When Suryakumar Yadav threw the ball to their premier pacer, Jasprit Bumrah, during the second semifinal of the Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 between India and England at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, the opposition needed 69 runs in the last five overs, which was very much achievable in these conditions, especially with Jacob Bethell being unbeaten on 81 runs in 36 balls.

Jasprit Bumrah’s first ball of the 16th over was full at the stumps from round the wicket, and Sam Curran got the bat down in time to squeeze it away off the toe-end. The second ball was again on the blockhole as Bethell squeezed it away through the point region. The third ball was a low full toss on the pads as Curran flicked it through the square leg region.

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England was very watchful in the Bumrah over as Curran pounced on the loose ball and didn’t get any runs. The fifth ball of the over was a slower bouncer as Curran, initially being deceived, managed to adjust on the pull and completed the single. The wide yorker on the last ball was put into the deep point for a single.

Jasprit Bumrah bowls impressive 16th & 18th over in T20 WC 2026 Semifinal

The 17th over from the left-arm pacer, Arshdeep Singh, was smacked for 16 runs, including a four and a six to end the over. Bumrah came into the 18th over and gave away only four singles and one double for six runs.

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The first ball of the over was again close to the blockhole as it angled in at the stumps from round the wicket for a dot before he drove the yorker to the long-on region for a single. The third ball was another six on the on-side against the slower dipping yorker on the off stump.

After a couple of runs on the full toss into the leg side, Sam Curran and Jacob Bethell got two singles off the last two balls, respectively. Bumrah, who picked up the wicket of the opposition captain, Harry Brook, earlier in the evening, finished with fine figures of 1/33 in his four overs. 

Brief Scores: IND 253/7 (Sanju Samson 89, Shivam Dube 43, Will Jacks 2/40) beat ENG 246/7 (Jacob Bethell 105, Hardik Pandya 2/38) by 7 runs.

The former Indian wicketkeeper-batter, Dinesh Karthik, has analyzed the leadership of Suryakumar Yadav in their narrow seven-run victory during the second semifinal of the Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 against England at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. He felt that Sky used the right set of bowlers at the right time in the innings. 

Karthik praised Suryakumar Yadav for bringing back Jasprit Bumrah for the 16th and 18th over of the second innings, where he delivered two special overs before Hardik Pandya continued the pressure with another great over.

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“This is what I love about the format because there is a lot of thinking you need to do as a skipper. Suryakumar Yadav was good, but I won’t say he was great. Towards the end, the last five overs, I thought he went with the right set of bowlers. He got Bumrah on the 16th and 18th. And in between that, he brought his best bowler, Arshdeep Singh, who bowled well barring the last two balls.” Karthik said on the Sky Sports show.

Dinesh Karthik lauds Suryakumar Yadav’s leadership in T20 WC semifinal 2

Karthik was also impressed with the fielding performance of the blue brigade, as Axar Patel grabbed two great catches to dismiss Harry Brook and Will Jacks at the boundary line to turn the game on its head.

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“And then he finished it off with Hardik, someone who thrives under pressure. What I saw today in India was the embodiment of what they stand for, which is to keep fighting under pressure, but most importantly, to correct the biggest wrong of what they have done wrong in this World Cup.” Dinesh Karthik expressed. 

“They had the poorest fielding side, and today, they turned up and fielded like a team that wanted to win. That attitude I loved the most. They held on to their catches. They had a fantastic runout at the back end. But you can almost give the man of the match to Axar for the way he fields. And no one would complain of it. I mean, that was out of the world of some of the catches he got.” The wicket-keeper batter added.

Axar Patel could have won the player of the match award only because of his fielding during the second semifinal of the Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 between India and England at the iconic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. He was excellent in the field, both in stopping the boundaries and grabbing the catches on the boundary line.

One of his craziest catches came when Arshdeep Singh dismissed Will Jacks for 35 runs in 20 balls. It was a wide delivery from the off stump by the left-arm pacer as Arshdeep went for a slash with the ball nearly crossing the boundary rope. Axar Patel came running in and lost the balance without losing the awareness of the cushions.

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He grabbed the catch and showed excellent awareness of tossing the ball into the hands of Shivam Dube, who will be registered as the official catcher of the dismissal. Suryakumar Yadav wrapped Axar in his arms in celebration to get the timely wicket of the England explosive all-rounder.

Axar Patel’s stunning catch in T20 WC 2026 semifinal goes viral

Earlier in the game, Jasprit Bumrah’s slower delivery foxed the England captain, Harry Brook, who got the ball high in the air before Axar grabbed an outstanding catch running backwards, from the extra cover region, as he kept his eyes on the ball for the entire period and didn’t let it come off his grasp.

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The catch may go down as Shivam Dube's but Bapu's brilliance made it all happen! 👏

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India posted a massive score of 253 runs for the loss of seven wickets as their opener, Sanju Samson, clubbed 89 runs in 42 balls with the help of eight boundaries and seven sixes at a strike rate of 211.90. Shivam Dube contributed 43 runs in 25 balls at a strike rate of 172. 

England fell short of the target by seven runs despite Jacob Bethell putting up a great fightback for 105 runs in 48 balls with the help of eight boundaries and seven sixes at a strike rate of 219. India completed the win and made it to their record fourth final of the T20 WCs.

Brief Scores: IND 253/7 (Sanju Samson 89, Shivam Dube 43, Will Jacks 2/40) beat ENG 246/7 (Jacob Bethell 105, Hardik Pandya 2/38) by 7 runs.

The second semifinal of the T20 World Cup 2026 between India and England at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai has its own excitement, but it grew further after the two former World Cup-winning captains, MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma, made their way into the hospitality box in the ground to enjoy the action.

MS Dhoni, who has already started his preparation for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 for the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) with the net sessions in Chennai along with Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ayush Mhatre, Sarfaraz Khan, and others, flew to Mumbai to attend the wedding ceremony of Sachin Tendulkar’s son, Arjun Tendulkar.

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Meanwhile, Rohit has been the brand ambassador of the tournament, for which he went through the video sessions before the start of the game and is expected to be at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad for the final of the event, where India face New Zealand for the fourth time in the history of the event.

Sakshi Dhoni makes funny remark to Rohit Sharma in T20 WC 2026

A cool and funny moment from the Wankhede hospitality box that went viral on social media platforms. MS Dhoni’s wife, Sakshi, also turned out to enjoy the game as he funnily seemed to be telling Rohit, ‘look so fit’ as the camera read the words from his mouth.

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Rohit has surely worked on his fitness, as he looked quite slim when he played the ODI series against New Zealand recently at home. He will also hope for a cracking performance in the IPL 2026 for the Mumbai Indians to contribute to their potential sixth title of the tournament.

On the ground, the Bollywood actors and the opening batter of India, KL Rahul, were also present. They must be happy to see the home side holding their nerves and grabbing the seven-run win over the Harry Brook-led side to make it to their record fourth final of the T20 WCs.

Brief Scores: IND 253/7 (Sanju Samson 89, Shivam Dube 43, Will Jacks 2/40) beat ENG 246/7 (Jacob Bethell 105, Hardik Pandya 2/38) by 7 runs.

India has not been a great fielding side in the ongoing Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 campaign. But on a day when they needed everything to go their way, fielding also fell into place as they grabbed some excellent catches to put England under immense pressure. And Axar Patel’s sensational catch got them the biggest wicket of the opposition captain, Harry Brook.

On the very first ball of the fifth over, Jasprit Bumrah ran in and foxed Brook with a slower delivery. He rolled his fingers across the seam and completely puzzled the right-handed batter, who backed away and was through the shot early as the bottom hand came off and the ball lobbed over the cover region.

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Axar Patel was at the extra cover region and started to run back. He kept his eyes on the ball and dived forward to grab it. For a moment, it felt like he had gone away from the catch, but he stayed down for a while and allowed his teammates to celebrate wildly as Brook was dismissed for seven runs.

Axar Patel takes superb catch in T20 World Cup 2026 Semifinal 2

Earlier in the chase, England lost Phil Salt on the very first ball of the second ball as his aerial shot ended in the safe hands of Axar, who settled down at this spot before the ball died into his hands. Jacob Bettel came up with an aggressive approach.

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Bethell smashed Varun Chakravarthy for three successive sixes before the leg spinner dismissed Jos Buttler for 25 runs in 17 balls with the help of four boundaries and one six. Even Tom Banton also reverse-swept his first ball for a boundary.

India posted a huge score of 253 runs for the loss of seven wickets as their in-form opener, Sanju Samson, nailed 89 runs in 42 balls with the help of eight boundaries and seven sixes at a strike rate of 211.9. Shivam Dube, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan, and Hardik Pandya also contributed equally with the bat.

For even thinking of completing the chase of 254 runs during the second semifinal of the Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 against India at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, England needed a jaw-dropping start with the batt to get the right platform. And they needed their inform opening batter, Phil Salt, to stand long inside the powerplay and play a sensational knock. 

But Phil Salt failed early in the innings as Hardik Pandya drew the first blood for the blue brigade on his very first ball of the evening. It was the away swinging delivery from the right-handed batter, as Salt was shaped to slog the ball across the line. But he didn’t spot the swing at all and went for a big shot. 

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He was through with the ball, as it caught the thick outside edge and lobbed high in the air over the cover-point where Axar Patel settled himself and kept his eyes on the ball to complete the simple catch with his fingers being pointed upwards as the wicket-keeper batter went back for five runs.

Phil Salt dismissed for five runs in T20 WC 2026 Semifinal 2

The pressure was no immense on Jos Buttler, who, however, didn’t enjoy a great season with the bat, having earned just 62 runs in seven innings ahead of this contest. The right-handed batter needed to play a good knock along with captain, Harry Brook, whose dropped catch of Sanju Samson, let them pay a huge price.

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India posted 253 runs for the loss of seven wickets in their allotted 20 overs as it becomes the highest score by a team in the knockout fixture of the T20 World Cups. Sanju Samson, the opening batter, smacked 89 runs in 42 balls with the help of eight boundaries and seven sixes.

Samson got full support on the other end from Ishan Kishan’s 38 runs in 18 balls while Shivam Dube blasted a fine innings of 43 runs in 25 balls. Even Hardik also got 27 runs in 12 balls along with Tilak Varma’s unbeaten 21 runs in seven balls.

Brief Scores: IND 253/7 (Sanju Samson 89, Shivam Dube 43, Will Jacks 2/40) vs ENG 64/3 (Jacob Bethell 26*, Jasprit Bumrah 1/7) 

There was already excitement around the second semifinal of the Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 between India and England at the iconic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai as the home side was belting the opposition bowlers around the park for several boundaries and over boundaries and put themselves at a comfortable position with the bat, having been put into bat first.

But the roar of the crowd reached the second tier when the television screen showed the former Indian captain and wicket-keeper batter, MS Dhoni, enjoying the game in the stadium from the hospitality box. The veteran has a sweet moment with the ground, having played a sensational captain’s knock from the 2011 ODI World Cup against Sri Lanka in the chase.

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Dhoni has started the preparation of the Indian Premier League (IPL) ahead of the 2026 season for the Chennai Super Kings (CSK), who look to restart a strong season after the wounds of the previous edition. His videos of batting at the nets with Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ayush Mhatre, and Sarfaraz Khan had already gone viral on social media platforms.

MS Dhoni attends Arjun Tendulkar’s wedding in Mumbai

Dhoni, with his wife, Sakshi, came to Mumbai in the morning of February 05 to attend the wedding ceremony of Arjun Tendulkar, who is the son of the former Indian batter, Sachin Tendulkar. Arjun tied the knot with Saaniya Chandhok in a glittering ceremony, as Dhoni’s presence also went viral from the occasion.

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In the semifinal game, India couldn’t have asked for a better outing in the middle. England dropped the catch of Sanju Samson at the start and paid the price with the opener smashing 89 runs in just 42 balls with the help of eight boundaries and seven sixes at a strike rate of 211.90.

Ishan Kishan also contributed well for his 39 runs in 18 balls with the help of four boundaries and two sixes, while Shivam Dube cracked 43 runs in 25 balls, thanks to four sixes and one boundary as India made their way to 212/5 in the 18th over of the innings.

Brief Scores: India 223/5 (Sanju Samson 89, Shivam Dube 43, Will Jacks 2/26) vs England. 

Sanju Samson, the Indian wicket-keeper opening batter, was the biggest reason for the blue brigade to knock out West Indies and reach the semifinal of the Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai where they faced England, who have been excellent in the Super 8 clashes of the campaign. And Samson started from where he left.

Sanju Samson started the very first over of the evening with a boundary on the third ball against Jofra Archer before smashing the right-arm pacer’s short ball behind the stumps for a massive six. He was given a life when the opposition captain, Harry Brook, dropped a simple catch at the mid-off region before Samson clubbed Archer for another six.

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England introduced the left-arm spinner, Liam Dawson, in the eighth over of the innings as Samson pressed forward and lofted the full ball over the wide long-off region for a massive six to complete his second successive fifty in just 26 balls. In the very next over, he drilled Sam Currean for another six with the pull short.

Sanju Samson celebrates successive T20 WC 2026 fifty vs England

India lost their left-handed opening batter, Abhishek Sharma, earlier when his mistimed aerial flick shot went massively in the air but didn’t get the distance as Phil Salt at the deep region grabbed a comfortable catch to send back the batter, who continued his nightmarish time.

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Meanwhile, the new batter, Ishan Kishan, supported Sanju Samson well from the other end for his fine knock of 39 runs in 18 balls with the help of four boundaries and a couple of sixes. That brought the end of the 97-run second wicket stand between him and Samson in just 45 balls as India raced away to 117/1 in 9.3 overs. 

England lacked plans to get the wicket of Samson, but the wicket of Kishan would bring new freshness for them as they would now be able to use Dawson’s left-arm spin against the right-handed batters in the middle overs.

Brief Scores: IND 128/2 (Sanju Samson 75*, Adil Rashid 1/13) vs England 

Heading into the second semifinal of the Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 between India and England at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, the focus was on how Abhishek Sharma, India’s opening batter, would perform in the event, as he had been struggling for most games of the competition, but had a very good record against the England side.

England’s captain, Harry Brook, decided to introduce the trump card, Will Jacks, in the second over of the innings. The first ball of the over was cut from the middle and leg stump towards the off side by the left-handed batter, Abhishek Sharma, for a boundary as the ball went past the backward point region. The fifth delivery of the over was smashed over mid-off for the same result.

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However, Jacks finally had his revenge on the last ball of the second over. It was a slower delivery through the air as it drifted inwards the southpaw, who jogged down the track and backed away in the process to play the aerial flick. The ball got the height but not the distance.

Will Jacks dismisses Abhishek Sharma for 9 in IND vs ENG T20 WC 2026

It came off the bottom part of the bat as Phil Salt came in from the deep mid-wicket region and grabbed the catch comfortably to draw the first blood. The entire England side was pumped up to see Abhishek Sharma being dismissed for nine runs in seven balls with the help of two boundaries.

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Abhishek has now been dismissed thrice against the off-spinners in the World Cup. In five innings, he has faced 27 balls against the off-spinner and has managed only 29 runs at an average of 9.66 and a strike rate of 107.40. His nightmare of the event continued to happen,

Meanwhile, Brook dropped Sanju Samson in the very next over as the right-handed batter took full advantage of it and smashed Jofra Archer for 14 runs in the same over. Ishan Kishan also came up with an aggressive approach and made their way to 55/1 in five overs of the innings.

Brief Scores: India 67/1 (Sanju Samson 41*, Will Jacks 1/19) vs England 

In the post-match press conference after India’s last Super 8 fixture victory against West Indies during the Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, their head coach, Gautam Gambhir, reckoned that he would have no trust in data and numbers in the game, as he feels that the 20-over games are more about instinct and backing that instinct.

Ahead of India’s semifinal against England at the iconic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, their former spin all-rounder, Ravichandran Ashwin, noted that he would not have an issue with such a statement from the head coach, but he addressed that people have actually been misunderstanding data.

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“One coach is saying that he won't use the data. How do I handle this if you ask the same question, what is data? Is Data anything? No, Data is Wagon Wheel, Data is in this much ball, this bowler's match up. People are actually misunderstanding data. I hope you understand that. One thing is the interpretation of the data.” Ashwin expressed in his YouTube video.

Ravichandran Ashwin slams Gautam Gambhir’s data remark

Ashwin also put fingers on how England used the data in the campaign. He also felt that data would be the enemy of one if one didn’t use the numbers of the game, while it would be friends, supporting the players, if they used it in the right way.

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🚨 ASHWIN HITBACK ON GAUTAM GAMBHIR:-

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“England uses that incredibly well. I run my own game like this. I have massive respect for others who don't want to use data, because data is something that, if you want to use it, you can use it. That's your friend if you don't know how to use it. It's your enemy.” Ravichandran Ashwin shed light.

“I don’t believe in data, honestly. I have never seen data. I don’t even know what data is all about. I feel T20s are more about instinct and backing your instinct as well.” India’s head coach, Gautam Gambhir, told the reporters at the post-match press conference on Sanju Samson's knock.