IND vs ENG 2nd Semi-Final Highlights - Mumbai (05 March 2026)

Floated, short and outside off, Jacob Bethell looks to cut but gets a thick outside edge wide of deep third for a couple of runs.

FOUR! Powered away! Dragged back and on off. Jacob Bethell hangs back and thumps it past the bowler, to the left of long off for a boundary. Bethell keeps fighting on here.

WIDE! Flatter, short and way outside off, Jacob Bethell leaves it alone. Called a wide.

And again! Quicker and shorter, outside off, Jacob Bethell cuts it away to deep backward point for a run.

Slows it up, full and on middle, Sam Curran knocks it back to the bowler.

FOUR! Finds the gap! Varun Chakaravarthy bowls this with the seam up, short and on middle. Sam Curran rocks back and heaves it away between deep square leg and deep mid-wicket for another boundary.

Another short delivery, around off, Sam Curran stabs it out to long off for one. Varun Chakaravarthy finishes his spell with figures of 4-0-64-1. Tough outing for him!

Full and on middle, angling in, Sam Curran inside edges onto his pads as the ball rolls towards backward point. A single taken.

Goes fuller and on off, Jacob Bethell drills it away through point for just a run. 

FOUR! Much-needed for England! Jasprit Bumrah just errs in line and serves a low full toss, on the pads. Sam Curran flicks it away with excellent timing through square leg for a boundary. 63 needed in 27 balls now.

Nails the slower dipping yorker, on middle, Sam Curran can only dig it back to the bowler. A precious dot.

Short of a length and on off, takes pace off, Sam Curran pulls it away through mid-wicket for another run.

A wide yorker now, outside off, Jacob Bethell squeezes it out to deep point for one more. 

WIDE! Wide yorker gone wrong, outside the tramline, Jacob Bethell lets it go.

Excellent bowling! Arshdeep Singh goes for the yorker again, but targets the stumps this time, tailing in just a bit. Jacob Bethell gets his bat down in time to dig it out. A precious dot ball in the context of the game.

Arshdeep Singh sees the batter wind up for the scoop, serves this full and outside off. Jacob Bethell adjusts to the line of the ball and steers it to point for a single.

Pitched up and on middle and off, Sam Curran backs away and drills it wide of sweeper cover for a couple of runs.

Bangs this into the pitch, on middle, Sam Curran pulls it wide of long on for just a run, as Hardik Pandya is quick to mop it up. This is turning out to be a great over for India.

WIDE! Goes for the wide yorker again, but fails to execute it. Jacob Bethell leaves it alone. Wided.

SIX! Clean strike! Arshdeep Singh misses his yorker and serves a low full toss, on off. Jacob Bethell holds his shape nicely and pumps it over the long off fence for a biggie.

FOUR! The last two balls spoil the over as it goes for 16 runs. Arshdeep Singh serves this fuller and just outside off. Jacob Bethell reaches out and just opens the face of his bat to squeeze it past the keeper, to the third man fence for a boundary.

Jasprit Bumrah starts with a dot! Fuller and on middle, angling in. Sam Curran does not have any room to work with and bunts it back to the bowler. Dot balls will hurt England here.

In the blockhole, on middle, Sam Curran jams it out towards long on for a single.

Nails the yorker once again, on middle, tailing in. Jacob Bethell digs it out from the bottom half of the bat towards the leg side. They cross. Just 2 runs in the first 3 balls in this over.

A full toss, down the leg side, Sam Curran flicks it away towards deep mid-wicket and comes back for the second run.

Full toss again, on middle and leg, Sam Curran bunts it down towards long on for one. Can England find a boundary in this over?

No, they just see Jasprit Bumrah out! Pitched up and on leg, Jacob Bethell clips it through mid-wicket for one more. Bumrah ends his spell with figures of 4-0-33-1.

SIX! Just over and that brings up the HUNDRED FOR BETHELL! Fuller and outside off, Jacob Bethell throws his hands at it and carves it wide of long off. Axar Patel runs to his right, gets a hand on it but only manages to parry it over the fence for a biggie. This has been a superb knock from the youngster and that too in a pressure semi-final, but the job is far from done here.

A full toss, on middle, Jacob Bethell slogs it on the bounce to long on for a single.

OUT! TAKEN! Hardik Pandya gets his second and more importantly, it is a dot ball. A low full toss, on middle and leg. Sam Curran looks to flick it away but does not go through the shot fully. It flies in the air straight towards deep mid-wicket, where Tilak Varma settles himself just ahead of the ropes and takes a safe catch. England are 222/6.

Aims the blockhole, on off, Jamie Overton drills it down to long on for only a single.

Goes for the yorker, but it is the low full toss, around off. Bethell smashes it to the left of the cover. The fielder dives in that direction and makes a sharp stop. Just a single. 

Superb over from Hardik Pandya! Just 9 off it! Hardik Pandya executes the wide yorker, just inside the tramline. Jamie Overton leaves it thinking it will be a wide, but it is not. 5 sixes needed in the last over.

OUT! JACOB BETHELL IS RUN OUT! And that's the game for India. Shivam Dube bowls a full toss, on off. Bethell smashes it down the ground but straight towards Hardik Pandya on the bounce. He turns around for the second, but Pandya shows a good presence of mind as he fires in a throw quickly at the batter's end. The throw actually is a bit too wide, but Sanju Samson collects it to his right and drags his hands to break the stumps, with Bethell short of his ground despite the dive. Jacob Bethell walks back amidst a standing ovation from the English balcony.

India's game to lose, barring any extras! In the blockhole, on off, Jofra Archer swings but gets an inside edge onto his pads as the ball stops on the pitch. The batters steal a run.

A yorker around off, Overton pushes it away through mid off and takes a run.

SIX! SMACKED! Full toss, on off, Jofra Archer extends his arms and launches it over the long off fence for a biggie.

WIDE! Slower one, full but a bit too wide outside off, Jofra Archer leaves it alone. 

SIX MORE! Another full toss, on off, Jofra Archer does not miss out and dispatches it over the long off fence again for half a dozen more.

SIX! Jofra Archer hits three sixes, but that still won't be enough! INDIA WIN BY 7 RUNS AND MARCH INTO THE 2026 T20 WORLD CUP FINAL. Shivam Dube misses his mark again, serves this in the slot, on off. Archer leans back and smokes it over the wide long off fence for a maximum. The celebration begins at Wankhede. What a game, truly epic!