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England captain Jos Buttler has questioned the decision to bring pacer Harshit Rana as a concussion substitute for batting all-rounder Shivam Dube in the fourth T20I against India on Friday.

Controversy erupted in the fourth game of the five-match T20I series when India brought Rana as a concussion sub for Dube, who copped a blow to his helmet on the second-last ball of the penultimate over of their inning.

After a check-up, the Indian physio allowed Dube to play the final ball and was run out after scoring 53 runs from 34 balls.

He, however, did not take to the field in England’s innings due to the concussion and Rana took the field in his place. Rana went on to take three key wickets, contributing to India’s victory.

England captain raised questions over the decision to allow India to bring the pacer as a concussion sub for a batting all-rounder.

“It is not a like-for-like replacement. We don’t agree with that,” Jos Buttler said after the match. “Either Shivam Dube has put on about 25mph with the ball or Harshit [Rana] has really improved his batting.”

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“It’s part of the game and we really should have gone on to win the match, but we disagree with the decision.”

As per the ICC’s playing conditions for men’s T20Is, “The ICC Match Referee should ordinarily approve a Concussion Replacement Request if the replacement is a like-for-like player whose inclusion will not excessively advantage his/her team for the remainder of the match.”

“In assessing whether the nominated Concussion Replacement should be considered a like-for-like player, the ICC Match Referee should consider the likely role the concussed player would have played during the remainder of the match, and the normal role that would be performed by the nominated Concussion Replacement.”

Jos Buttler also lamented that the match officials did not consult with him before the decision.

“There was no consultation [with us]. That’s something I was thinking as I came out to bat – who is Harshit on for? They said he is a concussion replacement, which I obviously disagreed with,” he added.

“It is not a like-for-like replacement. They said that the match referee had made the decision. We had no say in it or any part of it. But we’ll ask Javagal [Srinath] some questions just to get some clarity around it.”

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GUYANA: Rohit Sharma’s blistering half-century, followed by a dominant bowling display led India to thump England here at Providence Stadium on Thursday and qualify for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 final.

Chasing a daunting 172-run target, England’s strong batting unit unfolded on just 103 runs and thus succumbed to a thumping defeat in the semi-final.

England captain Jos Buttler gave his side a decent start with a 15-ball 23 but perished on the first delivery of the fourth while playing a reverse sweep against Axar Patel.

The defending champions then lost three more wickets in quick succession and consequently slipped to 46/4 in 7.1 overs.

Coming out to bat at No.5, Harry Brook offered a notable fightback with his 19-ball 25 before Kuldeep Yadav cleaned him up in the 11th over. Brook remained the top-scorer for England.

Jofra Archer and Liam Livingstone (11) put on 14 runs for the eighth-wicket partnership which lasted with the latter getting run out in the 15th over.

However, Archer’s retaliation came to an end in the 17th over when Jasprit Bumrah trapped him lbw. He remained a notable contributor for England with 21 off 15 balls.

Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav bagged three wickets each for India while Bumrah picked two.

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Put into bat first, India registered 171/7 on the board, courtesy of a solid partnership between Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav.

India had a shaky start to their innings as Virat Kohli, once again, failed to score in double digits. He was cleaned up by Reece Topley in the third over with just 19 runs on the board.

The former champions then suffered another blow to their batting expedition as wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant fell victim to Sam Curran after scoring four.

Former top-ranked T20I batter Suryakumar Yadav then joined skipper Rohit Sharma in the middle when India were 40/2 in 5.2 overs.

The pair batted sensibly and put India in a comfortable position with a brilliant third-wicket partnership.

Yadav and Sharma took calculated risks and added 73 runs amid their stand until top-ranked T20I bowler Adil Rashid provided England a much-needed breakthrough by dismissing India’s skipper in the 14th over.

Rohit Sharma remained the top-scorer for India with a 39-ball 57 which featured six fours and two sixes.

Suryakumar Yadav soon followed in Sharma’s footsteps as he departed in the 16th over, courtesy of Jofra Archer’s back-of-the-hand slower delivery.

He made 47 in 36 balls with the help of four fours and two sixes.

Hardik Pandya then put together a one-sided partnership with Ravindra Jadeja which yielded 22 runs in 12 deliveries.

Pandya scored a brisk 23 off 13 deliveries, laced up with one four and two sixes before falling victim to Chris Jordan in the 18th over.

Jordan struck again on the next delivery to send Shivam Dube packing for a golden duck as India slipped to 146/6 in 17.5 overs.

Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja then combined for a quick 24-run partnership which ended with the former’s dismissal on the penultimate delivery of the innings.

Patel scored 10 off six balls while Jadeja remained not out with a nine-ball 17.

Chris Jordan led the bowling attack for England with three wickets but was expensive while Adil Rashid, Reece Topley, Jofra Archer and Sam Curran chipped in with a wicket apiece.

It is pertinent to mention here that the winner of the second semi-final between India and England will face South Africa in the T20 World Cup 2024 final, scheduled at Kensington Oval, Barbados on June 29.

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GUYANA: England have won the toss and opted to field first against India in the second semi-final of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 here at Providence Stadium on Thursday.

PLAYING XIs

Both India and England are unchanged.

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah.

England: Jos Buttler (c & wk), Phil Salt, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley.

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Speaking at the toss, England captain Jos Buttler termed Providence Stadium’s pitch a decent surface and expressed his hope that it would support his decision to bowl first.

“Looks a decent surface, everyone’s talked about the low bounce at this ground. With the rain around we hope it’s an advantage to bowl first,” said Buttler.

India’s captain Rohit Sharma contradicted his English counterpart’s remarks, stating that the pitch looks dry so they want to put runs on the board.

“Weather seems clear. Big game and we want to put runs on the board. [Pitch] looks a little dry, hopefully, it gets slower and slower,” Sharma said.

HEAD TO HEAD

India and England have faced each other 23 times in T20 Internationals with the formers having a slight edge in the head-to-head record.

Matches 23, India 12, England

FORM GUIDE

Both India and England are going strong in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024 but the 2007 champions boast a superior track record as they are unbeaten in the tournament.

Whereas, England, who twice found themselves in a state of bother, brushed aside the uncertainty surrounding their future in the mega event with statement victories over Oman in the group stage and the USA in the Super Eights to become the first side to book their spot in the semi-finals.

India: W, W, W, NR, W (most recent first)

England: W, L, W, W, W

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GUYANA: The coin toss for the highly-anticipated second semi-final of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 between defending champions England and India has been delayed due to a wet outfield here at Providence Stadium.

According to the details, it is not currently raining here but the outfield is not yet suitable for the action.

A few members of the ground staff walked out and the pipes used to keep the covers grounded are being removed.

The situation indicates that the ground staff will get the field ready for the action in around 30 minutes if the rain does not return.

Earlier, the weather forecast suggested that it is likely to rain throughout the day, with the downpour likely to intensify after 10:00 AM local time, half an hour before the scheduled start of the match at 10:30 AM.

There were 66 per cent chances of rain at the scheduled time of the coin toss which would increase to 75 per cent an hour late.

The chances of rain will then significantly reduce to as low as 34 per cent between 1 PM and 2 PM.

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For the unversed, the International Cricket Council (ICC) did not schedule a reserve day for the second semi-final.

The apex cricketing body, however, allocated an extra time of 250 minutes for the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2024 between India and England, in a bid to give the ground staff ample time to prepare the field if rain allows.

The winner of the second semi-final will face South Africa in the final, who outclassed Afghanistan in the first knockout game earlier today in Trinidad.

The Proteas bundled out Afghanistan on a meagre 56 and chased down the target for the loss of just one wicket and 67 balls to spare.

If the second semi-final gets abandoned then the team with a superior record in the Super Eight stage will qualify for the final.

Therefore, India will advance into the T20 World Cup 2024 final as the 2007 champions topped Group 1 standings with three victories in three matches. Whereas, England concluded the stage second with two victories in three matches.

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The highly-anticipated second semi-final of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 between defending champions England and India, scheduled today in Guyana, is likely to be affected by rain.

According to AccuWeather, it is likely to rain throughout the day, with the downpour likely to intensify after 10:00 AM local time, half an hour before the scheduled start of the match at 10:30 AM.

There are 66 per cent chances of rain at the scheduled time of the coin toss which would increase to 75 per cent an hour late.

The chances of rain will then significantly reduce to as low as 34 per cent between 1 PM and 2 PM.

For the unversed, the International Cricket Council (ICC) scheduled a reserve day for the first semi-final but not for the second.

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The apex cricketing body, however, allocated an extra time of 250 minutes for the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2024 between India and England, in a bid to give the ground staff ample time to prepare the field if rain allows.

The winner of the second semi-final will face South Africa in the final, who outclassed Afghanistan in the first knockout game earlier today in Trinidad.

The Proteas bundled out Afghanistan on a meagre 56 and chased down the target for the loss of just one wicket and 67 balls to spare.

If the second semi-final gets abandoned then the team with a superior record in the Super Eight stage will qualify for the final.

Therefore, India will advance into the T20 World Cup 2024 final as the 2007 champions topped Group 1 standings with three victories in three matches. Whereas, England concluded the stage second with two victories in three matches.

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DHARAMSALA: Ravichandran Ashwin took a five-wicket haul in his landmark 100th Test as India hammered England by an innings and 64 runs in the fifth match to seal the series 4-1 on Saturday.

England’s James Anderson reached 700 Test wickets early in the day to be just the third bowler to achieve the feat, but the tourists were never in the game.

Off-spinner Ashwin returned figures of 5-77 to help bowl out England for 195 inside three days at the picturesque Dharamsala stadium, overlooked by snowcapped Himalayan mountains, after India posted a mammoth 477.

He rocked England’s top- and middle-order after the tourists began their innings 259 runs behind and lost five wickets for 103 runs by lunch.

Jonny Bairstow, also in his 100th Test, attempted to take on the spinners and hit Ashwin for three sixes but finally fell lbw to Kuldeep Yadav after his 31-ball 39.

At the stroke of lunch, Ashwin bowled skipper Ben Stokes for two, taking down the star all-rounder for the 13th time in Tests.

Joe Root resisted with his 84 and was the last man to go. He was dismissed by Yadav as India celebrated and the players shook hands.

Ashwin finished with nine wickets in the match and his 36th five-wicket haul in a career which began in 2011.

Skipper Rohit Sharma did not take the field due to a “stiff back”, with fast bowler deputy Jasprit Bumrah in charge and taking two wickets of his own.

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Earlier, Anderson got Yadav caught behind for 30 to become the first paceman and third bowler overall to the 700 mark, after spinners Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka (800 wickets) and late Australian great Shane Warne (708).

The 41-year-old held the ball aloft to the crowd as teammates gathered around him and England fans stood to cheer.

It ended Yadav’s stubborn 49-run ninth-wicket overnight stand with Bumrah.

Spinner Shoaib Bashir soon wrapped up the innings in the fifth over of the day when he got Bumrah stumped for 20, completing the 20-year-old’s second five-wicket haul in his debut series.

Rohit (103) and Shubman Gill (110) set up the huge victory on the second day with a 171-run second-wicket stand to put the England bowlers on the back foot.

Rookie batsman Sarfaraz Khan (56) and debutant Devdutt Padikkal (65) also made useful contributions in India’s sole innings in response to England’s 218.

India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 57 and remained the leading batsman in the series with 712 runs, including double centuries in matches two and three.

Yadav made his left-arm wrist spin count with his own five-wicket haul to bundle England out on day one after the visitors elected to bat first.

England won the opener by 28 runs in Hyderabad with their attacking “Bazball” style of play, which came under fire by the critics in the next three losses after they suffered regular batting flops.

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DHARAMSALA: Captain Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill scored centuries to bolster India’s lead to 255-run on Day 2 of the final Test of the five-match series against England.

Resuming India’s overnight score of 135/1, Rohit and Gill banked on the opening day’s momentum and dominated England’s bowling attack.

The duo batted at a brisk rate and added a further 140 runs to their second-wicket partnership with both scoring brisk centuries.

England finally had a moment to cherish when their skipper Ben Stokes struck on his first ball since his knee surgery last year to dismiss his Indian counterpart Sharma with a delivery that seamed off the pitch to rattle the batter’s off stump in the second over after lunch.

Rohit Sharma scored 103 off 162 deliveries with the help of 13 boundaries and three sixes.

Experienced pacer James Anderson strengthened England’s comeback in the next over as he got one to nip back in and bowled another centurion Gill to move one shy of becoming the third bowler to take 700 Test wickets, after Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan (800) and the late Australian great Shane Warne (708).

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Shubman Gill scored 110 off 150 deliveries, smashing 12 boundaries and five sixes.

Following the fall of the long-standing partnership, Sarfaraz Khan and debutant Devdutt Padikkal kept India in control with important half-centuries.

Sarfaraz scored a brisk 56 off 60 while Padikkal made 65 before both fell victim to Shoaib Bashir.

Their dismissals sparked a middle-order collapse as India lost regular wickets to slip to 428/8.

But a stubborn partnership between Kuldeep Yadav (27) and Jasprit Bumrah (19) denied England a chance to sweep off India’s tail.

The duo had added 45 runs to their ninth-wicket partnership and led India to 473/8 when the stumps were called.

Shoaib Bashir was the pick of the bowlers for England, picking up four wickets while Tom Hartley bagged two.

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Kuldeep Yadav took five wickets to bundle out England for 218, with India’s batters starting strongly on a dominant opening day for the hosts in the fifth Test on Thursday.

Yadav returned figures of 5-72 and, along with fellow spinner Ravichandran Ashwin who took four wickets in his landmark 100th Test, bowled out the tourists in just 57.4 overs at the picturesque Dharamsala stadium.

India reached 135-1 at stumps, still trailing England by 83 runs.

Skipper Rohit Sharma, on 52, and Shubman Gill, on 26, were batting at the close of play after in-form Yashasvi Jaiswal fell for 57.

The left-handed Jaiswal looked assured until his departure as he smashed spinner Shoaib Bashir for three sixes in an over, and consolidated his position at the top of the series batting with 712 runs.

Bashir, a rookie off-spinner, got Jaiswal stumped to end a 104-run opening stand.

Jaiswal, 22, went past 1,000 runs in just his 16th Test innings since his debut last year, becoming the second-quickest Indian to the mark after former batsman Vinod Kambli (14 innings).

Veteran seamer James Anderson, 41, is just two wickets shy of becoming the third bowler to take 700 Test wickets, after Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan (800) and the late Australian great Shane Warne (708).

England elected to bat first in their bid for a consolation win and Zak Crawley started strongly with his 79 before the batting collapsed from 175-3.

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Top batsmen Jonny Bairstow (29), in his 100th Test, Joe Root (26) and skipper Ben Stokes — out for a duck — went back on the same team score of 175.

England lost five wickets for eight runs in seven overs.

Crawley, who raised his fourth half-century of the series in the first session, survived a few reprieves before being bowled by Yadav off a delivery that turned in sharply to hit the stumps.

Bairstow, who received his 100th cap from Root with his family by his side in the morning, joined the former captain at the crease and looked solid as he smashed Yadav for two sixes.

He went past 6,000 Test runs before Yadav got him caught behind off a googly that took the edge into the wicketkeeper’s gloves. He made 29.

Ravindra Jadeja struck four balls later to trap Root lbw for 26.

Stokes was also given out lbw off Yadav for nought.

In the first session, the openers had taken time to settle in, but Crawley soon found his groove, hitting 11 fours and a six. He put on 64 runs with Ben Duckett, who made 27.

Yadav struck in his first over as Duckett’s slog got a leading edge, with Gill running backwards to take a diving catch.

India lost the opening Test against England but hit back to take an unbeatable 3-1 lead in the five-match series.

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Struggling England batsman Jonny Bairstow looks to be fighting to save his Test career when the fifth and final match against India begins in Dharamsala on Thursday.

Bairstow will win his 100th cap as England, who have already lost the series 3-1, try to salvage some pride in the high-altitude and chilly Himalayan hill town.

India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is also in line to play his 100th Test, having already passed the milestone of 500 Test wickets during the series.

Jonny Bairstow said Tuesday that his 100th Test would mean “a hell of a lot”, he told reporters.

“Every young kid that sets out on a journey playing professional cricket wants to try and play 100 Test matches,” he said.

Bairstow, recalling his 2012 Test debut at Lord’s, said that if someone had told him then he would play his century match he would have been “pinching” himself like it was a dream.

The former wicketkeeper is in the side as a specialist batsman, after Ben Foakes took over behind the stumps, but he has scored just 170 runs at an average of 21.25 during the series.

The 34-year-old has struggled since returning to the side last year, after breaking his leg in a freak golfing accident.

He has played 10 Tests since recovering, but has not scored a century and has a highest of only 38 in eight innings in India.

Former England captain Michael Vaughan called Bairstow’s landmark “a great triumph of resilience”, in his column for the UK’s Telegraph newspaper.

“I believe that if you get to 99 caps you deserve the moment of your 100th,” Vaughan wrote, while noting that “you can’t escape that he could miss out on his 101st”.

“He hasn’t played well enough across the 10 Tests he’s been back in the side, especially in India,” Vaughan added.

Bairstow is renowned as an attacking batsman and at number five in the order is crucial to England’s aggressive “Bazball” style of cricket.

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Jonny Bairstow showed glimpses of a return to form in the fourth Test but could not convert good starts, where he reached 38 and 30 in each innings respectively, into substantial scores.

Former captain Joe Root also struggled in the first three Tests, but struck form as he knuckled down to score a sublime century in the fourth on a testing wicket.

Veteran seamer James Anderson, 41, is just two wickets away from 700 wickets and becoming the third bowler, after Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan (800) and late Australian spin legend Shane Warne (708), to achieve the milestone.

The weather in Dharamsala could play a huge part in the match. The picturesque ground is surrounded by snow-capped peaks at an altitude of 1,317 metres (4,320 feet).

There is a risk of sleet and forecasts say temperatures could plunge as low as 1C (33.8 Fahrenheit) on Thursday.

India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah will return after being rested but the focus will be on Ashwin, 37, who made his debut in 2011.

Ashwin has 507 Test victims, second only to Anil Kumble’s 619 wickets on India’s all-time list.

“It’s a pretty big occasion — more than the destination, the journey has been very special,” Ashwin told reporters.

“But it doesn’t change anything… 3-1 scoreline is on the board, and despite the scoreline, you want to win every Test match that you play.”

India won in Ranchi by five wickets and have not lost a home series since 2012, when Alastair Cook’s England won 2-1.

The hosts have unearthed new talent in the series, such as Dhruv Jurel and Sarfaraz Khan, in the absence of Virat Kohli and the injured KL Rahul.

Batsman Devdutt Padikkal is in line for his debut in place of Rajat Patidar, who has managed just 63 runs in six innings in his maiden series.

Left-handed opener Yashasvi Jaiswal leads the series batting with 655 runs, including two double centuries.

England spinner Tom Hartley is the leading wicket-taker with 20. Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja and Ashwin all have 17 wickets.

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India’s pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah will return to the team for the last Test against England in Dharamsala, confirmed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday.

Bumrah was rested from the fourth Test, which India won by five wickets and clinched the series with an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series.

Meanwhile, top-order batter KL Rahul remained unavailable for selection due to a quadricep tendon injury and is currently in London to consult with doctors.

“The BCCI medical team is closely monitoring him and coordinating with specialists in London for further management of his issue,” Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Jay Shah said in a statement.

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The BCCI also shared an update about the injured pacer Mohammed Shami who missed the Test series owing to a heel injury and underwent surgery recently.

“He is recovering well and will soon head to the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru to commence his rehabilitation process,” Shah said of Shami.

India’s squad for the final Test

Rohit Sharma (c), Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (wk), KS Bharat (wk), Devdutt Padikkal, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep

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