India and England are facing off in the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup in Adelaide Oval. Being put to bat after losing the toss, India scored 168/6 in 20 overs, rallying on inform Virat Kohli’s innings holding 50(40) and Hardik Pandya’s electrifying 63 from 33. However, Virat Kohli’s dismissal was his first at the venue in T20s.

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Virat Kohli has always been a beast at the Adelaide Oval ever since his first test match at Adelaide in 2012 where he scored 116. He followed up the superb start with an even more superlative performance in 2014 against Aussies again, scoring a hundred in each innings in his debut as Test captain for India. He has retained his Midas touch at the venue even in the game’s shortest format.

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Kohli has thus far played 3 innings at Adelaide in T20s, scoring 96* against host Australia in 2016 and 64* against Bangladesh in a crucial encounter of the ongoing World Cup. in today’s encounter, Kohli’s not-out record ended but not before he notched up his fourth half-century of the event. However, thanks to him not being out in his previous two innings, Kohli can hold his head high with meteoric average of 210 in T20s at Adelaide Oval. The half century is also the only one of his 4 this time where he failed to remain unbeaten. Kohli while trying to square drive a yorker for four was caught by Adil Rashid off Chris Jordan.

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With England having only won 4 of the 11 T20 matches they chased in this year and Adelaide having not seen a side winning the toss also winning the game in all T20 internationals at the venue thus far, they have statistics to deal with along with a spirited bowling attack and a decent total. The winner of this game progresses to the finals where they meet Pakistan.