T20 WC Semis Update: India edge England to enter final

Thu, 05 March 2026

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23:00

Bethell's ton in vain as India face New Zealand to defend title

Eng 246-7 (20 ovs) vs Ind 253-7 | Scorecard

Defending champions India defeated England by seven runs in the second semi-final in Mumbai on Thursday, to storm into the summit clash of the T20 World Cup.

India will play New Zealand in the final on Sunday.

Sent in to bat, opener Sanju Samson blasted seven sixes and eight fours on way to a 42-ball 89 as India posted a challenging 253.

Shivam Dube (43), Ishan Kishan (39), Hardik Pandya (27) and Tilak Varma (21) also chipped in with brisk knocks.

Chasing a massive target of 254, Jacob Bethell's sensational 105 off 48 balls went in vain as England managed 246 for seven in 20 overs.

Jasprit Bumrah (1/33) was the most successful bowler, while Hardik Pandya (2/38) snapped two wickets.

For England, Will Jacks (2/40) and Adil Rashid (2/41) claimed two wickets each. Arshdeep Singh (1/51), Axar Patel (1/35) and Varun Chakravarthy (1/64) also claimed one wicket each for India.

Archer is the new man in and he digs out the yorker for a single.

A single later, Archer hits a six over long off.

Dube then bowls a wide outside the off stump.

Archer then hammers the ball over long-off for a six!

Archer hammers another six as India beat England by 7 runs.

Dube is in the attack for the first time tonight and he bowls the final over the innings as India are penalised for slow over rate. Only four fielders in the outfield.

Full ball and Bethell hits it down the ground, Overton comes back for the 2nd, Hardik relays the ball to Samson who single-handedly breaks the stumps. Bethell is out for 105.

Jamie Overton is the new man in.

He is off the mark with a single to mid-wicket.

Bethell then plays the yorker to the off side for a single.

A dot to end the over as just 9 come off it.

Hardik is back in the attack and Bethell smacks the ball over long off for a six to bring up his maiden T20I century off just 45 balls.

Bethell then lofts the ball over mid-on for a single.

Curran then flicks the ball straight to deep mid-wicket and he is out for 18 off 14.

Bumrah is back in the attack and Curran plays it straight to the bowler for a dot.

Curran then plays the ball to long on for a single as he plays out the yorker.

Bumrah bowls another yorker and Bethell toe ends it to the leg side for a single.

Curran then whips the full toss to deep mid-wicket for a couple.

Another full toss and Curran plays it to the leg side for a single.

Bethell then plays the leg side yorker to square leg for a single as just 6 come off it.

22:33

England need 45 off 18

Eng 209-5 (17 ovs) vs Ind 253-7 | Scorecard

Arshdeep is back in the attack and starts with a wide outside the off stump.

He follows that up with a yorker, the ball tailing into the batter who gets his bat down in time.

Bethell then plays the ball towards backward point for a single.

Curran then gets a couple to extra cover.

Curran then pulls the ball to long on as he mistimes, for just a single.

Arshdeep then bowls it wide outside off stump.

Bethell then smacks the ball straight down the ground for a six!

Bethell then reaches for the ball and squeezes the ball to third man for a four as 16 come off the over.

Bumrah is back in the attack and Curran and Bethell take a single each off the first two balls.

Full ball next and Curran flicks it to deep square leg for a four.

Curran then digs out the yorker. Dot ball that.

Slower ball next and Curran plays it to mid-wicket for a single.

Bethell then plays the ball to the off side for a single as 8 come off it.

22:21

Arshdeep breaks the partnership; England need 69 off 30

Eng 185-5 (15 ovs) vs Ind 253-7 | Scorecard

Sam Curran is the new man in.

Varun Chakravarthy is back in the attack and Bethell starts the over with a couple to the leg side.

Bethell then hammers the ball down the ground for a four.

Varun then bowls a wide.

Bethell then cuts the ball to backward point for a single.

A dot later, Curran pulls the ball to square leg for a four to get off the mark.

A single to end the over as 13 come off it.

Arshdeep is back in the attack and Bethell starts the over with a four over third man.

The batters then rotate the strike for 5 runs off the next three balls.

Arshdeep then bowls three back-to-back wides.

Full toss next, Jacks hits it to deep point, Axar runs to his left, takes the catch but relays it to Dube before going outside the boundary. Jacks is out for 35 off 20.

Axar is back in the attack and Bethell starts the over with a single.

Jacks then gets a six and four off back-to-back deliveries before the runs come in singles and twos as 15 come off it.

22:05

Bethell-Jacks bring up 50-run partnership

Eng 145-4 (12 ovs) vs Ind 253-7 | Scorecard

Varun is back in the attack and he has been hammered for 14 runs in the over as England continue to find the boundaries.

Bumrah is back in the attack and he starts with a wide, wide called for height.

Full and on the stumps, but Jacks manages to carve it out over extra cover for a four!

Jacks then takes a single before Bethell gets a couple to bring up his 50 off 19 balls.

A dot later, he swivel pulls the ball to backward square leg for a four.

A dot to end the over as 12 come off it.

21:53

Axar keeps it tight

Eng 119-4 (10 ovs) vs Ind 253-7 | Scorecard

Axar continues and after a dot, Jacks reaches for the wide ball and gets a single to cover.

A wide later, Bethell cuts the ball to backward point, takes a tight run and survives a run out chance.

Jacks then is hit on the pads, big shout, no says the umpire, the batters sneak a couple off a leg bye.

A dot later, Jacks takes a single to long-off to end the over as 6 runs come off it.

Varun is back in the attack and Bethell pulls the ball through mid-wicket for a four!

Back-to-back fours as Bethell cuts the ball through backward point for a four!

Bethell then takes a single.

A dot later, Jacks hammers the ball through square leg for a four.

A single to end the over as 14 come off it.

21:45

England lose 4 inside 10 overs

Eng 99-4 (8 ovs) vs Ind 253-7 | Scorecard

Will Jacks is the new man in and he starts with two dots.

Jacks ends the over with a pull over deep mid-wicket for a four as a wicket and 16 runs come off it.

Axar in the attack now and Banton hammers it over extra cover for a six!

Banton then comes down the pitch and plays the ball through the line for a six!

Banton tries to slog sweep, misses and the ball goes on to smash into the stumps. Banton is out for 17 off 5.

Hardik is back in the attack and after a dot, Bethell gets a quick single.

Banton then takes a single to cover point.

A wide later, Bethell gets a six over deep mid-wicket. He then gets cheeky and reverse laps the ball over third man for a four.

A couple to end the over as 15 come off it.

21:35

Varun Chakravarthy removes Buttler

Eng 68-3 (6 ovs) vs Ind 253-7 | Scorecard

Tom Banton is the new man in. He brings out the reverse sweep and plays it over backward point for a four to get off the mark as wicket and 23 runs come in the over.

Varun Chakravarthy is in the attack now and Bethell takes him on.

He hammers him for back-to-back sixes, one pull over long on and one over long-off.

Bethell then comes across and reverse hits it over backward point for another six!

A single later, Varun bowls the googly at the stumps, on length, Buttler swings and misses as the ball goes on to hit the off top off the off stump and he is out for 25. England lose their 3rd wicket.

21:25

Brook out for 7

Eng 45-2 (5 ovs) vs Ind 253-7 | Scorecard

Jacob Bethell is the new man in and after a dot, Bethell is off the mark with a six over backward square leg.

Two dots and a single to end the over as a wicket and 7 runs come off the over.

Bumrah in the attack now, he starts with a slower, full one. Brook tries to go after it, is beaten for pace as the ball flies over deep backwarad point. Axar has his eye on the ball as he runs back 24 mts and hangs on to the catch as the Wankhede erupts and Brook is out for a meagre 7.

Hardik continues, Brook makes room and chops the ball to point for a single.

Buttler then takes a single to mid-wicket as he mistimes the shot.

Brook then forehand pulls the short ball towards cow corner for a four.

Brook makes room again and can only hit it to mid-on for a dot.

Brook makes room and slashes the ball to extra cover for a single.

Buttler ends the over with a six as he comes across the stumps and powers it over extra cover for a maximum. 13 come off the over.

Arshdeep continues and after a dot, Buttler drives the ball down the ground for a four!

Buttler then pulls the ball to mid-wicket for a dot.

Buttler then takes a wild swing at the ball and misses.

Buttler then lofts the ball over extra cover for a couple.

Buttler ends the over with a four as he drills the ball down the ground to long off for a four as 10 come off the over.

21:10

Salt out for 5

Eng 15-1 (2 ovs) vs Ind 253-7 | Scorecard

Brook is the new man in and he is off the mark with a single to mid-off.

Buttler is beaten on the outside edge next ball.

Three dots later, Buttler tries to get cheeky, comes to the leg side but misses the scoop. Manages only a single as a wicket and 2 runs come off it.

Hardik opens at the other end and the seam up delivery in the slot, Salt swings and gets a thick outside and is caught at cover point by Axar and he is out for 5.

Phil Salt and Jos Buttler open the batting for England while Arshdeep opens the bowling for India and Salt starts nicely with a four as he tickles it to fine leg.

Salt then gets a single to the leg side as he tucked up.

Buttler then waits on the ball and creams the ball through covers for a four.

A dot later, the inswinging yorker is squeezed down to long leg for a four.

A dot to end the over as 13 come off it.

21:02

Dube puts on a show, Samson top-scores with 89

Ind 253-7 (20 ovs) vs Eng | Scorecard

Sanju Samson slammed a 42-ball 89 as India posted an imposing 253 for seven against England in the second semifinal of the T20 World Cup in Mumbai on Thursday.

Sent in to bat, Sanju blasted seven sixes and eight fours in his innings. Shivam Dube (43), Ishan Kishan (39), Hardik Pandya (27) and Tilak Varma (21) also chipped in with brisk knocks.

For England, Will Jacks (2/40) and Adil Rashid (2/41) claimed two wickets each.

Varun is the new man and he gets a couple as a wicket and 16 runs come off it.

India finish with 253 for 7 in their 20 overs.

Jacks is back in the attack and Axar starts the over with a single to the leg side.

Hardik then swings and takes the ball from outside off and hammers it over deep mid-wicket for a six!

He then drives the ball to covers for a dot.

250 up for India as Hardik slaps the ball down the ground for a six!

Full and straight next and Hardik plays it to the leg side for a single. Comes back for the second but can't make it and is run-out for 27 off 12.

Axar Patel is the new man in and he digs out the yorker to get off the mark with a single. A wicket and 20 runs come off the over.

Archer is back in the attack and Varma clubs the first ball over mid-wicket for a six!

A dot later, Varma makes room and uses the pace to slice it over deep backward point for a maximum.

Back-to-back sixes for Varma who flicks the ball over deep backward square leg for another six!

Wide down the leg side next before Varma is done in as he inside edges the yorker onto his stumps and is out for 21 off 7.

20:45

Varma-Hardik go after the bowling

Ind 217-5 (18 ovs) vs Eng | Scorecard

Tilak Varma is the new man in.

Hardik then slogs the next ball as he loses his bat and Baton running in from long on but puts the ball down as he dives forward. The batters take a single.

Varma is off the mark with a couple to mid-wicket.

A wide and a single to end the over as a wicket and 12 runs come off it.

Curran is back in the attack Dube swivel pulls it hard over wide long on for a six!

Big shout for LBW as Dube gets across and is hit on the pads, no says the umpire. Dube takes a single as England review and lose it as ball tracking shows wickets missing.

Hardik then plays the ball mid-wicket and calls for a single and sends Dube back and Brook affects a direct hit run out at the bowler's end and Dube is run out for 45.

Overton is back in the attack and Dube starts the over with a single to the off side.

Hardik then upper cuts the short ball over the keeper for a four.

Hardik and Dube then take a single each before Hardik drives the ball through covers for a four!

Back-to-back fours for Hardik as he cuts it late past deep backward point for a four as 15 come off it.

20:22

India lose their 4th wicket

Ind 190-4 (16 ovs) vs Eng | Scorecard

Hardik Pandya is the new man in and he plays out two dots. Rashid ends his spell with 2 for 41 as a wicket and 13 come off the over.

Rashid is back in the attack to bowl his final over and he is welcomed with a six down the ground by Dube!

A single to the leg side next.

Surya then goes on one knee and slog sweeps it over deep square leg for a six!

Surya is out next ball as he looks to sweep the googly, a fuller ball, he takes a couple of steps down, misses and Buttler collects and breaks the stumps and Surya is out for 11 of 6.

Curran is back in the attack and Surya and Dube take four runs off the first three balls.

A dot and a wide later, Dube smacks the slower ball straight down the ground for a four!

A single to end the over as 10 come off it.

20:14

Misses out on another century

Ind 167-3 (14 ovs) vs Eng | Scorecard

Suryakumar is the new man in and he is off the mark with a couple to long on.

Three singles and a wide are conceded as a wicket and 7 runs come in the over.

Jacks is back in the attack and he bowls it wide, Samson miscues as he goes after it and is caught in the deep. He is out for 89 off 42 balls.

Archer back in the attack and he starts with two tight length balls as Dube plays two dots.

Dube then chips the slower ball to long on for a single.

Samson then slashes at the slower, widish ball and cuts it over point for a six!

Wide down the leg side next.

Samson then just smashes the next slower ball down the ground for another six!

Samson then drives the ball to long-off for a single as 15 come off it.

19:57

Dube takes to the attack now

Ind 145-2 (12 ovs) vs Eng | Scorecard

Rashid continues and starts with a flatter, fuller ball and Dube swings and smashes it over cow corner for a six!

A dot later, Dube plays the ball to the leg side for a single.

Samson then drives the ball to long-off for a single.

Dube then sweeps the next ball over long on for the 2nd six in the over.

Dube ends the over with a single as 15 come off it.

Overton is back in the attack and Samson hits the overpitched ball over long off for a six!

Samson and Dube then take a single each off the next two balls.

Samson then pulls the short ball to deep mid-wicket for a single.

A dot later, wide ball called for height.

A single to deep backward point for a single as 11 come off it.

19:49

Kishan out for 39 off 18

Ind 119-2 (10 ovs) vs Eng | Scorecard

Dube is the new man in and he starts with a slog to deep mid-wicket for a single.

A dot ball next as the ball grips and spins.

Samson then drives the ball down to long off for a single as 7 come off it.

Rashid is back in the attack and Samson takes a single off the first ball of the over.

Kishan then comes down the track and slaps it down the ground for a four as the fielder can't clear it.

Kishan comes down the track, gets the toe end of the bat and is caught at long off and he is out for 39 off 18 balls.

Curran is back in the attack and Samson starts the over with a single to long off.

Kishan then pulls the next ball over deep mid-wicket for a six!

Kishan then gets a single to the off side to bring up India's 100.

Samson then pulls the ball over deep square leg for a six!

Slower and wider ball next and Samson slices it through the offside for a four!

A wide ball next. Slower ball next and Samson just plays it to mid-off for a single as 20 come off it.

19:38

India put the skates on

Ind 92-1 (8 ovs) vs Eng | Scorecard

Left arm spinner Liam Dawson in the attack and he starts with a wide.

Kishan then drives the ball down to long off where Jacks fumbles and Kishan gets a couple.

Kishan then plays the ball to deep mid-wicket for a couple.

Kishan then gets a single to long off for a single.

Samson then brings up his 50 with an inside out shot, a six over extra cover. 50 coming off just 26 deliveries.

Samson then plays the ball to the leg side for a single.

Kishan then slog sweeps the ball over deep mid-wicket for a six as 19 come off the over.

Leg spinner Adil Rashid in the attack now and the tossed up ball is creamed through the off side for a four to bring up the 50-run stand off just 27 balls.

A dot later, Samson drives the ball to long off for a single.

Kishan then pulls the ball to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Samson then plays two dots as 6 come off it.

19:29

Samson makes most of early reprieve

Ind 62-1 (6 ovs) vs Eng | Scorecard

India have lost one wicket but have fought back with Samson and Kishan going after the bowling in the Powerplay overs.

Off spinner Jacks removed Abhishek in the 2nd over but Samson has led India's counter thereafter.

Left arm pacer Sam Curran in the attack now and after a dot, Samson waits on the slower ball and swings it down the ground over mid-on for a four!

Quicker ball next and Samson opens the blade and guides the ball down to third man for a four.

Samson then cuts the next ball to deep backward point for a single.

A wide ball next for height before Kishan pulls the ball to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Slower ball again and Samson pulls the ball to backward square leg for a single as 12 come off the over.

Medium pacer Jamie Overton in the attack now and Kishan and Samson take a single each off the first two balls before, Overton bowls it full and on the pads and Kishan flicks it over backward square leg for a four!

Wide ball next and Kishan creams the ball through covers for a four.

Kishan then nearly chips the ball down to Brook at mid-off. Dot ball that.

Short bouncer to end the over as 10 come off the over.

19:18

Samson rides the momentum

Ind 45-1 (4 ovs) vs Eng | Scorecard

Jacks continues and Kisham is off the mark with a single to the leg side.

Widish ball next and Samson just cuts it through backward point for a four.

Samson then knocks the next ball around for a single to the leg side.

Kishan then goes on one knee and sweeps it past backward square leg for a four.

Kishan then plays the ball towards mid-off for a quick single.

A dot to end the over as 11 come off it.

Kishan is the new man in.

Archer continues and Samson pulls the short ball over mid-wicket for a four.

Harry Brook puts down Samson at mid-on next ball, an absolute dolly put down as the ball comes quickly to the fielder.

Samson gets a reprieve on 15.

A dot later, Samson pulls the ball over deep mid-wicket for a six!

A dot later, Samson just opens the bat face and guides the ball to third man for a four! 14 come off it.

19:10

India off to a flyer

Ind 20-1 (2 ovs) vs Eng | Scorecard

Off spinner Will Jacks in the attack now and he comes over the wicket to Abhishek who goes to the leg side and slaps the ball through covers for a four.

Three dots later, Abhishek moves to leg side, comes down the track and connects the ball on the full over mid-off for a four!

Jacks gets the next ball to come into the batter, Abhishek goes for the big shot only to hole out to deep mid-wicket and he is out for 9 off 7.

Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma come out to open for India while Jofra Archer opens the attack for England.

After two good balls, nipping one back in and beating Samson, the batter then lofts the next one over mid-on for a four!

Short on the leg side and Samson then uses the pace of the ball and helps it on his way to fine leg for a six!

Fuller ball next and Samson plays it to covers for a single.

Abhishek then gets off the mark with a single to deep point. 12 come off it.

18:44

India go unchanged into the semis

England captain Harry Brook has won the toss and elected to bowl against India in the 2nd semi-final at the Wankhede in Mumbai on Friday.

England have made one change bringing in Jamie Overton for Rehan Ahmed.

India captain Suryakumar said they wanted to bat first and expect no dew later in the night. India go unchanged into the match.

Playing XIs:

India: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson(w), Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah

England: Philip Salt, Jos Buttler(w), Harry Brook(c), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Liam Dawson, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid

The pitch at Wankhede has a tinge of grass and is expected to produce a ton of runs in this 2nd semi-final.

Welcome the updates of the 2nd semi-final of the T20 World Cup between India and England at the Wankhede Stadium on Friday.

Having not exactly sailed into the T20 World Cup semi-finals, India must now negotiate a potent spin threat from a dangerous England side as both teams chase perfection in Thursday's high-pressure knockout game at the Wankhede Stadium.

Overwhelming favourites at the start of the tournament, India have not been able to stitch together a perfect game against stronger sides in the competition.

However, they have served themselves well by adopting a flexible approach after the pasting at the hands of South Africa in their Super 8 opener.

Sanju Samson was brought back into the side to break the predictability of a left-handed top-three in the powerplay, and that move has worked brilliantly.

More than 10 years after his India debut, Samson finally delivered on the big stage with a career-defining 97 not out in a virtual quarterfinal against the West Indies.

The 31-year-old's confidence will be sky high after that special effort and India would be hoping that rubs off on his opening partner Abhishek Sharma.

Such are the ways of the game that Abhishek was in the form of his life leading into this World Cup while Samson had to be dropped from the playing eleven after a dismal run against New Zealand in the preceding bilateral.

The tables have turned now and Abhishek is in desperate need of a confidence boosting innings. The southpaw did get a fifty against Zimbabwe in the Super 8 but remains far from his ballistic best.

England will have their plans ready for the two openers. Expect a barrage of short balls into the body from Jofra Archer to test Samson, who has struggled against the England tearaway in the past, while Will Jacks could trouble Sharma with his off-spin in the powerplay.

Left-arm spinner Liam Dawson has also bowled in the first six overs while the hosts need to be at their best against a wily Adil Rashid in the middle overs. The openers and the rest of the Indian batters did have all those challenges in mind in a three-hour long practice session on Tuesday.

Ishan Kishan has gone off the boil after a sensational start to the tournament and would be backing himself to fire at his former IPL home ground.

The same goes for the current Mumbai Indians stars in the national team -- captain Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma and Hardik Pandya -- who batted for more than two hours in the main net session ahead of the semifinal.

Having been moved down the order to help the team's cause, Tilak has impressed one and all with his ball striking in the middle-order, having not got the same fluency at number three earlier in the competition.

At a ground with short boundaries, the spin duo of Axar Patel and Varun Chakaravarthy will have no room for error. The mystery spinner needs to find his lengths consistently after proving a tad expensive against the West Indies and South Africa.

Jasprit Bumrah has been phenomenal as usual but slight improvement is needed from the bowlers in the last five overs. It will be interesting to see how Surya uses his resources with Shivam Dube proving to be a risky sixth bowling option.

Playing Kuldeep Yadav is always a tempting prospect but India are unlikely to tinker with their playing eleven.

India played their tournament opener here a month ago and were troubled by the medium pace of Shadley van Schalkwyk on a two-paced surface.

The pitch reserved for the semifinal has been used twice in the tournament -- when West Indies defended 196 against England and Italy cantered to a 10-wicket win over Nepal after bowling the opposition out for 123.

Both India and England find themselves pitted against each other for the third T20 World Cup semifinal in a row. England had hammered India on way to the title in 2022 before the latter got their revenge in Guyana in 2024.

In the latest edition England have relied on the individual brilliance of Harry Brook and Jacks to bail them out of tricky situations. All-rounder Sam Curran too has played his part well.

The focus has been on out-of-form Jos Buttler heading into the contest and it remains to be seen if the England white-ball great can regain his rhythm in a crunch game.

The sides are quite familiar with each other and as Curran said on Tuesday, there will be no secrets to throw at each other.

T20 WC Semis Update: India edge England to enter final

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