{"id":1753,"date":"2026-03-05T18:07:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T18:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iplruns.in\/?p=1753"},"modified":"2026-05-15T23:02:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T17:32:39","slug":"india-beat-england-by-7-runs-to-reach-t20-world-cup-2026-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iplruns.in\/hi\/india-beat-england-by-7-runs-to-reach-t20-world-cup-2026-final\/","title":{"rendered":"India Wins T20 WC Semi Final 2026: Beats England by\u00a07 Runs to Reach Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>India 253\/7 (20) beat England 246\/7&nbsp;(20) by 7 runs<br>2nd Semi-Final, ICC Men\u2019s T20&nbsp;World Cup 2026<br>Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | March 5, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defending champions India held their nerve at a packed Wankhede Stadium to beat England by&nbsp;7 runs&nbsp;in the second semi-final&nbsp;and advance to&nbsp;the T20 World Cup&nbsp;2026 final. <br>Chasing 254, England finished on&nbsp;246\/7, with&nbsp;Jacob Bethell\u2019s&nbsp;105 off 48 balls taking them close before a run-out in the penultimate over effectively sealed India\u2019s place in the title clash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/iplruns.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/INDIA-VS-ENGLAND-5TH-MARCH-2026-SEMI-FINAL-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iplruns.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/INDIA-VS-ENGLAND-5TH-MARCH-2026-SEMI-FINAL-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/iplruns.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/INDIA-VS-ENGLAND-5TH-MARCH-2026-SEMI-FINAL-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/iplruns.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/INDIA-VS-ENGLAND-5TH-MARCH-2026-SEMI-FINAL-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/iplruns.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/INDIA-VS-ENGLAND-5TH-MARCH-2026-SEMI-FINAL-1.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-aioseo-table-of-contents\"><ul><li><a class=\"aioseo-toc-item\" href=\"#toss-and-teams\">Toss and teams<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"aioseo-toc-item\" href=\"#india-s-innings-253-7-in-20-overs\">India\u2019s\u00a0innings: 253\/7 in 20 overs<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"aioseo-toc-item\" href=\"#england-s-chase-246-7-target-254\">England\u2019s chase:\u00a0246\/7 (target\u00a0254)<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"aioseo-toc-item\" href=\"#scorecard-summary\">Scorecard summary<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"aioseo-toc-item\" href=\"#turning-points\">Turning points<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"aioseo-toc-item\" href=\"#match-details\">Match details<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"aioseo-toc-item\" href=\"#what-next\">What next<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"toss-and-teams\">Toss and teams<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Toss:&nbsp;England (captain Harry Brook) elected to&nbsp;field first.India:&nbsp;Unchanged XI.England:&nbsp;Brought in Jamie Overton for Rehan Ahmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"india-s-innings-253-7-in-20-overs\">India\u2019s&nbsp;innings: 253\/7 in 20 overs<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>India lost Abhishek Sharma early when he holed out to&nbsp;Phil Salt off&nbsp;Will Jacks&nbsp;(20\/1 in 1.6&nbsp;overs).&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sanju&nbsp;Samson&nbsp;and&nbsp;Ishan Kishan&nbsp;then rebuilt&nbsp;and accelerated. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Samson reached&nbsp;50 off 26 balls&nbsp;(7 fours, 3 sixes) and Kishan kept the rate high;&nbsp;the pair added&nbsp;97 in quick&nbsp;time.Powerplay:&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>India&nbsp;67\/1&nbsp;in 6 overs.Kishan fell for&nbsp;39&nbsp;off 18&nbsp;(4&nbsp;fours, 2 sixes), caught at&nbsp;long-off off Adil Rashid (117\/2 in 9.3). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Samson continued and&nbsp;was out for&nbsp;89 off 42&nbsp;(8 fours, 7 sixes), caught at&nbsp;sweeper cover off Jacks&nbsp;(160\/3 in 13.1). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Suryakumar&nbsp;Yadav was stumped off Rashid for 11, and&nbsp;Shivam Dube&nbsp;and&nbsp;Hardik&nbsp;Pandya&nbsp;pushed&nbsp;the total past 200. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dube made&nbsp;43 off 25&nbsp;(1&nbsp;four, 4 sixes)&nbsp;before being run&nbsp;out by Brook\u2019s&nbsp;direct hit; Tilak Varma hit&nbsp;21 off 7&nbsp;(3&nbsp;sixes) and Hardik&nbsp;27 off 12&nbsp;(3 fours, 2&nbsp;sixes) before being run out in the last over. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>India closed on&nbsp;253\/7&nbsp;in 20 overs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"extras-12-b-2-lb-1-w-9\"><strong>Extras<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>12 (b 2, lb&nbsp;1, w 9).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fall of wickets:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1-20 (Abhishek, 1.6)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2-117 (Kishan, 9.3) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3-160&nbsp;(Samson, 13.1) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4-190 (Suryakumar, 15.4) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5-212&nbsp;(Dube, 17.3)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6-236 (Tilak,&nbsp;18.5) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>7-251 (Hardik, 19.5)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>England bowling:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Will Jacks 4-0-40-2 <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adil Rashid&nbsp;4-0-41-2 <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jofra&nbsp;Archer 4-0-61-1 <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sam Curran, Jamie Overton and Liam Dawson shared the rest.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"england-s-chase-246-7-target-254\">England\u2019s chase:&nbsp;246\/7 (target&nbsp;254)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>England&nbsp;lost&nbsp;Phil&nbsp;Salt&nbsp;in the&nbsp;first over, caught at cover off&nbsp;Hardik Pandya&nbsp;(13\/1).&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jasprit Bumrah&nbsp;then had&nbsp;Harry Brook&nbsp;caught by Axar&nbsp;Patel running back from point (38\/2 in 4.1).&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jos Buttler&nbsp;was bowled&nbsp;by&nbsp;Varun&nbsp;for 25 (64\/3&nbsp;in 5.5), and&nbsp;Axar Patel&nbsp;bowled&nbsp;Tom&nbsp;Banton&nbsp;for 17 (95\/4 in 7.3). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At 95\/4 in under eight overs, England&nbsp;were under heavy pressure.Jacob Bethell&nbsp;counter-attacked and reached&nbsp;50 off 19&nbsp;and then&nbsp;100 off 45&nbsp;(8 fours, 7 sixes). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>With&nbsp;Will Jacks&nbsp;(35 off&nbsp;20), he added 77 for the fifth&nbsp;wicket. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jacks was caught by&nbsp;Dube off&nbsp;Arshdeep Singh&nbsp;after Axar\u2019s relay catch near the rope&nbsp;(172\/5 in 13.6).&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sam Curran&nbsp;made 18 before falling to&nbsp;Hardik, caught&nbsp;by Tilak at midwicket (222\/6 in&nbsp;18.3).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>With Bethell still there, England needed&nbsp;32 off the last&nbsp;two overs. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the 20th over, Bethell tried&nbsp;to take a second run and was&nbsp;run out&nbsp;by Hardik\u2019s throw to Samson&nbsp;(225\/7 in 19.1).&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jofra Archer&nbsp;hit 19 off 4 balls&nbsp;(3 sixes) at&nbsp;the death, but England ended on&nbsp;246\/7,&nbsp;7 runs short. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>England were also penalised for a slow over-rate&nbsp;(extra fielder inside the circle in the last&nbsp;over).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Extras<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>13 (lb&nbsp;3, w 10).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fall of wickets:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1-13 (Salt, 1.1), <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2-38&nbsp;(Brook, 4.1) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3-64 (Buttler,&nbsp;5.5) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4-95 (Banton, 7.3)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5-172 (Jacks, 13.6) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6-222 (Curran, 18.3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>7-225 (Bethell, 19.1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>India&nbsp;bowling:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hardik Pandya&nbsp;4-0-38-2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jasprit Bumrah 4-0-33-1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arshdeep Singh 4-0-51-1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Axar Patel&nbsp;3-0-35-1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Varun 4-0-64-1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shivam Dube&nbsp;1-0-22-0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"India v England | Semi-final 2 | Match Highlights | Men&#039;s T20 World Cup 2026\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WbRmZ1PkTn8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"scorecard-summary\">Scorecard summary<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>India won&nbsp;by 7 runs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">India&nbsp;253\/7 (20 ov)<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">England 246\/7 (20 ov, target 254)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">SV Samson 89 (42)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">JG Bethell 105 (48)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">S Dube 43&nbsp;(25)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">WG&nbsp;Jacks 35 (20)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Ishan Kishan 39 (18)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">JC Buttler 25 (17)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">HH Pandya 27 (12)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">JC Archer 19* (4)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">NT Tilak Varma 21 (7)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">SM Curran 18 (14)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"turning-points\">Turning points<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Powerplay:&nbsp;India 67\/1 and England 68\/3 \u2013 India\u2019s start with the bat and&nbsp;early wickets with the ball&nbsp;set the tone.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Samson\u2019s 89:&nbsp;Gave India a platform; 253 proved just enough.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bethell\u2019s&nbsp;105:&nbsp;Kept&nbsp;England in the game until the final over.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bethell\u2019s run-out (19.1):&nbsp;With&nbsp;32 needed off 10&nbsp;balls, his run-out effectively ended England\u2019s hopes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>India\u2019s death bowling:&nbsp;Bumrah, Hardik and Arshdeep kept the chase to 246 despite Bethell\u2019s&nbsp;assault.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"match-details\">Match details<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Venue:&nbsp;Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Date:&nbsp;March 5, 2026&nbsp;(night match)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hours of play:&nbsp;19.00&nbsp;start; First session 19.00\u201320.30, Interval 20.30\u201320.50, Second session 20.50\u201322.20<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Umpires:&nbsp;Chris Gaffaney, Allahuddien Paleker<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>TV Umpire:&nbsp;Adrian Holdstock<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reserve Umpire:&nbsp;Paul Reiffel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Match Referee:&nbsp;Andy Pycroft<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Series&nbsp;result:&nbsp;India advanced to the final.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-next\">What next<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>India&nbsp;will face the winner of the first semi-final (South Africa&nbsp;vs New Zealand) in&nbsp;the&nbsp;T20 World Cup 2026 final&nbsp;at the&nbsp;Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, on&nbsp;March 8, 2026, as&nbsp;they chase a second straight T20&nbsp;World Cup title.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India 253\/7 (20) beat England 246\/7&nbsp;(20) by 7 runs2nd Semi-Final, ICC Men\u2019s T20&nbsp;World Cup 2026Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | March 5, 2026 Defending champions India held their nerve at a packed Wankhede Stadium to beat England by&nbsp;7 runs&nbsp;in the second semi-final&nbsp;and advance to&nbsp;the T20 World Cup&nbsp;2026 final. 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