NEW DELHI: Indian captain
Rohit Sharma
continued from where he left, leading his team from the front with another brilliant knock against England in the
T20 World Cup
semifinal in Guyana on Thursday.
Having played a match-winning knock of 92 off just 41 balls against Australia, Rohit again rose to the occasion after losing
Virat Kohli
early and scored 57 off 39 balls to keep India on track for a solid total.
Rohit's innings included 6 fours and 2 sixes that made him enter the record books in the history of the T20 World Cup.
With his impressive display of power-hitting, Rohit achieved a significant milestone, becoming the second batsman, after the iconic West Indian player
Chris Gayle
, who amassed 63 sixes, to reach the landmark of 50 sixes in the T20 World Cups.
The moment that propelled him to this feat was a well-executed sweep shot over the fine leg boundary, which also brought up his half-century.
Rohit also created history by becoming the first ever Indian captain to score a fifty in the knockout match of the T20 World Cup.
Earlier, England captain
Jos Buttler
won the toss and elected to field in the defending champions' rain-delayed semi-final. The match witnessed another rain interruption when India were 65/2 in 8 overs.
Both teams were unchanged from their concluding Super Eights games.
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