57-2, Surya 1, Kohli 23, Jordan 1-6 (1)
Suryakumar Yadav - one of the Indian fans favourite players - comes out to bat to a loud round of applause.
He takes one off his first ball but that over from Chris Jordan is a good one for England.
Wicket! Rohit 27 (28) ct. Curran b. Jordan, India 56-2 (8.5)
Rohit’s gone now! Jordan builds a bit of pressure with a couple of dot balls following the boundary so Rohit Sharma looks for a big hit.
He pulls the ball into the legside but doesn’t get hold of it properly. Sam Curran comes sprinting in from the boundary and takes a fine diving catch to dismiss the Indian captain.
India 56-1, Rohit 27, Kohli 23, Jordan 0-5 (0.2)
Here comes Chris Jordan.
There’s a lot of pressure on him after replacing Mark Wood in the line-up. His first ball is worked away for one by Virat Kohli.
The next one is full and wide and Rohit Sharma spanks him over cover for four runs!
India 51-1, Rohit 23, Kohli 22, Rashid 0-12 (2)
Adil Rashid continues manages to keep the Indians quiet. Rohit and Kohli attempt to find the boundary on the legside but can’t beat the boundary fielders.
Five singles come from the over but India bring up the 50!
India 46-1, Rohit 21, Kohli 19, Livingstone 0-8 (1)
Eight runs from the over as Kohli milks Livingstone away for three more to close the over out strongly. This partnership will just be starting to worry Jos Buttler.
England need a wicket.
India 43-1, Rohit 21, Kohli 16, Livingstone 0-5 (0.3)
The field has gone out as the powerplay comes to an end so Jos Buttler is introduced into the attack. His first two deliveries are decent enough bringing just one run before Virat Kohli drills the ball back over the bowler’s head for four!
India 38-1, Rohit 20, Kohli 12, Rashid 0-7 (1)
Close! Rashid recovers well and a googly off the final delivery almost brings him a wicket as Rohit scoops the ball just past the bowler for a single.
Seven runs come from the over. The powerplay ends with India 38-1.
Advantage England you would have to say.
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