T20 World Cup: Dawid Malan, Mark Wood racing to be fit for England's semi-final vs India

England will give Dawid Malan and Mark Wood "as long as possible" to prove their fitness ahead of the T20 World Cup semi-final against India in Adelaide on Thursday.

Malan tweaked his left groin in England's final Super 12s group match against Sri Lanka on Saturday and Wood has pulled up with general stiffness in his upper legs in the last couple of days

"We will see how they pull up," Jos Buttler said of Malan and Wood at his pre-match press conference on Wednesday.

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"We trust the medical team, we trust the two guys as well. We will give them as long as possible.

"You need guys to be fit to participate in the game. I think in all sports you have players that don't always play at 100 per cent but of course you have to be able to fulfil your role in the team."

The duo performed a few shuttle runs on the Adelaide Oval outfield at Wednesday's practice.

Wood bowled around a dozen balls towards the end of nets without looking like he was at full tilt but seems more likely to play than Malan.

'Salt embodies what we speak about as a team'

England have selected the same XI in each of their four fixtures so far but if Malan is ruled out then Phil Salt seems the most obvious candidate to step into the breach at first drop.

Buttler said of Salt: "He has a fantastic mindset, especially for the T20 format. He certainly doesn't fear anyone and is someone who wants to get on the front foot and take the game on.

"He embodies quite a lot of what we speak about as a team and how we ask guys to play. I wouldn't expect to see anything else from him if he gets the chance to play. He's someone who's not going to shy away from an occasion."

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Reflecting on Wood's potential absence, Sky Sports Cricket's Michael Atherton said: "It would be a blow.

"When you're constructing a bowling attack for T20, you're trying to create as much variety as you can. Wood is a key component of that as he's bowled extremely quickly.

"There's a lot of talk about Suryakumar Yadav ahead of the game, and you'd think that Wood vs Suryakumar would be a key contest because Wood often bowls in the middle overs.

"Once Suryakumar comes in, you'd think Wood would have a crack at him straight away."

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Rohit downplays expectation on India

Rohit Sharma attempted to downplay the expectation on India, with his side viewed as slight favourites.

Virat Kohli currently leads the tournament run-scoring charts with Suryakumar not far behind - the latter boasts an astronomical strike-rate of 193.96 and, like Kohli, has notched three half-centuries

Captain Rohit said: "There's only one opportunity to do well in a knockout game. But for the players, what they've done in their entire career doesn't define them by just one knockout game.

"The entire year you work so hard to get where you want to and to do well in whichever format you play, so that one particular game is not going to decide that.

"Knockout games are important, and if you do well it gives you that immense confidence but we do not forget what has happened in the past, what the players have done in the past. To be here at this point in time, we can take a lot of credit and pride in where we have come."

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India walked away from England in the summer with 2-1 wins in both T20 and ODI series.

Rohit added: "In the back of our mind, yes, we can have that confidence knowing that we did pretty well against them but we just need to start fresh and think about the game with a fresh mind.

"We can't go into the game thinking that we've beaten this team and it can happen again just like that. England are quite dangerous.

"They've played some really good cricket in the tournament, which is why they're here, so we've got to be at our best to win the game."

Watch England's T20 World Cup semi-final against India live on Sky Sports Cricket on Thursday. An hour-long build-up begins at 7am ahead of an 8am start at Adelaide Oval.