India will be locking horns with England in the second semifinal of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday, November 10. The Men in Blue would be oozing with confidence heading into this knockout fixture having topped Group 2 winning four of their five matches with eight points to their tally. Their only loss came against South Africa.
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The Indian team would be hoping that skipper Rohit Sharma comes out all guns blazing on the big occasion. Rohit has only managed a solitary half-century so far. At the same time, it also remains to be seen what decision will be made by the management regarding the team combination in the spin and wicketkeeping departments featuring Ravichandran Ashwin- Yuzvendra Chahal as well as Dinesh Karthik and Rishabh Pant respectively.
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Meanwhile, England are also a force to reckon with in this competition. While they were stunned by Ireland in Super 12, the Three Lions played an outstanding brand of cricket to register a hard-fought 20-run victory over New Zealand before defeating Sri Lanka by four wickets in their final game to seal a semis berth and end arch-rivals Australia’s title reign.
India vs England: Adelaide Oval Cricket Ground Weather Prediction
Weather.com's forecast says there is a 34% chance of precipitation in Adelaide, South Australia on Thursday. There will be 92% Humidity, with a wind speed of 8 km per hour. Adelaide will experience highs of 22 degree Celsius, and low of 13 degree Celsius.
How will the pitch behave during the India-England game?
Teams batting first have a 4-2 win-loss record in Adelaide in Super 12 with an average 1st innings total of 157, which is only ahead of Perth (125) and Hobart (117).
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Probable playing XI of both the teams.
India: KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh
England: Alex Hales, Jos Buttler (c&wk), Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Phil Salt, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, David Willey
