Mumbai: The Indian team has entered the final of T20 World Cup 2026 under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav. The second semi-final match of the tournament was played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai in which the Indian team faced England. In this match, Team India, batting first after losing the toss, scored 253 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs, in which Sanju Samson’s brilliant inning of 89 runs with the bat made an important contribution. After this, the England team, which came to chase the target, managed to reach the score of 246 runs in 20 overs and had to face defeat in this match by 7 runs. Now in the title match, Team India will face New Zealand team on March 8 at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
England lost three wickets in the first 6 overs, Bethel took charge of one end.
When the England team came out to chase the target in this semi-final match, they got a very bad start. On the first ball of the second over of the innings, England got the first blow in the form of Phil Salt, who became the victim of Hardik Pandya on a personal score of just 5. After this, his team expected a big innings from England captain Harry Brook, who came to bat, but he became the victim of Jasprit Bumrah after scoring only 7 runs. In this way, England lost 2 important wickets on the first ball of the fifth over till the score was 38. Here Jacob Bethel supported Jos Buttler but in the sixth over of the innings, Butler was bowled by Varun Chakraborty after scoring 25 runs in 17 balls, in which at the end of the first 6 overs, England’s score was 68 runs at the loss of 3 wickets.
Bethel got the support of Will Jacques, the match was exciting
With the powerplay over, Jacob Bethel adopted a very aggressive approach in which he started playing big shots continuously from one end, during which the England team lost its fourth wicket at the score of 95 in the form of Toss Banton who returned to the pavilion after playing an innings of 17 runs in 5 balls. After this, Will Jacques, who came to bat, along with excellent support from Jacob Bethel, made the match completely exciting by making a brilliant partnership of 77 runs in just 39 balls for the fifth wicket. Akshar Patel’s brilliant catch played an important role in sending Will Jacques to the pavilion, the England team lost its fifth wicket on the last ball of the 14th over at the score of 172. In this match, Jacques returned to the pavilion after being out on the ball of Arshdeep Singh after playing an inning of 35 runs in 20 balls.
Bumrah’s brilliant bowling, Team India confirmed its place in the final
After the dismissal of Will Jacques, Jacob Bethel along with Sam Curran did not let the pace of scoring slow down, but during this period, Jasprit Bumrah, who bowled his 2 overs, was amazing, where both the batsmen of the England team could not succeed in playing big shots. Sam Curran was out after scoring 18 runs. Jacob Bethel, whose bat scored 105 runs in 48 balls, was run out in the last over when England needed to score 30 runs to win in 6 balls while trying to score two runs on his first ball and returned to the pavilion. After this, the England team managed to score only 246 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs, in which Team India won the match by 7 runs. In bowling for the Indian team, Jasprit Bumrah took one wicket while giving only 33 runs in his 4 overs. While Hardik Pandya managed to take 2 wickets in this match, Varun Chakraborty, Arshdeep Singh and Akshar Patel took 1 wicket each.
Sanju Samson showed amazing performance with the bat for Team India.
If we talk about the batting performance of the Indian team in this semi-final match against England, the magic of Sanju Samson was seen in it, on the basis of which Team India managed to reach the score of 253 runs in 20 overs. Sanju Samson continued his excellent form and played an excellent inning of 89 runs in this match. Apart from this, Shivam Dubey scored an inning of 43 runs while Ishan Kishan managed to score 39 runs and Hardik Pandya managed to score 27 runs.
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