There will be revenge or repeat as England take on India in the T20 World Cup semi-finals. Thursday's clash in Guyana is a rematch from a last-four meeting in the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia - a game England won by 10 wickets in Adelaide against an awfully timid opponent. India meandered along to 168-6 after being inserted, with Hardik Pandya's 63 from 33 balls before treading on his stumps the only knock of real verve.
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Virat Kohli passed 4,000 T20I career runs but was largely sedate in an innings of 50 from 40 deliveries. Skipper Rohit Sharma went at under a run a ball in his 27 off 28. Any thoughts that Rohit's men had a competitive total soon eroded as Jos Buttler (80no off 49) and Alex Hales (86no off 47) pounded England to 63-0 in the powerplay and to their target of 169 with a full four overs to spare - Buttler's six off Mohammed Shami clinching a dominant victory.
England were through to a final they would go on to win - beating Pakistan thanks to a crucial innings from Ben Stokes - and India were left to accept that their wait for a first World Cup title since triumphing in the 50-over version on home soil in 2011 would extend. The defeat to England, and more pertinently the tentative nature of it, seems to have stirred India, with captain Rohit leading the charge. T20 World Cup: Results and fixtures Stream T20 World Cup with NOW T20 World Cup: Latest headlines Get Sky Sports on WhatsApp Please use Chrom.