IND vs ENG LIVE: Rohit Sharma faces spin conundrum: Team India is set to take on England in their all-important semi-final clash of the T20 World Cup 2022. The encounter will take place at the Adelaide Oval which is expected to provide some assistance to the spin bowlers. Senior spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is expected to keep his place in the squad, but skipper Rohit Sharma has a decision to choose between Axar Patel and Yuzvendra Chahal. Follow IND vs ENG LIVE & ICC T20 World Cup 2022 LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
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Ashwin’s spot absolutely certain for the Semi-Final clash
Team India management will not dare to omit Ashwin from the all-important clash against England. The senior pro had a good outing in the last group-stage match against Zimbabwe. The off-spinner took three wickets for his side and gave away just 22 runs in his four-over quota.
The Indian team management will also be keen to keep Ashwin in the squad because of his good record against left-handed batters. Ashwin has an economy rate of 6.10 against left-handed batters as compared to 8.36 against right-handed batters. Despite Dawid Malan getting ruled out from the match, England have three left-handed batters in their team including Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, and Sam Curran.
Axar or Chahal? Who is a better pick
| Stats in 2022 | Mat | Overs | Mdns | Wkts | BBI | Avg | Econ | SR |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 19 | 62.3 | 0 | 21 | 3/20 | 22.61 | 7.6 | 17.8 |
| Axar Patel | 21 | 57.1 | 1 | 21 | 3/15 | 22.38 | 8.22 | 16.3 |
- Axar Patel has missed only one game against South Africa, while Yuzvendra Chahal has not got any games so far.
- Axar has not been at his best in the tournament so far.
- He gave away 40 runs from 3.2 overs against Zimbabwe in the last game.
- Axar also leaked 21 runs against Pakistan in his solitary over. However, he did have a good outing against the Netherlands.
- Axar Patel has played 21 T20I matches this year and took the same amount of wickets.
- Meanwhile, Chahal has played 19 T20I matches this year and has scalped 21 wickets.
- Axar holds an advantage over Chahal when it comes to batting as he hit some lusty blows towards the ending phase.
- He has a strike rate of 132.5 with the bat in T20Is
One of the other key aspects of having Ashwin on the team is because of his batting. The right-handed batter kept his calm against Pakistan during the ending phase of the match and hit the winning runs against the Men in Green. Later in the tournament, Ashwin scored vital 13 runs against Bangladesh which turned out to be very crucial as India won that game by just five runs.
IND vs ENG LIVE: Rohit Sharma faces spin conundrum, Ashwin UNTOUCHABLE, Axar vs Chahal fight out for spot vs England, Follow T20 WC Semifinals LIVE Updates
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