Jos Buttler-led England will face India in the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday (November 10). The winner of this match will face the winner of New Zealand-Pakistan who’re playing in the first semi-final. The English captain expressed his determination to defeat India in their own match and go to the final of the World Cup.

England captain Buttler spoke to the media ahead of the match against India about his team's preparations, the latest on Dawid Malan and Mark Wood's injuries, and tackling the in-form batter Suryakumar Yadav.

"Look, we certainly don't want to see an India and Pakistan final. So we will try and do everything we can to make sure that doesn't happen," said Buttler in a pre-match press conference.

England have a reputation for posting big totals in T20Is but in the ongoing T20 World Cup, except against New Zealand where they posted 179/6, they struggle in other matches. Buttler thinks the longer boundaries and the surface are the reasons behind this.

"In all cricket you have to adapt to the surfaces in front of you. In Australia you play on some grounds with much larger boundaries than others, so I'd assume the boundary count across the tournament is probably lower than it may be in other countries. So I think that's probably been a part of the games," Buttler said.

"We certainly always try and push the level if we can. That doesn't mean we always aim for 200. On certain surfaces pushing the boundaries might be 150 instead of settling for 125 or 130," he added.

India batter Suryakumar Yadav has been in great form in the tournament, having already scored three half-centuries at a great strike rate.

"I think he's someone who has probably been the batter of the tournament so far in terms of the way you want to watch someone go about it. I think his biggest strength looks to be the amount of freedom he plays with."

"But as with any batsman in the world, it takes one chance to create a wicket. We desperately need to find a way to do that, and it would be remiss just to think about him. I think they have some other excellent players, as well," he further said.