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New Delhi.England’s 22-year-old batsman Jacob Bethell’s 22-year-old batsman Jacob Bethell’s performance against India in the semi-final of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 gave such a performance that the heartbeats of 140 crore Indians increased. Chasing the target of 254 runs, Bethell played a stormy century of 105 runs in just 48 balls with the help of 8 fours and 7 skyscraper sixes. Although he was eventually run out and England lost by seven runs, Bethel’s innings gave him the record for the highest individual innings in a T20 World Cup knockout.

Jacob Bethel came to bat when England’s score was 2 wickets for 38 runs and the team was continuously losing wickets in the pressure situation. The team had lost 4 wickets for 95 runs in the 8th over. In this situation, Bethal made a stormy partnership of 78 runs with Will Jacques and brought England back into the match. His innings increased the pressure on the opposition team and created excitement in the entire stadium.

This century innings of Bethal registered his name in golden letters in the history of ICC T20 World Cup. Earlier, New Zealand’s Finn Allen had played an unbeaten inning of 100 runs against South Africa and became the first player to score a century in the T20 World Cup knockout. The very next day, Bethal made the record of the biggest knockout innings by scoring 5 runs more than him.

Now tops the list of highest individual scores in T20 World Cup knockouts: 105 – Jacob Bethel vs India, Mumbai Wankhede Stadium, 2026; 100* – Finn Allen vs South Africa, Kolkata Eden Gardens, 2026; 96* – Tillakaratne Dilshan vs West Indies, The Oval, 2009; 89* – Virat Kohli vs West Indies, Mumbai Wankhede Stadium, 2016; 89 – Sanju Samson vs England, Mumbai Wankhede Stadium, 2026.

India performed brilliantly under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav and defeated England by seven runs and got the ticket to the final for the second consecutive time. In this match, Sanju Samson won the Player of the Match award by playing an inning of 89 runs. Bethal’s historic innings and Samson’s performance made the entire semi-final memorable.