: T20 World Cup: Slight chances of rain for India-England semis showdown #IndiaNEWS #Cricket Adelaide: Rain could make an unwanted appearance in the marquee ICC T20 World Cup second semi-final clash

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T20 World Cup: Slight chances of rain for India-England semis showdown #IndiaNEWS #Cricket
Adelaide: Rain could make an unwanted appearance in the marquee ICC T20 World Cup second semi-final clash between India and England, on Thursday at Adelaide.
Cricket fans are awaiting this clash with high anticipation following Indias recent form in the T20 World Cup, where they just lost one match and finished as table toppers but rain could play spoilsport.
Currently, there is a 20 per cent chance that rainfall will happen and the weather will stay cloudy.
Partly cloudy. Slight (20%) chance of a shower. The chance of a thunderstorm this morning. Winds west to northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h turning southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h in the late afternoon, reads the forecast of Sunday as per Australias Bureau of Meteorology.
The stage is set for a high-octane second semifinal clash between India and England at the ICC T20 World Cup in Adelaide Oval on Thursday.
India finished their Group Stage at the top of their groups table, winning four out of their five Super 12 matches. A defeat to South Africa was the only blip in Men in Blues consistent performances during the group stage.
Indian batters have been solid for the most part. Suryakumar Yadav (225 runs in five matches with three fifties), and Virat Kohli (246 runs in five matches with three fifties) have carried the line-up.
KL Rahul has gained form, scoring two consecutive fifties in his previous two matches, bringing his run tally to 123 runs in five. Rohit Sharma has largely been inconsistent and only 89 runs have come out of his willow in five matches, with his best being 53 against the Netherlands. These two will have to be at the top of their game to lessen the pressure on the middle order.
All of Indias frontline pacers, Bhuvneswar Kumar (4 wickets), Mohammad Shami (6 wickets) and Arshdeep Singh (10 wickets) have been impressive so far. The spin veteran Ravichandran Ashwin and all-rounder Hardik Pandya (six and eight wickets respectively) have delivered well with the ball, though Pandya has not found much success with the bat, other than his knock of 40 against Pakistan.
Axar Patel is Men in Blues sole concern in bowling, with his economy rate exceeding nine. It would be interesting if Yuzvendra Chahal gets a chance in the high-stake semifinal. England has had an up-and-down journey in Super 12. After a win over Afghanistan, their qualification chances dimmed after a loss to Ireland and the match against Australia was abandoned.
But strong showings against New Zealand and Sri Lanka brought them back into the competition and now theyre set to take on India.
Englands deep batting line-up, running down to number 10 is their strength. Their lineup has some power hitters like Jos Buttler, Alex Hales, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali and Harry Brook who can whack bowlers from ball one.

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