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India vs England Semi final: The teams of India and England will play in the ICC T20 World Cup semi-finals today. This is the third consecutive time that both the teams will play in the semi-finals of the tournament. The last World Cup semi-final was played between India and England in 1987 at Wankhede in Mumbai.
There has been a tremendous rivalry between India and England in the knockout matches of the ICC T20 World Cup. Both the teams have faced each other twice in the semi-finals so far. In 2022 and 2024 and both have won once each.
The interesting thing is that on both the occasions the team which won the semi-finals, later on also managed to lift the trophy. Do you know when the two last faced each other in the World Cup semi-final at Wankhede in Mumbai, the result was in whose favour?
For the last time, the ICC ODI World Cup, which was then known as Reliance World Cup, was played on this ground in Mumbai between the teams of India and England. This semi-final match was played in 1987. Even then the Indian team had entered as the defending champion. In the match, England had scored 254 runs for 6 wickets on the basis of Graham Gooch’s century innings. The team playing under the captaincy of Kapil Dev was all out for 219 runs.
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The first encounter took place at the Adelaide Oval in 2022. This match was no less than a nightmare for India, as England registered the most lopsided semi-final win in the history of the tournament. Chasing the target of 169 runs, England openers Jos Buttler and Alex Hales destroyed the Indian bowling and won by 10 wickets. India’s journey ended with this defeat, while England maintained the same rhythm till the final and defeated Pakistan and won the T20 World Cup title for the second time.
Two years later, India got a chance to take revenge at the Providence Stadium in Georgetown. Batting first, India scored 171/7 runs, which included 57 runs from Rohit Sharma and important contributions from Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya. This time the Indian bowlers did wonders. Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel took three wickets each, while Jasprit Bumrah took two wickets and reduced England to just 103 runs. India registered a resounding victory by 68 runs and later won the T20 World Cup title.
Interestingly, both the times when India and England met in the semi-finals, the winning team also won the trophy. In 2022, England won the title by defeating Pakistan, while in 2024, under the leadership of Rohit Sharma, India won the World Cup by defeating South Africa in the final. This trend further increases the excitement and curiosity in the high-voltage match to be held on Thursday.
Talking about the record of matches between India vs England in T20 World Cup, a total of 5 matches have been played so far. In this, the Indian team has won thrice. England has won two matches. History is witness to the fact that the team that wins this match later becomes the world champion.