T20 World Cup 2022 | England opt to bowl against India in 2nd semifinal
The Hindu
England are playing Phil Salt and Chris Jordan in place of Dawid Malan and Mark Wood, while India has retained Rishabh Pant, picking him over Dinesh Karthik
England skipper Jos Buttler won the toss and elected to bowl against India in the second semifinal of the T20 World Cup here on Thursday.
England made two changes, bringing in Phil Salt and Chris Jordan in place of Dawid Malan and Mark Wood.
India are unchanged and have picked Rishabh Pant ahead of Dinesh Karthik.
England, who are ODI World Cup champions, are looking to add to their maiden T20 World title, which they won in 2010.
The winner of the second semifinal will meet Pakistan — who beat New Zealand by 7 wickets in the first semifinal — in the final on Sunday.
India: KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh.
England: Jos Buttler (c), Alex Hales, Philip Salt, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid.
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