Hales and Buttler dominate India as England sails into the T20 final.

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Hales and Buttler dominate India as England sails into the T20 final: In order to get to the Twenty20 World Cup final against Pakistan, England defeated India by 10 wickets on Thursday thanks to the outstanding unbeaten half-centuries of Alex Hales and Jos Buttler.

Hales and Buttler dominate India as England sails into the T20 final.

With four overs remaining in the second semi-final in Adelaide, Hales struck seven sixes in his 86 and Buttler hit three in a mesmerizing batting display to easily advance to Sunday’s final in Melbourne. The England-Ireland shocker earlier in the tournament was a far cry from this.

Now, that seems like a very long time ago, said Buttler. The perseverance we’ve displayed to complete the tournament since then and deliver our best effort today has been fantastic.

India reached 168-6 thanks to Hardik Pandya’s 33-ball 63, while England, chasing their second T20 championship after their 2010 triumph, found the total lacking in the face of an outstanding opening duo.

In the first over of their chase, England’s captain Buttler hammered Bhuvneshwar Kumar for three boundaries, and his team never looked back. As England sped to 63-0 in six overs, he continued the onslaught with the bat, and Hales quickly joined the big-hitting party.

As the contest was ripped away from India by a barrage of sixes and fours, Hales hit his 50 off 28 balls and was harsh on Axar Patel, who lost 28 runs in his three overs.

With another six off Pandya, Hales increased the team’s score to 100, and Buttler quickly adjusted his pace to catch up with his partner.

The captain put an end to any expectations that India would seek to end their world title drought since their Champions Trophy victory in 2013, as he reached his fifty with a six and a four off Pandya.

He appropriately smashed the go-ahead six off Mohammed Shami to set up a rematch of the 1992 Pakistan vs. England 50-over World Cup final, which Pakistan won. We were excited to arrive here, and it felt great when we did, said Butler.

“We always want to get going quickly and aggressively. We have the freedom to start out aggressively since Adil Rashid was (batting) down at number 11 today.” It was “very disappointing,”

Prior to Pandya tearing into the opposition’s attack in the last overs, Virat Kohli reached his fourth half-century of the competition and put on a 61-run fourth-wicket stand with him. They took 57 off the final three overs, including 20 off one off Sam Curran.

However, after a poor start with the bat against some disciplined England bowling and a shoddy fielding effort, it turned out to be too little, too late.

Rohit Sharma, the captain, said, “It’s extremely frustrating how we turned up today. “It was unquestionably not a pitch that would allow a side to come in and take it out in 16 overs.

“We didn’t get off to the best start with the ball. We were a touch on edge, but the openers also deserve praise. They did a great job playing.

“We’ll take it if we play it close and the batter continues to score runs. But that’s not what we did today.” Mark Wood was injured, so Chris Jordan filled in for him and took three wickets.

India was summoned to bat by England, and KL Rahul got things started by smashing a boundary off Ben Stokes. Rahul was caught behind by rising delivery from pitcher Chris Woakes for five.

After a shaky start, Rohit Sharma blasted four boundaries as he and Virat Kohli tried to rally. However, Jordan broke through in his first over and broke up their 43-run partnership when Sharma mistimed to beyond long-on with the score at 57.

Suryakumar Yadav hit a six and a four off Ben Stokes, but he eventually lost the match for 14 to Adil Rashid’s leg-spin. With a boundary off Liam Livingstone, Kohli reached 4,000 runs in T20 international matches and brought India’s total up to 100-3 after 15 overs.

With 296 runs, Kohli is in first place in the tournament’s batting order. Kohli reached 50 off 39 balls before being caught by Rashid off Jordan’s next delivery, who made a fine catch at short third man.

Prior to stepping on his stumps and being out by a wicket off Jordan’s penultimate delivery of the innings, Pandya hit four fours and five sixes.

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