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IND vs ENG Semi-Final: The semi-final match of T20 World Cup 2026 is going to be played between India and England at Wankhede Cricket Stadium in Mumbai. In this match, England won the toss and decided to bowl first and along with this invited the Indian cricket team to bat first. Team India scored 253 runs losing 7 wickets in 20 overs. Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan played excellent innings for India, while Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey and Tilak Verma also contributed with the bat.

Now England will have to score 254 runs to win this match. This score made by India has also become the biggest team total in knockout matches in the history of T20 World Cup. Earlier, West Indies had scored 193 runs in the knockout match against India in the 2016 semi-finals.

Abhishek Sharma returned to the pavilion cheaply

In this semi-final match, Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson came to open the innings for the Indian cricket team. Fast bowler Joffra Archer started the bowling for England and gave only 12 runs in the first over. Sanju hit him a four and a six. Will Jacques brought the second over for England and Abhishek hit two fours. After this Jacques made a comeback and sent Abhishek Sharma to the pavilion on a personal score of 9 runs.

Sanju and Ishaan created a stir

Sanju scored 14 runs with the help of 4 fours and 1 six in Joffre’s second and third overs of the innings and took the score to 34/1. With the help of one four each from Sanju and Ishan Kishan in the fourth over of Will Jacques, India reduced the score to 45/1. Jamie Overton came to bowl the fifth over of India’s innings. In this over, Ishaan scored 10 runs by hitting 2 fours and made the score 55/1 in five overs.

Sanju and Ishaan together scored a total of 12 runs in the sixth and last over of the powerplay of the innings. In this over, Samson hit 2 fours to Sam Curran. With this, the Indian cricket team ended the power play by scoring 67 runs at the loss of 1 wicket after the end of 6 overs. By the end of the power play, Sanju was unbeaten on 41 and Ishaan was unbeaten on 16.

India completed 100 runs in 9 overs

Indian cricket team completed its 100 runs at the loss of 1 wicket in 9.3 overs and took Team India towards a huge score. Sanju Samson completed his 50 runs for India in 26 balls with 7 fours and 3 sixes. India got the second blow in the form of Ishan Kishan. After scoring 39 runs in 17 balls, Ishaan was caught by Will Jacques on the ball of Adil Rashid. Ishaan hit 4 fours and 2 sixes in his innings.

Sanju Samson missed scoring a century

Shivam Dubey, who came to the crease after Ishaan, supported Sanju Samson by playing a fast innings and the team’s score crossed 150 in 12.4 overs. Will Jacques gave India the third success and sent the explosive Sanju Samson to the pavilion by getting caught by Phil Salt. Sanju played a stormy innings of 89 runs in 42 balls, hitting 8 fours and 7 sixes. For India, captain Suryakumar Yadav returned to the pavilion after scoring 11 runs in 6 balls.

Dubey, Tilak and Hardik scored important runs

India completed its 200 runs in 16.4. For India, Shivam Dubey was run out after scoring 43 runs in 25 balls with 1 four and 4 sixes. For the team, Tilak Verma played an inning of 21 runs with 3 sixes in 7 balls. Hardik Pandya scored 27 runs in 12 balls for the team. 3 fours and 2 sixes came from his bat. For England, Will Jacques and Adil Rashid took 2 wickets each and Joffra Archer took one wicket.

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