India down England in 2026 T20 World Cup semis: Stats

Batting blitz

Samson, Kishan, Dube propel India forward

Samson's innings was studded with eight fours and seven sixes as he took on the England bowlers. He shared a 97-run partnership for the second wicket with Ishan Kishan, who scored a quickfire 39 off just 18 balls. Shivam Dube also contributed with a brisk 43 off 25 balls before being run out by Brook. Despite losing his wicket in the 13th over, Samson had already done enough damage to put India in a strong position.

Team effort

India's 2nd-highest total in T20 World Cup

India's total of 253/7 is their second-highest score in T20 World Cup history, just behind the 256 runs they scored against Zimbabwe. The team's aggressive batting approach was on full display as they took on the England bowlers. Hardik Pandya also chipped in with a quickfire 27 off just 12 balls, further boosting India's total.

Bowling woes

England bowlers taken to cleaners

England's bowlers struggled to contain India's aggressive batting, with Jofra Archer being the most expensive bowler. He conceded 61 runs in his four overs, including three sixes in his last over from Tilak Varma. Will Jacks was the pick of the bowlers for England, picking up two wickets for 40 runs in his four overs. Adil Rashid managed 2/41 from 4 overs. Sam Curran and Jamie Overton also bore the brunt of India's batting onslaught on a flat Wankhede pitch.

Abhishek

Abhishek Sharma's poor 2026 T20 World Cup campaign continues

Team India opener Abhishek Sharma had another early dismissal in the 2026 ICC T20 World Cup. The southpaw perished for 9 runs off 7 balls. Abhishek has fallen to off spinners three times from 5 innings in this tournament. He has faced 27 balls and scored 29 runs. His average reads 9.66 with the SR being 107.40. Abhishek's scores read 0, 0, 0, 15, 55, 10 and 9. He owns 89 runs at an average of 12.71 (SR: 130.88).

Kishan

Ishan Kishan equals this T20 sixes record of Sunil Narine

Kishan (39) hammered four fours and two sixes during his stay. As per ESPNcricinfo, from 228 matches (219 innings) Kishan now has 302 sixes. With this, he matched Sunil Narine, who owns 302 sixes from 583 matches (376 innings). Kishan owns 6,265 runs in T20s at 30.71. His strike rate is 141.77. Kishan has raced to 1,274 runs from 44 T20Is at an average of 29.62. He owns 66 sixes for India.

Samson

Successive fifties for Samson in T20 World Cup 2026

Before this knock of 89 from 42 balls against England, Samson belted West Indies at Eden Gardens. He hit a match-winning unbeaten 97 to help India reach the semis. With this recent effort, Samson has raced to a tally of 232 runs from four matches in the 2026 T20 World Cup at 77.33. He has hit 22 fours and 16 sixes (SR: 201.73).

T20s

Samson slams his 53rd fifty in T20s

Samson's 89 was laced with 7 sixes and 8 fours. He struck at 211.90. He has amassed 1,310 runs in T20Is from 61 matches (53 innings) at 27.29. This was his 5th fifty in T20Is (100s: 3). His strike rate is 154.84. Overall in T20s, Samson now owns 8,311 runs from 329 matches (312 innings). This was his 53rd fifty (100s: 6). Samson also completed 700 fours in T20s. He got to the mark with his 8th four. Meanwhile, he has got to 388 sixes in T20s.

Information

Samson and Kishan stitch this partnership record

Samson and Kishan's partnership of 97 runs is now the highest for India in a T20 World Cup knockout match. The two surpassed the long-standing record of 84 runs set by Yuvraj Singh and Robin Uthappa against Australia in the 2007 event.

Duo

Key numbers for Dube and Pandya

Dube scored 43 runs, hitting four sixes and a four. In the ongoing T20 World Cup, he now has 209 runs at 34.83 (SR: 159-plus). Overall in T20Is, Dube owns 965 runs at 30.15 from 63 matches (47 innings). Pandya hit three fours and two sixes in his 23-run effort. He owns 2,270 runs in T20Is from 137 matches (108 innings) at 28.37. Tilak Varma scored 21 off 7 balls. He hit three sixes. In the ongoing T20 World Cup, he has 199 runs at 28.42.

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Adil Rashid gets to 44 T20 World Cup wickets

England spinner Rashid now owns the joint 2nd-most wickets in T20 World Cup. He has 44 scalps at 22.36 from 38 matches. He equaled Adam Zampa of Australia (44 scalps). Rashid owns 163 T20I wickets at 23.24. Overall in T20s, he has picked 412 wickets at 22.58.

Chase

How did England's chase pan out?

England were hurt by quick wickets as they got reduced to 64/3 inside the powerplay overs. A 31-run stand between Bethell and Tom Banton kept the scoring rate in sync. Thereafter, Jacks joined Bethell and the two added a 77-run stand from just 39 balls. Bethell was also part of a 50-run stand alongside Curran. A brilliant 18th over bowled by Jasprit Bumrah and a pivotal 19th over from Pandya's arm saw India recover. Bethell was run out before Archer's three sixes saw England suffer a 7-run defeat.

Buttler

Varun Chakravarthy dismisses Jos Buttler for 6th time in T20Is

Jos Buttler scored a 17-ball 25. He was dismissed by Indian spinner Varun Chakravarthy in the 6th over. Varun has now dismissed Buttler six times in T20 cricket. Across 10 innings, the Englishman has faced 56 balls and ended up scoring 80 runs. The batter averages 13.33 with his strike rate being 142.85. 4 of these dismissals for Buttler against Varun have come in T20Is from 5 innings. He averages 4.75 and owns 19 runs from 20 balls.

Jacks

Jacks shines with an all-round show in T20 WC 2026

After his two scalps, Jacks batted well and scored 35 off 20 balls. He hit 4 fours and 2 sixes. In the 2026 T20 World Cup, Jacks finished with 226 runs from 8 matches at 56.50. He struck at 176.50. With the ball, Jacks finished with a tally of 9 scalps from 8 matches at 21.66.

Bethell

Bethell hits a blazing 105

Bethell completed a 45-ball century for England. He was eventually dismissed for 105 runs off 48 balls. He hit 8 fours and 7 sixes, striking at 218.75. Playing his 97th T20, Bethell owns 1,843 runs at 24.57 from 90 innings. He hammered his maiden T20 hundred (50s: 9). Bethell is three shy of 100 sixes (97). 697 of his T20 runs have come for England in T20Is at 29.04 (100s: 1, 50s: 3).

Record

2nd-fastest hundred in T20 World Cup (by balls)

Bethell now owns the 2nd-fastest century in T20 World Cup (by balls). Fastest 100s in T20 WC (by balls) 33 - Finn Allen vs SA, Kolkata, 2026 SF 45 - Jacob Bethell vs IND, Mumbai WS, 2026 SF 47 - Chris Gayle vs ENG, Mumbai WS, 2016 50 - Chris Gayle vs SA, Johannesburg, 2007 50 - Harry Brook vs PAK, Pallekele, 2026

Feat

Highest individual score in T20 World Cup knockouts

Bethell recorded the highest individual score in T20 World Cup knockouts. He surpassed the 100* of New Zealand's Finn Allen. The Kiwi batsman attained the mark against South Africa in the 1st semi-final of 2026 T20 World Cup. Meanwhile, Tillakaratne Dilshan's 96* versus WI, The Oval, 2009 (semis) is the 3rd-highest score in this regard.

Numbers

Bethell attains numerous feats with his hundred

Bethell is the first England player to smash a hundred in T20Is against India. The previous best score by an England batter against India was 86* runs by Alex Hales in 2022. Bethell is the 4th England player with a century in T20 World Cup. He joined the likes of Hales (116* vs SL in 2014), Buttler (101* vs SL in 2021), and Harry Brook (100 vs PAK in 2026). Meanwhile, Bethell is the first to hit a T20 World Cup ton against India.

Bumrah

Jasprit Bumrah completes 500 international wickets

Bumrah finished with 1/33 from his 4 overs. Bumrah completed 500 wickets in international cricket for Team India. He dismissed Brook to attain this milestone. He became the eighth Indian bowler to reach the landmark of 500 international wickets. This includes dismissing 234 batters in Test cricket, 149 in ODIs, and claiming 117 wickets in T20Is.

Arshdeep

Arshdeep Singh becomes second Indian bowler with this T20I record

Indian seamer Arshdeep Singh has unlocked another achievement in T20Is, completing 50 wickets at home. Arshdeep is now the second Indian and the first Indian pacer to complete 50 T20I wickets in home conditions. Arshdeep completed 50 T20I wickets at home by dismissing Jacks. Notably, spinner Axar Patel had become the first Indian with 50 wickets at home in the shortest format. Arshdeep (1/51) owns 36 wickets from 23 away games at 16.94. He has 41 wickets at neutral venues.

Notable feats

Here are the notable records from this contest

The India vs England contest recorded the most sixes in a T20 World Cup match (34), bettering the 31 sixes hit in the West Indies vs Zimbabwe clash, Mumbai WS, 2026. Jacks now owns the most runs from No. 6 or lower in a T20 WC edition (226). He went past the 218 runs hit by Misbah-ul-Haq in 2007. 499 runs in this match is the 2nd-highest match aggregate in Men's T20Is.

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Team India reaches its 4th T20 World Cup final

With this 7-run victory, India have now become the 1st side to reach 4 ICC T20 World Cup finals. If India win, they will become the 1st team to win three T20 World Cup trophies. India are currently tied with England and West Indies (2 titles each).

Unwanted record

Unwanted record for both Varun and Archer

Indian spinner Varun finished with 1/64 from his 4 overs. This was after England's Archer conceded 61 runs from his 4 overs in India's score of 253. The duo became the 2nd and third bowler to concede 60-plus runs in a T20 WC knockout game. Bowlers conceding 50-plus in a T20 WC knockout game 1/64 - Varun Chakravarthy vs ENG, Mumbai WS, 2026 SF 1/61 - Jofra Archer vs IND, Mumbai WS, 2026 SF 0/60 - Mitchell Starc vs NZ, Dubai, 2021 Final