India (253/7) hold nerve to beat England (246/7) by 7 runs, qualify for T20 World Cup 2026 Final

deltexas · 2026-03-05T15:59:08+0000

No .. Butler gone..

globetrotter · 2026-03-05T15:59:13+0000

Butter finally melts down

BlackstoneRock · 2026-03-05T15:59:37+0000

seems dk is more relived than varun lol

shah9425 · 2026-03-05T15:59:40+0000

Great comeback after sixes

Big wicket

JaDed · 2026-03-05T15:59:56+0000

deltexas said:
No .. Butler gone..

what no bro.. are you via proxy supporting England?

big_gamer007 · 2026-03-05T15:59:57+0000

JaDed said:
I was of opinion to get kuldeep

Ya, but Varun has been top bowler before the tournament, I’m on the fence with him. This tournament he has been rubbish though.

Same way as Abhishek who got exposed this tournament.

deltexas · 2026-03-05T16:00:06+0000

Hope someone plays a blinder here for Eng.. don't want a one sided sF like yesterday

big_gamer007 · 2026-03-05T16:00:32+0000

BlackstoneRock said:
He needs to ball
Slower … dk defending varun lol

I am watching in Hindi, it’s so cringe it’s fun.

JaDed · 2026-03-05T16:00:42+0000

big_gamer007 said:
Ya, but Varun has been top bowler before the tournament, I’m on the fence with him. This tournament he has been rubbish though.

Same way as Abhishek who got exposed this tournament.

Jaiswal ll come in for Abhishek but I think Gauti is not convinced by him.

batandballbattle · 2026-03-05T16:00:50+0000

buttler gone, not really needed in the over
should take retirement from t20s now, he's had a good run

deltexas · 2026-03-05T16:01:06+0000

JaDed said:
what no bro.. are you via proxy supporting England?

Want a good exciting game or else its boring.. and Butler is a special player.. always good to see him at his best..

CrIc_Mystique · 2026-03-05T16:01:24+0000

Googly from Varun Chakravarthy, well bowled - good comeback after 3 sixes - the last 6 was incredible hit by Jacob bethell who surely is one of the rising stars of world cricket

nish_mate · 2026-03-05T16:01:47+0000

big_gamer007 said:
Indians are easy to rile up when it comes to cricket and most just have cricket in common to discuss with western colleagues (from cricket playing nations).

Compare celebrations when England won ashes in 2005 to when they won T20 World Cup and you would realise how little it hold to most of them.

Your office colleagues are either a minority who actually care, the hardcore ones or are one of those who banter/trash talk with Indian colleagues as that’s the only thing they can talk about with them.

Again broad brush assumption and you are assuming I am a FOB and not a 25 years ago off the boat. You are right most of my colleagues are a minority of which I am aware, UK public school background, more involved in cricket than your typical weatherspoons punter.

Bhaijaan · 2026-03-05T16:01:50+0000

Varun is a wicket taking options always

Did his job

Prince of Dorne · 2026-03-05T16:02:12+0000

shah9425 said:
Abishek flop tournament continues

Pakistanis and their 'Choti Choti Khushiyan'

JaDed · 2026-03-05T16:02:20+0000

deltexas said:
Want a good exciting game or else its boring.. and Butler is a special player.. always good to see him at his best..

25 runs in 6 balls lol

Human786 · 2026-03-05T16:02:29+0000

186 in 84 req

globetrotter · 2026-03-05T16:02:39+0000

deltexas said:
Hope someone plays a blinder here for Eng.. don't want a one sided sF like yesterday

Unfortunately there is no Babar like batter in England team

GLORY OF '92 · 2026-03-05T16:02:46+0000

Prince of Dorne said:
Pakistanis and their 'Choti Choti Khushiyan'

Ok gay boi

saabir · 2026-03-05T16:02:46+0000

Loosing Butler may be blessing in disguise for England. He was struggling big time

Bhaijaan · 2026-03-05T16:02:49+0000

Bethel should have gone for six sixes to avenge Yuvraj Singh assault on Broady, an English legend.

deltexas · 2026-03-05T16:03:00+0000

JaDed said:
what no bro.. are you via proxy supporting England?

Also Ind needs to be tested because NZ will come hard at Eng . Finn allen and Glenn Phillips wont be easy..

Devadwal · 2026-03-05T16:03:00+0000

England RR is pretty decent. This is going to be trilling match. :kp

Justcrazy · 2026-03-05T16:03:28+0000

23 from last over

Poms have lost at least one more wicket than they would have wanted. India had lost only one.

globetrotter · 2026-03-05T16:03:50+0000

Today Bangladeshis completely boycotted the match?

JaDed · 2026-03-05T16:04:17+0000

Sky bhai ball bhi nahi pakadte aajkal

prash88 · 2026-03-05T16:04:23+0000

Prince of Dorne said:
Pakistanis and their 'Choti Choti Khushiyan'

Abhishek ll be kicked out for Jaiswal or Suryavanshi (long term) after the tournament and the team ll be even more unbeatable

deltexas · 2026-03-05T16:04:43+0000

JaDed said:
25 runs in 6 balls lol

Yeah he's been totally out of form this WC. Tough to see him struggling. And brook too. Wanted him to bat longer, he's exciting to watch in full flow. Ind is totally in control here

Devadwal · 2026-03-05T16:04:54+0000

Surya is useless. :kp

JaDed · 2026-03-05T16:05:02+0000

deltexas said:
Also Ind needs to be tested because NZ will come hard at Eng . Finn allen and Glenn Phillips wont be easy..

Kiwis deserve the tournament honestly..

CricVet · 2026-03-05T16:05:50+0000

Lost 2 many wickets for the Hail Mary cricket. Eng is done. It is Ind Vs NZ. Would it be the first time Ind could beat NZ in a T20 WC?

prash88 · 2026-03-05T16:06:15+0000

JaDed said:
Kiwis deserve the tournament honestly..

Kiwis always lose the finals. They got lucky to lose to England, avoid India in semis and make it it to finals.

JaDed · 2026-03-05T16:06:29+0000

wow Betthel doing a finn 33 from 12 lol

Devadwal · 2026-03-05T16:06:56+0000

Bethell is dealing in sixes . Lagta hai Allen ka record todega :kp

Human786 · 2026-03-05T16:07:16+0000

so many B's in ENG top 5 ... 83/3 in 7

deltexas · 2026-03-05T16:07:19+0000

JaDed said:
Kiwis deserve the tournament honestly..

Ind is way better than Kiwis and deservedly the tournament favorites. Will be a massive upset if NZ win. Just hope Ind dont get too complacent after today..

JaDed · 2026-03-05T16:07:23+0000

prash88 said:
Kiwis always lose the finals. They got lucky to lose to England, avoid India in semis and make it it to finals.

They have lost only one proper final , super over one is just unlucky.. they have CT, WTC

batandballbattle · 2026-03-05T16:07:26+0000

chalo bethell having some fun at least

shah9425 · 2026-03-05T16:08:01+0000

Another ok over

Rajdeep · 2026-03-05T16:08:19+0000

Few more sixes and @Bhaijaan will turn back to become patriotic Bharatiya from Iranian avatar that he has adopted.

IAJ · 2026-03-05T16:08:28+0000

England maintaining good run rate, but need a big partnership here. Both batsmen are trying fancy things, could be their downfall also.

Devadwal · 2026-03-05T16:08:32+0000

38 of last 2 overs. England is back in the game :kp

Human786 · 2026-03-05T16:08:38+0000

Human786 said:
so many B's in ENG top 5 ... 83/3 in 7

pitches at this venue play better in 2nd innings under lights btw

jeeteshssaxena · 2026-03-05T16:08:43+0000

Damn, this is not over.

Buffet · 2026-03-05T16:08:46+0000

Fantastic shots, Eng is ahead in runs at this stage.

JaDed · 2026-03-05T16:08:53+0000

wow we are in trouble now.. tilal Varma maybe?

IAJ · 2026-03-05T16:09:00+0000

Easy SIX

Justcrazy · 2026-03-05T16:09:11+0000

Poms hitting Sixes , but target is very big. 220 could have been achieved.

deltexas · 2026-03-05T16:09:24+0000

Not over yet.. Ind needs to focus here.. Eng is a very good t20 team

CrIc_Mystique · 2026-03-05T16:09:26+0000

JB has 5 sixes already!...
Cmon bethell ko uthao!

IAJ · 2026-03-05T16:09:30+0000

Second SIX

Human786 · 2026-03-05T16:09:37+0000

JaDed · 2026-03-05T16:09:42+0000

@BDfanforever hope you see why to chase here

TNAmarkFromIndia · 2026-03-05T16:09:54+0000

Bowled him!

RidiculousMan · 2026-03-05T16:09:58+0000

All stadiums apart from Ahmedabad in India are tiny man. No wonder they hit gazillion sixes in IPL

JaDed · 2026-03-05T16:10:14+0000

yesssssssssssssss out , thank god Indian bowlers have high score to defend.

Devadwal · 2026-03-05T16:10:25+0000

Gone after back-to-back sixes. :kp

Buffet · 2026-03-05T16:10:26+0000

Fantasic, just go for hit. Target is bug but it's easy to bat here.

IAJ · 2026-03-05T16:10:42+0000

Losing too many wickets

Human786 · 2026-03-05T16:10:46+0000

Human786 said:
95/4

159 from 75 ... need to keep things tight

shariqnoor · 2026-03-05T16:10:53+0000

Only needed to hit straight and that was another six. Stupidly went across the line.

Devadwal · 2026-03-05T16:11:05+0000

Buffet said:
Fantasic, just go for hit. Target is bug but it's easy to bat here.

Whenever you say something like that , wicket comes in next ball. Keep doing this :kopp :kp

shah9425 · 2026-03-05T16:11:29+0000

Another gone

JaDed · 2026-03-05T16:11:33+0000

RidiculousMan said:
All stadiums apart from Ahmedabad in India are tiny man. No wonder they hit gazillion sixes in IPL

Did we hit less in WI? Rohit alone hit around 15

batandballbattle · 2026-03-05T16:11:42+0000

banton gone, he had to keep going hard after all

CrIc_Mystique · 2026-03-05T16:11:50+0000

Good guys bowling by Akshar , kept his focus , generally guys tend to bowl flat & fast if hit for sixes....great catch as well

big_gamer007 · 2026-03-05T16:12:03+0000

nish_mate said:
Again broad brush assumption and you are assuming I am a FOB and not a 25 years ago off the boat. You are right most of my colleagues are a minority of which I am aware, UK public school background, more involved in cricket than your typical weatherspoons punter.

You are missing the point, no one cares about cricket especially t20 in western countries doesn’t mean they don’t have a good school system or no one watches it or has banter etc.
What it means is if they lose no one will lose sleep over it and if they win no one will come out on streets and celebrate it.

That’s why western countries have less pressure in these tournaments, than Asian ones. They don’t have any fear/pressure of losing.

It is not an assumption, it’s a fact.

Not sure why you think it matters how many years you been in UK. You support India and are of Indian ethnicity, hence your colleagues have banter with you, if you supported England they wouldn’t have. It has nothing to do with you being there for 1 year or 100 years.

Justcrazy · 2026-03-05T16:12:04+0000

JaDed said:
wow we are in trouble now.. till Varma maybe?

India will win this.

RedwoodOriginal · 2026-03-05T16:12:08+0000

This stadium music is tiring bro...finally got sick of it and had to put the match on mute

Rizwan and Usman Khan barking behind the stumps is less annoying

CricVet · 2026-03-05T16:12:09+0000

RidiculousMan said:
All stadiums apart from Ahmedabad in India are tiny man. No wonder they hit gazillion sixes in IPL

Going back 20 years, it was a pleasure to watch ball sailing into the upper tier. Now. Mehh...nothing extra ordinary.

JaDed · 2026-03-05T16:12:28+0000

batandballbattle said:
banton gone, he had to keep going hard after all

He didn’t in this over RR is only 13 and another 4

Buffet · 2026-03-05T16:12:49+0000

Just play normal shots, target is within reach even now. 4 wickets down are too many , but one player needs to go really big from here. 150 runs left.

big_gamer007 · 2026-03-05T16:13:08+0000

JaDed said:
Jaiswal ll come in for Abhishek but I think Gauti is not convinced by him.

I want Jaiswal to focus on test, if he focuses too much on T20 it might ruin his test game.
As it is our test team is pretty average in transition and Jaiswal seems to be the only bright spot in there.

Justcrazy · 2026-03-05T16:13:09+0000

England need 155 runs in 72 balls.

They need two batsmen to bat 4 - 5 overs

deltexas · 2026-03-05T16:13:27+0000

Eng have no choice here. They have to go down swinging. Good to watch. Atleast they are not playing like SL when they played against NZ in a must win game..

Justcrazy · 2026-03-05T16:13:51+0000

England would be hoping for dew here

JaDed · 2026-03-05T16:13:55+0000

Cmon Varun!!

CrIc_Mystique · 2026-03-05T16:14:14+0000

Jax- what a tournament he"z having....runs, wickets catches....
C'mon India , a big wicket now...c'mon

JaDed · 2026-03-05T16:14:34+0000

47 from 16 my god

RedwoodOriginal · 2026-03-05T16:14:37+0000

Not impossible if they manage to get one big partnership and Bethell stays there...but very improbable with 3 Bumrah overs remaining

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