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Phil Salt likely to replace Malan in T20 clash against India

Phil Salt is in line to play his first game at the T20 World Cup in England’s box office semi-final clash with India on Thursday after hopes of Dawid Malan recovering from his groin injury faded. A final decision on the starting XI will come nearer the game, but the Lancashire batsman appears a likelier replacement than an extra bowler.

With so many all-rounders in his side, Jos Buttler was able to call on seven bowlers in the wins over New Zealand and Sri Lanka, and although it is a feature of his T20 captaincy that he likes plenty of options with the ball, replacing Malan with a bowling all-rounder such as David Willey or Chris Jordan seems unlikely.

If Malan misses out, it would

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