IND vs ENG, T20 WC Semifinal: The second semi-final match of the T20 World Cup 2024 between India and England will be played on June 27 (8:00 PM IST) at Providence Stadium, Guyana. But in this match, England captain Jos Buttler is standing like a big wall in front of Team India’s victory. Actually, in the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2022, England and India clashed at the Adelaide Oval on November 10, 2022. England emerged victorious in that match thanks to the brilliant performance of Jos Buttler and Alex Hales.

Now Team India is afraid that Butler, who played a brilliant innings of 83 runs in the last match, may become the reason for their defeat in this semi-final too. Butler is no less than a big threat for Team India. Therefore, Team India’s bowlers must be making plan after plan to get him out.

Ravichandran Ashwin gave Team India the mantra to take Jos Buttler’s wicket

In IPL, Ashwin and Jos Butler play for the same team i.e. Rajasthan Royals. So both of them must be aware of each other’s weaknesses. Now Ashwin, keeping the country ahead of the franchise, has told how to get Jos Butler out in the semi-finals.

Let’s read what advice he has given on his YouTube channel-

“If a spinner like Akshar Patel bowls to Jos Buttler and Salt, we can get 2 wickets. He can bowl a great arm ball and keep the ball slow. The special thing is that he can also slide it from the hand. That is, Akshar has 3 weapons, which will be in his favor.

“In the first over, the batsman will try to settle himself and build a rhythm. In such a situation, when their intent is low, these 3 balls of Akshar can hit the pad. Jos Buttler has low trajectory and Salt has trouble playing on the backfoot. In such a situation, Akshar is the best option to bowl the first over.”

“Whenever Jos Buttler faces Axar Patel during the powerplay, he often gets him out. So it is important to use Axar. This World Cup belongs to Axar, even though he has not done wonders with the ball and bat, whenever India’s match has turned towards victory, Axar Patel has been that important person 3 times.”

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“I would say, Arshdeep Singh should bowl the first over. If the ball swings, then the second over should probably go to Jasprit Bumrah. Bumrah has troubled Jos Buttler a lot to set the tone. If the ball doesn’t swing, then there is a good chance and you should straightaway put the ball in Axar’s hands. If the ball swings, then I would also like to give the ball to Hardik Pandya so that Bumrah’s spell is saved for the crucial overs.”