Sydney: England’s performance against India in the Twenty20 World Cup semi-final at the Adelaide ground was as expected. He wins the toss and chooses fielding instead of batting. Batting first, India are restricted to an average score. The openers, who came to bat in reply, made the celebration grand with a 10-wicket win with a lot of game remaining.
Assessments on why India lost are yet to end. Meanwhile, English captain Ben Stokes’s prediction made on Twitter a year ago is making news again. That tweet of Stokes was on October 29, 2021. “England-Pakistan Final??”. The same step has become a reality after a year and a few days.
Stokes was a member of the England team that played in the final of the 2016 Twenty20 World Cup. Stokes also bowled the crucial over against West Indies in the final. However, mass hitter Carlos Braithwaite hit four consecutive sixes to take the Caribbean team to the title.
Stokes has got a chance to atone for the loss of the title that day. If that happens, it will be the team’s second Twenty20 title. The first achievement was winning the world title in 2010 by defeating Australia.