IND vs ENG T20 World Cup semi-final highlights: India makes it to the final against New Zealand

Even though England did a heroic chase and Bethell earned a well-needed century for his team, India defeated England by 7 runs to reach the final with New Zealand.

Despite a few expensive overs, the Indian bowlers showcased an excellent effort in defending the huge total of 253 runs.

Bethell is sent back by Hardik Pandya. As Bethell was trying for the second run, Samson uproots the stumps.

Hardik removes Sam Curran, when he was in a very strong fight alongside Bethell. Tilak Varma takes the catch to help Pandya send Curren back.

Bethell slams his century in the semi-final, when his team needs a good fight.

Arshdeep’s over was supposed to be an excellent one, with not many runs conceded. Bethell had a different plan.

Bethell changes the flow by hitting a sixer and a four in the last two balls.

Bumrah completes the over without giving many runs to the rivals, understanding how crucial the stage is for his team in the game.

England scores 193-5 after 16 overs

In his last over in the match, Arshdeep delivers three wides.

But the very next delivery after the third wide witnesses an excellent catch. Arshdeep removes Jacks from the crease, assisted by Axar Patel with a magnificent catch.

Even though the credit for the catch goes in the name of Dube, Axar did a remarkable effort alongside the boundary line in successfully getting the catch. He handsover the ball to Dube as he was falling outside.

England scores 172-5 after 14 overs.

Jacks sends the ball to the back row of the gallery in Axar Patel’s ball. Jacks delivers through the fielders to score a four in the very next ball.

Much more to win the chase, England’s batters do their best.

England scores 160-4 after 13 overs.

Bethell plays a scoop in Varun’s ball to score a boundary. Varun has been playing carefully, not to give many runs to England, trying to recover from two expensive overs.

Breaking the caution by Varun, Bethell goes for a 77 m sixer.

England scores 146-4 after 12 overs.

Bethell slams a half-century as his team has much more to go to dominate the chase.

England needs to accelerate its run rate to win the match.

Bethell hits back-to-back boundaries in Varun’s second over. Varun gave 28 runs in his first over, even though he could manage to remove Buttler.

Adding spice to this expensive over, Jacks also hits a boundary.

England scores 113-4 after 9 overs.

Axar sends Banton back, with a clean bowl, as the latter gave Axar pressure with consecutive sixers.

This is the second time breaking the streak, as Varun castled in the very next ball after hattrick sixers by Bethell in the sixth over.

Banton hits very clean sixes both to the gallery.

Handling beautifully the pressure given by Bethell, with hattrick sixers, Varun clean bowls Buttler.

It has been a very crucial wicket for team India as Varun breaks the partnership that Buttler and Bethell had been steadily building up.

England scores 68-3 after 6 overs.

Bethell scores back-to-back sixers in the first over of Varun Chakaravarthy. The first one in the very first delivery of Varun in the match.

The next two come in the next consecutive balls,

Harry Brook goes back to the dressing room after Axar Patel takes a magnificent catch as Brook hits Bumrah’s ball high.

England loses its second wicket in the fifth over.

Buttler strikes a huge sixer, over mid off, in Hardik Pandya’s ball.

England scores 38 for one wicket.

Harry Brook scores his first boundary of the match, in Hardik Pandya’s second over, fourth over of the second innings. 

With three dot balls, one wicket and just two runs given to England, Hardik delivers an excellent over against the rival.

England scores 15 runs with one wicket lost, after two overs.

England loses their first wicket in the second over. Hardik Pandya removes opener Phil Salt from the crease.

A challenging chase ahead for England as posts 253/7.

Trying for a second run, Hardik Pandya sees the stumps off. He goes back to the dressing room for a run out.

Hardik Pandya hits a long sixer with a pull shot, sending the ball to the stand, in Jack’ over.

With yet another sixer by Pandya, this time straight, India reaches 250.

Archer sends Tilak Varma back with a beautiful Yorker.

Earlier in the over, Tilak Varma goes for back-to-back sixes, giving a small tension to England’s speeder.

Tilak Varma keeps up the fight. He hits a huge sixer, in Archer’s ball, to the leg side over long on.

Shivam Dube goes back after a run out in Sam Curren’s over. This is the fourth run out for him in the tournament.

Dube goes for an effortless sixer over the long on.

Hardik Pandya goes for back-to-back boundaries. Pandya takes charge to keep up the fight for team India.

205-4 after 17 overs.

Though Suryakumar Yadav tries for a sweep for Rashid’s googly, he misses the shot and goes out for a stumping by Buttler.

Suryakumar walks off the pitch. without waiting for the decision.

India scores 190-4 after 16 overs

Shivam Dube hits a 82 meter sixer to the boundary over the long off. Suryakumar Yadav goes for another one through a beautiful sweep outside the leg stump, keeping up the pace for team India.

Shivam Dube hits a boundary for Sam Curren’s ball, with a back lift.

177-3 in 15 overs.

Sanju Samson goes back after an excellent knock, with 89 runs scored off 42 balls. Salt takes the catch as Sanju tries for another big shot. Suryakumar Yadav comes in as the fifth man.

Samson sends Archer’s slow ball to the boundary for another big sixer. He goes for an 87 m sixer after a wide ball from Archer.

India scores 160 for 2 after 13 overs.

Shivam Dube goes for huge shots in Rashid’s over, giving pressure to the spinners.

145-2 for India after 12 overs.

Ishan Kishan goes back after a good partnership with Samson. As he tried for a boundary in Rashid’s googly, Jacks catches the ball.

Shivam Dube come in to the pitch.

India crosses 100 runs in the eighth over as Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan build up an excellent partnership.

Sanju Samson goes to a half-century with a sixer. Sanju hits back-to-back half-centuries. He scored a 97 in India’s last match against the West Indies.

Samson smashes back-to-back boundaries in the sixth over, strong and consistent, focusing on building a huge score to give a tough chase for England.

As Jacks tightens his bowling in his second over, Sanju Samson goes for another stylish boundary. Ishan Kishan hits his first boundary.

India scored 45 for 1 in 4 overs.

After a lucky catch drop, Samson continues his raid. Samson goes for another huge sixer and a boundary in the very next ball.

India faces an early wicket. Jacks sends Abhishek back to the dressing room.

Sanju Samson hits back-to-back boundaries in the first over of the match. On the third ball, he hits Archer for a four, and goes for an even bigger delivery, a sixer this time.

Both teams have been marched to the field, for the national anthems, led by their captains Suryakumar Yadav and Harry Brook.

England wins the toss and captain Harry Brook decided to field first.

India skipper Suryakumar Yadav said that he would have chosen to bat first if they had won the toss.

The last time India played England in a semifinal at the Wankhede Stadium, Graham Gooch swept his way to a magnificent century, and England ended defending champions India’s dream of contesting a final at home. That was, of course, a One-Day International of 50 overs.

This time, the defending champions play England in a semifinal, albeit in a T20 World Cup. In the previous two semifinals of the T20 World Cup, these teams clashed with mixed results. England won by a thumping margin of 10 wickets in Australia in 2022, and India beat England comfortably in the West Indies in 2024.

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England are drawing confidence from a run of tight victories ahead of their Twenty20 ‌World Cup semi-final against India, captain Harry Brook said, adding that his team’s resilience would be a key factor ⁠at the Wankhede Stadium.

England’s route to the last four has not all been smooth sailing, with the two-time champions advancing after wins over Sri Lanka, Pakistan and New Zealand, ‌against whom they needed 43 runs off the final 18 balls to get over the line.

“We’ve won tight games, which in World ‌Cups prove to be very important, and we’ve got a lot of ‌confidence ⁠going into the deeper parts of the game,” Brook told ⁠reporters yesterday.

“We’ve won games, which we probably shouldn’t have won, and it just feels like we’ve never really been out of any game so far, which holds you in good stead in these world competitions.

Brook’s own form ‌has underpinned that message. The 27-year-old struck a 50-ball hundred to lift England past Pakistan in Pallekele.

“I don’t believe that we need a perfect game to win the competition. The games that we have won have been ‌nowhere near perfect, and we still managed to get the wins convincingly in some of them, and then tight in the other games,” Brook said.

-Reuters

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