England batter Dawid Malan, who suffered an damage whereas fielding against Sri Lanka, will miss the second semi-final of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup against India at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday. Malan limped off the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) in the fifteenth over of the first innings after pulling up and later went for the scan.
“He is a big player and has been for a number of years. He has been one of our best players. I don’t know but it [Malan’s injury] doesn’t look great,” England vice-captain Moeen Ali was quoted as saying to BBC.
Malan is England’s greatest participant in keeping with the ICC rankings for batters. He was in good kind main into the 2022 T20 World Cup however has had a restricted impression at the occasion with a rating of 35 off 37 balls in the defeat against Ireland.
Who may England name on if Malan is out?
England have Phil Salt, David Willey, Chris Jordan and Tymal Mills in the reserves.
Salt could be the apparent alternative from the checklist of 4 substitutes to exchange Malan. Being the solely batter, he’s virtually set to go straight into the prime order.
Salt has performed 11 T20Is for England and hit 88 not out – his highest rating – against Pakistan in September.
England beforehand needed to make one change to their squad with Tymal Mills changing Reece Topley, who injured his ankle stepping on a boundary earlier than the warm-up recreation against Pakistan in Brisbane. They have fielded the similar XI in all 5 matches of the Super-12 stage.
England’s predicted XI for the semi-final clash against India:
Jos Buttler (c & wk), Alex Hales, Philip Salt, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood.
