India face England in the Semi-Final 2 of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. India have been invited to bat first after Harry Brook won the toss and elected to bowl first. The Men in Blue team remained unchanged in the important game.
Sanju Samson, who was looking in good form, was given a second chance as England captain Harry Brook dropped a sitter off Jofra Archer. In 2.2 overs, Samson mistimed a full ball from Archer as the ball went straight to Brook, who had butter fingers and the batsman survived.
Sanju Samson got a second chance
Sanju Samson is scoring runs at a good pace as India look towards another big score. The opener is now on the score of 46 runs in 25 balls. He has scored his second half-century in this tournament, which is also back to back half-centuries.
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From now on, every run scored by Sanju Samson will hurt the English captain, as he was on 15 when Samson dropped the catch. Samson has been looking full of confidence since his last innings, except for that one wrong shot; In this match also the batsmen seem to be in good form.
Sanju Samson is batting on 66 runs off 32 balls as he tries to score his maiden century in the T20 World Cup 2026. It is a redemption story for Samson, as he was not selected in the playing eleven. He had played only one game before his 97* innings, against Namibia, where he scored 22 runs off 8 balls. Today he hit eight fours and four sixes.
Another low score from Abhishek Sharma
Abhishek Sharma’s run of low scores in the T20 World Cup continued as he was dismissed by another off-spinner, Will Jacques. This is the third time that he has been dismissed by an off-spinner. He has scored only one half-century in the tournament so far, which came against Zimbabwe.
Abhishek Sharma has been struggling in this tournament, despite settling in on the night and looking in good form, he played a careless shot and got out. Abhishek is out for the third time against the off-spinner. First Salman Ali Aga, then Aryan Dutt and today Will Jacques.
India are scoring almost more than 12 runs an over, as Ishan Kishan is also on 35 runs in 16 balls. The Men in Blue are 112/1 after 9 overs as both batsmen targeted Liam Dawson’s first over and scored 19 runs in the over.
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