Alex Hales and captain Jos Buttler chase down 169 for victory with four overs to spare
Alex Hales of England and Jos Buttler of England embrace as England wins the match during the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Semi Final match between India and England at Adelaide Oval on November 10 2022. Picture: Sarah Reed/Getty Images
They have rehabilitated opener Hales and skipper Buttler to thank as the pair chased down 169 for victory with four overs to spare, silencing a huge crowd of India supporters. Put into bat after Buttler won the toss, Rohit Sharma’s India started slowly under tight English bowling, and it was left to Hardik Pandya and Virat Kohli to mount a rescue, pushing them to 168/6.
For player-of-the-match Hales, it was a night of redemption, having missed out on England’s 2019 triumph after a recreational drug scandal. His exile from the England set-up lasted more than three years and he was only called up to the squad after Jonny Bairstow was injured in a freak golf accident. Replacement seamer Chris Jordan took 3/43, capturing the key wicket of Kohli, while spinner Adil Rashid took a miserly 1/20 from his four overs.
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