T20 World Cup semifinal- High hopes on Virat Kohli

All eyes will be on Virat Kohli as India face England in the semifinal of the 2024 T20 World Cup. England has already defeated India by 10 wickets in the 2022 semifinal on their way to their second T20 World Cup title. Though, India has been on the stronger side going through the game in Guyana, being one of of the only two sides to have stayed unbeaten so far, with the other being South Africa.

There is a massive danger of the match being affected by the rain. Since the match is being held on morning of July 27 (local time), there is no reserve day for this game as the final is at July 29 10:30am local time on Saturday. A washout will result in India going through since they won their Super 8 group.

India has not shown much of mercy in this tournament and almost all of the major players have stepped to change the game at various points. This also includes Virat Kohli to a certain extent, although his contribution in USA and west Indies was far below the standards. He only managed to grab scores of 1, 4, and 0 in India’s group stage matches in New York. In the Super 8, he scored a 24 against Afghanistan and then, made his biggest contribution thus far in the tournament against Bangladesh by scoring 37 in 28 balls.

Kohli was then sent back on a five-ball duck in their final group game against Australia. Since India won all the games they have played thus far, this means that Kohli’s innings haven’t affected the final outcome in any negative way. But they would be hoping that their talisman, one of their two senior-most and most illustrious batters, perform well in the big match.

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