How do we defeat this England team?

[sage]

Their wins have never been comfortable, much worse than our campaign even. So many match winners are completely out of form. Buttler at the top is a walking wicket. But they have managed to produce clutch moments at the right time and we have a nack for getting out of form players back in form against us. 

[vvvslaxman]

They bat very deep. Spin is the way to go. That is their achilles heel.

[Lone Wolf]

Easiest side to face in Semi final for us... But we usually stumble against lesser fancied opponents as well in KO's

 

[Gollum]

Happy to face them in SF instead of RSA, NZ. Unless we have a stinker, we should win. 

[vvvslaxman]

West Indies defended 196 against England at Wankhede. If you look at it spinners bowled 12 overs.

 

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-men-s-t20-world-cup-2025-26-1502138/england-vs-west-indies-15th-match-group-c-1512733/full-scorecard

[rangeelaraja]

Phil Salt averages nearly 35 at a strike rate of 165. Butler is out of form but can change a game in 3-4 overs. 

 

T20 knockouts can be lottery - would never underestimate England because their batting has massive hitting power. 

 

I have not even mentioned Harry Brook.

[vvvslaxman]

5 minutes ago, rangeelaraja said:

Phil Salt averages nearly 35 at a strike rate of 165. Butler is out of form but can change a game in 3-4 overs. 

 

T20 knockouts can be lottery - would never underestimate England because their batting has massive hitting power. 

 

I have not even mentioned Harry Brook.

 

India has to do what they do best. If they resort to dumbassery tactic like asking DUbe to bowl wide line they will be in world of trouble.

[Prabhdeep Singh]

Kuldeep in for Arshdeep, make Abhishek and Tilak bowl as well

[G_B_]

This calls for kuldeep

[Sandz]

All we need is a Kachra to roll England over. Get Bishnoi in as he is the closest thing to Khachra in the current shortlist, or, can we draft in Chawla? He is still under 40. 

[Ultimate_Game]

Simple... let @IndianRenegade open the match thread and its easy peasy 

[neel roy]

4 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

They bat very deep. Spin is the way to go. That is their achilles heel.

Joffras first two overs and Rashids last two overs are crucial. Will jacks will be pummelled by india in wankhede. My only fear is if India bat first they dont commit harakiri. England will definitely win the toss. India needs to score 225 unless the wicket is tacky like that of the US match. If thats the case and if we bat first its bye bye. Dew will play huge role. Shubham Ranjane and Sanjay Krishnamurti belted 5 sixes in last 4 overs against us.  Just think what brook and jacks will do. 

[neel roy]

Also its funny that other than the semi finals of 2022, in the last 12 t20 matched between india and england, India has won 9. The other 2 they lost was because of Liam Livingstone and he is not in the team. In both wins he scored 20 ball 40s.. plus he could bowl off spin as well.. no idea why he was dropped. In flat wankhede track I would be terrified of him. 

[jf1gp_1]

Play proper cricket to your potential and we should be fine. Winning next two toss will help but all of us know we aren't. 

[vvvslaxman]

It won't be straight forward guys. Most of these guys are familiar with Indian surfaces. Also England has a lot of X factor players like Phil Salt, Brook, Jacks, Buttler(even with out of form)

[Frustrated]

Eng almost lost to Nepal at wankhede.  Lost to Windies at the same ground.  All India needs to do against Eng is : Avoid dropping 3 catches.  But that is asking for too much from this Ind side.  Abhishek & Tilak look fully committed to dropping as many catches as possible.  

[sage]

Also I have got tickets for this match, first match I am seeing in a very long time. 

[nevada]

Abhishek will bat them out of the game and then our spinners will take over. 

[Texy]

KY  must play

[Norman]

By scoring more runs than them...