India and England played a big semi-final match in T20 World Cup 2026.
Both teams scored a total of 499 runs in this match, which is the second highest total in the history of T20 cricket.
India scored 253 runs in a T20 International, the highest in a knockout match, while England’s 246 was second on the list.
Before this match, only West Indies had the honor of scoring more than 200 runs in a T20 World Cup match.
In this match, England’s Jacob Bethel scored 105 runs, which is the highest individual score in a T20 World Cup match.
For India, Sanju Samson scored 89 runs, the most by any Indian player in a T20 World Cup match.
The two teams hit a total of 73 fours and 34 sixes, the highest number of fours and sixes in any T20 World Cup match.
England’s Jofra Archer hit seven sixes, which is the most sixes hit by a bowler in a T20 World Cup.
Earlier, Stuart Broad hit seven sixes in 2007 and Xavier Doherty in 2012.
The Indian team became the first team to reach the T20 World Cup final for the fourth time. They beat Sri Lanka, Pakistan and England who have played in the final three times.
This is the first time in the history of the T20 World Cup that the defending champions have reached the final.
Earlier, Pakistan (2007, 2009) and Sri Lanka (2012, 2014) reached the final twice in a row.
