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England hammered Indian team by 10 wickets in semi-final game of T20 WC 2022 to enter final for 3rd time after 2010 & 2016 T20 World Cup. Batting first, India managed to post a total of 168/6 in 20 overs with the help of gritty fifty from Virat Kohli and stunning finish from Hardik Pandya in death overs. Adil Rashid bowled brilliantly at an economy rate of 5 and also picked the key wicket of Suryakumar Yadav, while Chris Jordan picked 3 wickets to his name and helped his team to put in a better position.
England opening pair Alex Hales and Jos Buttler ended up chasing 169 runs with 4 overs to be spare. Indian bowlers embarrassing performance led their team to another heart break in ICC knockout game as they fail to lift the trophy once again despite winning 4 out of 5 games in T20 WC 2022 group stage.
Numbers and Stats from IND vs ENG game:
1 - Virat Kohli becomes first batsman to smash 4000 runs in T20I history.
3 - Alex Hales became 3rd batsman to complete 2000 runs in T20Is.
Most runs for England in men's T20I:
Jos Buttler - 2576
Eoin Morgan - 2458
Alex Hales - 2073
3 - England have entered finals for 3rd time in T20 WC 2022.
Teams to enter ICC men's T20 WC finals most times:
Sri Lanka - 3 (2009, 2012 & 2014)
Pakistan - 3 (2007, 2009 & 2022)
England - 3 (2010, 2016 & 2022)
3 - Hardik Pandya has smashed three fifty-plus scores for India in men's T20I while batting at number 5 (or) below.
Most fifty-plus scores for India in men's T20I while batting at number 5 (or) below:
Hardik Pandya - 3
Yuvraj Singh / Manish Pandey - 2
4 - Virat Kohli has smashed 4th fifty-plus score in T20 WC 2022.
Batsman with four fifty-plus scores in a T20 WC edition:
Matthew Hayden (2007)
Virat Kohli (2014)
Babar Azam (2021)
Virat Kohli (2022)
Most runs in a men's T20 WC edition:
Virat Kohli - 319 (2014)
Tillakaratne Dilshan - 317 (2009)
Babar Azam - 303 (2021)
Mahela Jayawardene - 302 (2010)
Virat Kohli - 296 (2022)
5 - For 5th time, a team has won a men's T20 WC game by 10 wickets.
Instances of team winning a men's T20 WC game by 10 wickets:
Australia vs Sri Lanka in Cape Town, 2007
South Africa vs Zimbabwe in Hambantota, 2012
Oman vs P.N.G. in Al Amerat, 2021
Pakistan vs India in Dubai, 2021
England vs India in Adelaide, 2022
11 - England has defeated India for 11th time in men's T20I.
Most wins vs India in men's T20I:
England - 11
Australia / South Africa - 10
New Zealand - 9
86 - Alex Hales won Man of the Match award for his 86
Highest score for England in men's T20 WC:
Alex Hales - 116* vs Sri Lanka in Chattogram, 2014
Jos Buttler - 101* vs Sri Lanka in Sharjah, 2021
Luke Wright - 99* vs Afghanistan in Colombo(RPS), 2012
Alex Hales - 86* vs India in Adelaide, 2022
Joe Root - 83 vs South Africa in Wankhede, 2016
170* - Jos Buttler and Alex Hales recorded the highest ever partnership (170*) in men's T20 WC history.
Highest partnership by a batting pair in men's T20 WC history:
Jos Buttler-Alex Hales : 170* vs India in Adelaide, 2022
Quinton de Kock-Rilee Rossouw : 168 vs Bangladesh in Sydney, 2022
Mahela Jayawardene-Kumar Sangakkara : 166 vs West Indies in Bridgetown, 2010
Highest partnership for England in men's T20I:
Dawid Malan-Eoin Morgan : 182 vs New Zealand in Napier, 2019
Jos Buttler-Alex Hales : 170* vs India in Adelaide, 2022
Jos Buttler-Dawid Malan : 167* vs South Africa in Cape Town, 2020
2013 - Post 2013 CT, India despite reaching semi-final (or) final of ICC tournament they haven't been able to lift the trophy unfortunately.
Indian men's team in last 7 ICC knockout games(excluding games against Bangladesh) :
- Lost to SL by 6 wickets in 2014 T20 WC Finals
- Lost to AUS by 95 runs in 2015 WC Semi-Finals
- Lost to WI by 7 wickets in 2016 T20 WC Semi-Finals
- Lost to PAK by 180 runs in 2017 CT Finals
- Lost to NZ by 18 runs in 2019 WC Semi-Finals
- Lost to NZ by 8 wickets in 2021 WTC Finals
- Lost to ENG by 10 wickets in 2022 T20 WC Semi-Finals