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India vs England Scorecard, Semi Final 2, ICC T20 World Cup
Result · Mar 05 2026, Thu - 07:00 PM (IST)
INDIA253/7
ENGLAND246/7
India won by 7 runs
CRR:12.3
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | 20/20 World Cup |
| Date: | Mar 05 2026, Thu - 07:00 PM (IST) |
| Country: | India |
| City: | Mumbai |
| Venue: | Wankhede Stadium |
| Toss: | England won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| India Playing XI: | Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy |
| England Playing XI: | Phil Salt, Jos Buttler (wk), Harry Brook (c), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Liam Dawson, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid |
- This will be the sixth game played between India and England in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup with the Men in Blue winning three such games while the Three Lions winning two; this will also be the third meeting between the two sides in the knockout stages of this competition with both sides winning a game apiece with India winning the most recent such encounter (semifinal game in 2024 edition – won by 68 runs).
- India have won 17 men’s T20I games against England, only West Indies (19) have won more against the Three Lions in this format; indeed, the Men in Blue have won five of their last six men’s T20I games against England (L1) including their last two on the bounce.
- This will be the third men’s T20I game played between India and England at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai with both the sides winning a game apiece; India won the most recent clash there by 150 runs on 2 February 2025, a match highlighted by Abhishek Sharma’s 135-run knock and two wickets.
- England have won 13 of their last 14 completed men’s T20I games including each of their previous five in succession; their only defeat in this stretch came against the West Indies by 30 runs on 11 February 2026; India have won seven of their last eight men’s T20I games including each of their previous two in succession; their only defeat in this stretch came against South Africa by 76 runs on 22 February 2026.
- England batters have lost 29 wickets to spinners in the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup edition, the most by any side to such bowlers in a single edition; six of these dismissals have been of Jacob Bethell, the most dismissals by a batter to a spinner in a single edition (also 5 dismissals of Tom Banton & Harry Brook to spinners in this edition).
- India have struck a boundary once every 4.6 balls this term, the most frequent by any team in a single edition of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup; indeed, the Men in Blue have scored 65.5% of their runs this term through boundaries, only Australia (67.7% in 2024) and West Indies (65.9% in 2024) have logged a higher such rate in a single term.
- England have picked up 18 wickets while bowling in the Powerplays (Overs 1-6) in the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup edition, only Afghanistan (21 in 2024), South Africa (21 in 2026) and Sri Lanka (19 in 2021) have dismissed more batters in such phase of an edition.
- Will Jacks (England) has scored 191 runs at an average of 63.7 in the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, the highest by any batter in a single edition while batting at number 7 or below surpassing the previous record of Michael Hussey (163 runs in 2010); he has won four ‘player of the game’ award in the ongoing edition, the joint-most alongside (Shane Watson in 2012).
- Tilak Varma (India) averages 45.4 in T20Is, only Virat Kohli (48.7) and Mohammad Rizwan (47.4) have a higher career batting average in the men’s format among batters from full-member sides than Tilak; indeed, he is the only men’s batter from a full-member team to have an average higher of 40 and a strike-rate of 140+ in the format (min. 350 runs).
- Jos Buttler (England) has averaged seven during the Powerplay phase (Overs 1-6) against pace bowlers in the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup edition; of batters to have faced at least 30 deliveries in this phase, only Sanath Jayasuriya (3.0 in 2010), Regis Chakabva (5.0 in 2022), Finn Allen (5.3 in 2024) and Kashyap Prajapati (5.3 in 2024) have recorded a lower rate than Buttler in a single edition; Buttler has been dismissed five times to pacers in this phase this term.