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Jacob Bethel’s century could not give victory to England, India reached the final of T20 World Cup after defeating England

By Samira Vishwas

IND vs ENG Semi-final: The Indian team has made its place in the final of T20 World Cup 2026 by defeating England by 7 runs in the semi-finals. Now India will face New Zealand in the final on March 8. 22 year old for England Jacob Bethel stayed till the end and scored a century, but could not lead the team to victory. Batting first, Team India scored 253 runs. In reply, the England team could score only 246 runs for 7 wickets.

England had a bad start

Phil Salt and Jos Buttler started England’s innings to chase the huge target of 254 runs given by India. Hardik Pandya in the very second over The first blow has been given to England. England has lost the wicket of Phil Salt on the score of 13 runs. Salt was out after scoring 5 runs in 3 balls.

England captain Harry Brook was a flop

After this, England lost the second wicket in the form of captain Harry Brook on the score of 38 runs. Jasprit Bumrah showed him the way to the pavilion. Brook was out after scoring 7 runs. Akshar Patel took a brilliant catch. After this, Varun Chakraborty gave the third blow to England on the score of 64 runs. Varun Chakraborty walks Jos Buttler. Butler was out after scoring 25 runs in 17 balls. After this Akshar Patel dismissed Tom Banton. Tom Banton was out after scoring 17 runs on 5 balls.

Will Jacques and Jacob Bethel had increased the tension of Team India

After this, the pair of Will Jacques and Jacob Bethel increased the tension of Team India. Both of them beat the Indian bowlers a lot, after which it seemed that England would probably chase this huge target. There was a partnership of 77 runs between the two, but then on a ball by Arshdeep Singh, Akshar Patel and Shivam Dubey took an incredible catch on the boundary and ended Will Jacques’ innings and brought Team India back. Will Jacques scored 35 runs on 20 balls.

Jacob Bethel played the most brilliant innings of the T20 World Cup knockout match.

England’s 22-year-old young batsman Jacob Bethel stood at one end and kept the team alive in the match till the last over of the innings, but could not lead the team to victory. Jacob Bethel played an inning of 105 runs in 48 balls. During this he hit 8 fours and 7 sixes. This is the most brilliant innings by any batsman in the T20 World Cup knockout match.

Sanju Samson played a stormy inning of 89 runs.

Team India, who came to bat first after losing the toss, scored 253 runs for 7 wickets, which is the highest team total in a T20 World Cup knockout match. Sanju Samson played a stormy inning of 89 runs in 42 balls. During this he hit 8 fours and 7 sixes. Shivam Dubey played an innings of 43 runs in 25 balls. During this, 1 four and 4 sixes came from his bat.

Ishan Kishan scored 30 runs on 18 balls, which included 4 fours and 2 sixes. Hardik Pandya played an innings of 27 runs in 12 balls. During this he hit 3 fours and 2 sixes. Whereas Tilak Verma played a stormy inning of 21 runs in 7 balls. During this he hit 3 sixes. Will Jacques and Adil Rashid took 2-2 wickets for England. While Joffra Archer got a success.

Also read: IND vs ENG Semi-Final: Sanju Samson missed a century in the knockout match, still equaled this great record of Virat Kohli

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