At the Providence Stadium in Guyana on Thursday, Team India defeated holders England by 68 runs to secure their spot in the final match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024.

With fifty runs from Rohit Sharma and forty-seven from Suryakumar Yadav, India totaled 171 before their bowling unit bowled England out for 103.

Player of the Match went to Axar Patel, who, with his three-fer early on in the powerplay, started the English collapse.

“It was the plan; I had to bowl in the powerplay because I had bowled in the powerplay before,” he said.

The southpaw described how the wicket was sticky and how he tried to pitch the ball in the appropriate spots.

I made an effort to bowl in the appropriate spots since the wicket was halting and staying low. I wanted to bowl slower this game since the wicket was sluggish, and it worked for me,” he said.

The spinner said, “It wouldn’t have worked if I bowled quicker; it would have been easier for their batters.”

He continued by saying that the hitters’ contributions were helpful and that the team’s spirits were high after a close victory.

“We felt that 160 was a good total because our batters told us that the wicket wasn’t easy,” he said.

Axar praised the batsmen’s efforts after Rohit and Suryakumar set up a vital 73-run partnership for the third wicket to stabilize the Indian innings.

The southpaw said, “That partnership between Rohit and SKY was magnificent; they rotated the strike and scored the occasional boundaries.”

He said in closing that he would want to treasure the trophy and enjoy the victory today before turning his attention to the Saturday final vs. South Africa.

He concluded, saying, “We’ll celebrate this player of the match award first, not thinking about Barbados at the moment.”

He said in closing that he would want to treasure the trophy and enjoy the victory today before turning his attention to the Saturday final vs. South Africa.

He concluded, saying, “We’ll celebrate this player of the match award first, not thinking about Barbados at the moment.”