'Just happy India isn't playing New Zealand in the semis- Fans overjoyed to see India play against England and not New Zealand in the semi-final

Indian team has made it to the semi-finals of the eighth edition of the 20-20 World Cup following an unexpected turnaround of things on Sunday. The Netherlands defeated South Africa by a margin if 13 runs in a shocking upset. The Dutch team’s win also helped Pakistan to reach the semis with a surprising bounce back.

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Now, the Rohit Sharma-led Indian team will face England following their impressive win in the last super-12 match against Zimbabwe by 71 runs. Following a good start from KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav played a swashbuckling knock of 61 runs off just 25 balls to help India post a massive total of 186 runs for the loss of five wickets. While defending the target, the Indian bowlers bundled up the Zimbabwean batting lineup with only on the score 115 runs.

As India is set to play against England in the semi-finals so fans were really happy that the men in blue have avoided Kane Williamson’s New Zealand in the World Cup 2022 semi-finals considering the outcome of the semi-final of the 2019 ODI World Cup and some other head-to-head clashes in the marquee tournament.

Here’s how fans reacted to the lineup of the semi-finals:

Just happy India isn't playing New Zealand in the semi-finals.

— Rishav Rai (@rishav_rai_07) November 6, 2022

Semi finalist for T20 World Cup.

India vs England in semis

New Zealand vs Pakistan in semis

Then who will be in finals..?🤔#T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/yunexuBb6i

— Ashutosh Srivastava 🇮🇳 (@kingashu_786) November 6, 2022

Dear @RishiSunak tsk tsk ;)

T20 World Cup semi-finals:

New Zealand v Pakistan at Sydney on Wednesday



England v India at Adelaide on Thursday tsk tsk ;) #dineshkarthik #DK #INDvZIM #Rishabhpant #RP17 #ViratKohli𓃵 #T20WorldCup    #RohitSharma𓃵 pic.twitter.com/OvtmWBCob5

— Indian Sports Fans (@IndianSportFan) November 6, 2022

#Semifinal #T20WorldCup #SuryakumarYadav #INDvsENG #T20worldcup22

One Team🇮🇳, One Fight; Forever Passion.https://t.co/wrd2FEwKGL pic.twitter.com/veYDuMb4gX

— Sarat Bag (@saratbag12) November 7, 2022

Match officials for #T20WorldCup semis between #INDIA and #ENGLAND



Venue: Adelaide Oval

- Kumar Dharmasena and Paul Reiffel (on-field)

- Chris Gaffaney (third umpire)

- Rod Tucker (fourth umpire)

- David Boon (match referee)#INDvENG #INDvsENG #T20worldcup22 @BCCI pic.twitter.com/s4e6G14Wtc

— Amit K (@amitkumar104) November 7, 2022

Speaking of India’s match against Zimbabwe, skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bat first. He also came up with a change in the playing XI including Rishabh Pant in place of Dinesh Karthik for the last super-12 encounter. Batting first, India posted 186 for the loss of five wickets, thanks to the half-century knocks from KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya.

While defending the target, senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin scalped three wickets by conceding 22 runs alongside Mohammad Shami who claimed one wicket.

Suryakumar Yadav won the ‘player of the match award for his brilliant match-defining knock in the favour of India.