England lost to the tournament’s best team in the semi-final and India’s display makes them favourites to win the trophy. It really isn’t ideal that one semi-final, played between South Africa and Afghanistan, had a reserve day and the other didn’t. The ruling that the side that topped their Super Eight group advanced to the final in case of an abandonment is also unconvincing.
The conditions on offer were probably the most difficult this England side could have faced. The pitch didn’t suit their natural style of cricket and was more like one you would find in India as opposed to England. Given that India got a score that was 15, possibly 20, runs above par, England were right to go hard in the powerplay. But it is a high-risk policy, and it was unfortunate their shots didn’t come off. Axar Patel was the star man for India, but Kuldeep Yadav bowled beautifully.
I must admit to having a little soft spot for South Africa. You have to as a cricket fan, having seen their historic struggles to get to a men’s World Cup final before finally conquering that hoodoo in this tournament, and they were well worth their. The pitch in Trinidad was not befitting of a World Cup semi-final – when you bring that amount of uneven bounce into a game it’s not right, turning it into a bit of a lottery.
But I’m leaning towards India taking the trophy at the Kensington Oval, having seen the way they turned it on against England under the pressure of a semi-final. The obvious man to watch from their side is Bumrah, who has 13 wickets in the tournament at an average of 8.15 while going at an economy rate of 4.12.
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