ADELAIDE: Virat Kohli (50) and Hardik Pandya (63) hit contrasting half centuries as India recovered from a wobbly start to post a decent 168 for six against England in the second T20 World Cup semifinal here on Thursday.
Put in to bat, India got off to a slow start and lost opener KL Rahul (5) early, but Kohli held the innings together to slam his fourth fifty of the tournament.
But it was Pandya who propped up India's total from 100 for 3 as he blazed his way to a 29-ball fifty with two boundaries and one six in a row off Sam Curran. He ended up scoring 63 off 33 balls, including 5 sixes, before being dismissed hit-wicket off the last ball of India's innings.
For England, Chris Jordan returned with figures of 3 for 43.
Brief Scores:
India: 168 for 6 in 20 overs (Hardik Pandya 63, Virat Kohli 50; Chris Jordan 3/43, Adil Rashid 1/20)
