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Harry Brook dropped catch off Sanju Samson: In the second semi-final of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026, England suffered a crushing defeat against India by 7 runs. With this the team is now out of the title race. In the match, the England team scored 246 runs while chasing the target of 254 runs, but Harry Brook’s drop catch proved to be the biggest turning point for the team.
England T20 captain Harry Brook
New Delhi: In the second semi-final match of ICC T20 World Cup 2026 against India, England captain Harry Brook made a mistake for which he will never be able to forgive himself. In the match played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Harry Brook had decided to bowl first after winning the toss. England had a tremendous start in bowling. The team had dismissed Abhishek Sharma early.
After this, Joffra Archer almost trapped Sanju Samson, but Harry Brook dropped an easy catch. When Harry Brook dropped Sanju’s catch, he was playing after scoring only 15 runs. Harry Brook left the match instead of this catch of Sanju. Taking advantage of this gift of life, Sanju also batted brilliantly and scored 89 runs in 42 balls.
India made a huge score of 253 runs
Due to Harry Brook’s mistake, the Indian team scored a huge score of 253 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. This is the biggest score in the knockout of the ICC T20 World Cup. Apart from Sanju, Shivam Dubey and Ishan Kishan also played fast innings for Team India. Due to this huge score, the England team remained 7 runs away from the target despite strong batting. Because if Harry Brook had taken that catch of Sanju, India might have been able to score only 200 or 220 runs.
Bethel fought for England
England’s Jacob Bethall fought single-handedly for his team while chasing the record target of 254 runs against India. Bethal was out in the last over after scoring 105 runs in 48 balls. In this innings, Bethal also hit 7 sixes and 8 fours. Thanks to this strong century innings by Bethal, the England team has reached 246 runs in 20 overs. In this way the English team lost by only 7 runs.
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