Today India faces England in the T20 World Cup semi-finals. India is eyeing a place in the final in this match to be held at 7 pm in Mumbai. This is the third T20 WC semi-final between the two teams, with the records tied at 1-1.
Mumbai: Team India will take the field today with the intention of securing its place in the final of the T20 World Cup. India faces the challenge of England in this semi-final match starting at 7 pm at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The Indian team has reached the semi-finals by winning all its matches in the group stage.
India started its journey by defeating America by 29 runs. After this the team defeated Namibia by 93 runs, Pakistan by 61 runs and Netherlands by 17 runs. After reaching the Super 8, India had to face defeat by South Africa by 76 runs in the first match. But after this the team made a comeback and defeated Zimbabwe by 72 runs and in an important match, defeated West Indies by five wickets.
At the same time, England started the group stage by defeating Nepal by 4 runs, but in the very next match they lost to West Indies by 30 runs. After this, England defeated Scotland by five wickets and Italy by 24 runs. In Super 8, England defeated Sri Lanka by 51 runs, Pakistan by two wickets and New Zealand by four wickets to reach the semi-finals.
This is the third time when India and England will face each other in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup. So far both the teams have won one match each. Team India has a golden opportunity to avenge the shameful defeat of 2022 in 2024. Cricket fans would hardly have forgotten the defeat in the Adelaide semi-final of 2022, when England’s openers had thrashed the Indian bowlers. India’s target of 168 runs was easily achieved by England without losing any wicket with 4 overs remaining. It took two years for India to forget that stormy partnership of Jos Buttler and Alex Hales.
But in 2024, thanks to captain Rohit Sharma’s brilliant half-century, India registered a resounding 68-run win in Guyana. Team India took sweet revenge by taking all ten wickets of England. After this, Rohit and his team defeated South Africa and won the title on Caribbean soil. Hardik Pandya, who scored the most runs in the T20 World Cup semi-final against England, and Axar Patel, who took the most wickets, are part of Team India this time too.
India’s probable playing eleven: Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Hardik Pandya, Tilak Verma, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Jasprit Bumrah.