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India-England semi-final broke the world record of viewership, know the historic match with how many million views

By Samira Vishwas

T20 World Cup 2026: The second semi-final match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 between India and England was played at the Wankhede Cricket Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday. By winning this historic match by 7 runs, India entered the final of the World Cup. Now the final match of T20 World Cup 2026 will be played between New Zealand and India on March 8 at Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad from 7 pm. Before that, this high-scoring match between India and England has created history.

India-England semi-final broke world record

This competition has set a new record and done what no one else has been able to do in the field of digital viewership. This has become the most watched match on digital platforms so far. The match was watched by 65.2 million people and has become the top watched live event worldwide. This match has broken all records. Former BCCI Secretary and current ICC Chairman Jai Shah has given information on this by posting on social media.

Jai Shah posted information on social media

Regarding this, Jay Shah posted and wrote, ‘The second semi-final of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 has broken the world record of digital viewership. The match between India and England recorded a peak digital concentration of 65.2 million viewers, the highest for any live event worldwide on Jio Hotstar. This shows what an unmatched ability global cricket has to gather Indian fans. Along with this, my team at ICC and our partner Jio Star also have the ability to connect fans on a large scale. It is a proud moment for all of us as we have set new global benchmarks in the world of sports, media and streaming.

These stars were seen in India-England match

Let us tell you that many big names from the sports world also came to this match. Along with this, the Ambani family from the business world also enjoyed the match. Many big actors including Anil Cooper also came from the Bollywood world. Former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Rohit Sharma were also present in this semi-final, who have given the T0 World Cup trophy to India.

How was the condition of India-England match?

Talking about this match, England captain Harry Brook won the toss and invited India captain Suryakumar Yadav to bat first at the Wankhede Cricket Stadium in Mumbai. After this, thanks to Sanju Samson’s 89 runs and Shuvam Dubey’s 43 runs, Team India scored 253 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs in the first innings.

The England cricket team, chasing the biggest score in the knockout matches of T20 World Cup history, almost brought India to the brink of defeat, but for Team India, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya and Arshdeep Singh bowled brilliantly in the last 5 overs and defeated England by 7 runs.

With this, India entered the final of T20 World Cup 2026. Jacob Bethel played a stormy century innings for England in this match. He scored 105 runs. This was a historic match and it was full of records.

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