In the semi-final matches of T20 World 2026, such scenes of explosive batting were seen which took everyone’s breath away. New Zealand’s opener Finn Allen started it in the first semi-final against South Africa. The batsmen of India and England also maintained this in the second semi-final. While Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan and Tilak Verma did this work for Team India, Jacob Baithle continued this work for England and played a surprising innings and scored a memorable century in just 45 balls.
In this second semi-final played at Wankhede Stadium, Team India, batting first, scored a big score of 253 runs with the help of Samson’s 89 runs. This also became the record for the highest score in a knockout match in the history of T20 World Cup. All three top order batsmen of England quickly returned to the pavilion and could not make any significant contribution to the team.
But after this, Jacob Baithal came to the crease, who started hitting boundaries as soon as he came and his target was especially spinner Varun Chakraborty. Without taking much time, Baithal hit 3 consecutive sixes on Varun. Even after this his attack continued and he kept Team India on the backfoot. Soon this batsman scored his half-century in just 19 balls, which was the joint fastest half-century in a knockout match of the T20 World Cup.
But Baithal did not stop here and even after this he continued his attack. Where he, first along with Jacques and then with Sam Curran, took the team closer to the target. During this, he also completed his century with a brilliant six. His century came in just 45 balls, which was the second fastest century in the T20 World Cup. The fastest century was scored by Finn Allen in the first semi-final. At the same time, this also became the fastest century for England in the history of T20 World Cup.
By the time Batall was at the crease, England was moving towards scoring 254 runs. But in the 19th over, Hardik Pandya took the wicket of Sam Curran and from here England’s problems increased. Then Bathal was run out on the first ball of the 20th over and with this England’s hopes of victory also ended. But Baithal made it memorable for himself by playing an inning of 105 runs in just 48 balls. His innings included 7 sixes and 8 fours. However, still this was not enough to make the team win and Team India won the match by 7 runs.