India vs England T20 WC semi-final: Rain delay as Rohit Sharma guides team to 65/2 in 8 overs

India lost Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant early

Indian captain Rohit Sharma Indian captain Rohit Sharma, right, leaves the field after rain stopped play | AP

Rain stopped play in the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup with India reaching 65 for two in eight overs against England in Guyana on Thursday.

Skipper Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav were batting on 37 and 13 respectively when the heavens opened up again.

Sent into bat after the start of the match was delayed by more than one hour, India lost Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant early, but Rohit remained positive and got the boundaries every now and then to keep England on their toes.

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Kohli hit a six off left-arm pacer Reece Topley and was bowled off the very next delivery trying to give him the charge. Pant was caught inside the circle off Sam Curran.

Suryakumar too got into the act straightaway with a four and a six.

Brief Scores: India 65/2 in 8 overs (Rohit Sharma 36 batting, Suryakumar Yadav 13 batting) vs England

Teams: India: Rohit Sharma (capt), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah.

England: Philip Salt, Jos Buttler (wk/capt), Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley.

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