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

[Smbhayi]

We need him now

My man done it..

 

[Champ_Pal]

Dube nailing some nice Yorkers too.

India unearthed a new death bowler. It’s Sheee-Whammm-Doobai!!

 

[Savak]

India is winning this T-20 WC in style. New Zealand always puss out in finals and are happy to be losers at the end. India also massacred this NZ team in the T-20's in India recently.

 

[Mas-LFC]

250 plus was too much. 230 under was getable. England bowled pathetically. Especially Archer - rubbish.

 

[CricVet]

Better wide than noball

 

[jnaveen1980]

One hell of a batting by Bethell. Showed his prowess.

 

[Rajdeep]

Bright future for England with Bethell. We can hold our head high tonight

@aboveandbeyond @Cpt. Rishwat @KingKhanWC

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Dube showing better death bowling skills than Shaheen.

Shaheen is a nobody now.

 

[Human786]

Dont like Dube s bowling

absolute crap

 

[Champ_Pal]

One hell of a batting by Bethell. Showed his prowess.

Hope he is picked up by some ipl team. He will do wonders.

 

[Devadwal]

Dube Bhai koi ball ball wide ni. 3 six de de chahe

 

[Deewana Mastana]

England lost this with their fielding

 

[Katwalindian]

Only jacks had capacity to hit bumrah....once he gets out game over...........

 

[Buffet]

Terrific knock by Bethell. Singlehandedly kept India at bay .

This kid is something else.

+1

In absence of Bumrah, he would have won it with the reord chase here in semis. Absolutely top class knock.

 

[Savak]

Surya had the fielders in the right spots. Bhumrah, Pandya's death bowling skills are top notch in comparison to Pakistan's over rated trio of Shaheen, Naseem e.t.c.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Man this ground and Chinnaswamy are literal graveyards.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Bright future for England with Bethell. We can hold our head high tonight

@aboveandbeyond @Cpt. Rishwat @KingKhanWC

He is the real deal. Brook is overrated.

 

[Katwalindian]

Hope he is picked up by some ipl team. He will do wonders.

Already retained by rcb

 

[Mas-LFC]

Well tried Bethal and England. Salt and Butler combo needs to change. Butler been around since 2014? Time to go.

 

[shah9425]

7 runs

Hard luck England

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Hope he is picked up by some ipl team. He will do wonders.

He's with RCB

 

[jnaveen1980]

Bumrah's spell made all the difference

 

[Savak]

Full credit to England for making it this far. If only they did not concede so many runs

 

[JaDed]

Catches and Bumrah was the difference.. Axar caught well

 

[gazza619]

This is not the kind of cricket I fell in love with.

Lets just put bowling machines on both sides.

 

[big_gamer007]

I think we need a Babar Azam vs Bethel thread now.

 

[JattMaula]

Over the line!

 

[chinaman00]

England could have won if Curran didn’t tuk tuk. Very close match.

 

[CricVet]

Good disciplined bowling by padosis. Even chucking requires that skill. Good job!

 

[Katwalindian]

England top 3 batsmen failed and still score 230....I thought they might threw in towel early on....

 

[Savak]

Bumrah's spell made all the difference

As always. Some teams are just lucky to have a GOAT bowler at the right time.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

+1

In absence of Bumrah, he would have won it with the reord chase here in semis. Absolutely top class knock.

Conversely, without Bethell, India would've crushed England to bits.

 

[deltexas]

POTM has to be Bethell . Even though Eng lost, he was the one who even made a match here. Quality player.. what a game! Absolutely exciting to watch.. That's what you play the game for and want to watch!

 

[Devadwal]

HUM JEET GAYE !!!!!!

INDIA ARE INTO THE FINALS!!!

Talk nah @shah9425 @Rana

 

[rhony]

Absolute gold by Bumrah and Hardik. Same pair won India the world cup in WI. Great captaincy too leaving the 20th over for a dud

 

[Buffet]

I have never seen any bowler in limited overs simply coming and winning games like Bumrah. The most difficult bowler to hit in limited overs history. 30 runs a ball in Finals and not in semis when it looked like Eng could win. Eng was not behind India at that stage.

 

[batandballbattle]

7 runs in the end, run fest at the wankhede as usual
but even on such a patta bumrah is the difference, whatta bowler

 

[Katwalindian]

England could have won if Curran didn’t tuk tuk. Very close match.

He is not power hitter.....once Jack's get out game over....

 

[shah9425]

Well played

Another final for India

 

[jnaveen1980]

I think Kuldeep will replace varun for sure. Varun C has lost it. He is your mian bowler. He was bowling half trackers after half trackers

 

[prash88]

Congrats India. Lift the cup and retain it on Sunday!!!!

 

[Nikhil_cric]

I think we need a Babar Azam vs Bethel thread now.

No need. This Bethell knock is greater than any Babar knock

 

[Champ_Pal]

Well done England. Played very well and gave a major scare for India until the 17th over.

Bethel is the man. Played like a seasoned pro in T20’s and can’t believe he is only 22.

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

YeàaaaaAA!!!!!
Ahmedabad - finals - Yeaaaaaah!!!

 

[Mas-LFC]

On to NZ to stop India winning back to back t20wc. Want to see a new winner. NZ very much likeable cricket team and nation itself is very beautiful.

Lets go Kiwis

 

[JaDed]

POTM has to be Bethell . Even though Eng lost, he was the one who even made a match here. Quality player.. what a game! Absolutely exciting to watch.. That's what you play the game for and want to watch!

You got what you wanted..

 

[jnaveen1980]

Varun C is the main reason ENglan dwas even in the game. What a terrible spell by him.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Scored 253 runs and won by just 7 runs.

This was a shameful and humiliating bowling performance by Indians. They need to either stop being vegetarians or find another sport.

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

For me MOM is Bethell !

 

[JaDed]

I think Kuldeep will replace varun for sure. Varun C has lost it. He is your mian bowler. He was bowling half trackers after half trackers

Hope so

 

[aboveandbeyond]

Like they say, catches win matches. And that's exactly what let England down at the end.

Bethell is a star in the making for Mighty England

 

[jnaveen1980]

To be honest Siraj would have been more meancing at wankhede under lights.

 

[Mockingbird]

Varun C is the main reason ENglan dwas even in the game. What a terrible spell by him.

Yup, Maybe bring Kuldeep in for the final?

 

[Bhaijaan]

New Zealand will hammer neighbours so bad in the final they will not forget the pain for years.

Mark my words !!!

 

[Hyder]

Eng did same mistake as sa did with bumrah. Got too cautious. Respect his yorkers but nudging his full tosses on keg aide for a single is not good. Had england scored 10 runs of bumrahs last it would have brought pressure on hardik too

 

[Champ_Pal]

This is not the kind of cricket I fell in love with.

Lets just put bowling machines on both sides.

Wankhade is always like that. Small ground and flat wicket.

All you can hit buffet.

 

[Devadwal]

Firecrackers are bursting around my place. ..bhai ye semifinal hai. Final nahi.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

England did well but they conceded too many. With Bumrah in the opposition line-up you know you can only target four bowlers. And when you're chasing 250+ you can't really afford to do that. England will look back at that Sanju Samson dropped catch... probably the turning point of the match. India got the type of pitch they were playing on in bilaterals and cashed in fully. In the end, the better team won

 

[batandballbattle]

NZ usually lay down in finals, India going b2b

 

[PakFan2010]

Pakistan are lucky they didn't play on these Indian pitches.

Lack of power hitting would have been exposed.

This game has just shown how far behind Pakistan are.

 

[BDfanforever]

What is the point of having bowlers if there is going to be no contest between bat and ball?

 

[Savak]

250 plus was too much. 230 under was getable. England bowled pathetically. Especially Archer - rubbish.

Archer was making Pakistani batsmen hop around. India on the other hand massacred him. That tells you the quality disparity between the two countries.

 

[shah9425]

On to NZ to stop India winning back to back t20wc. Want to see a new winner. NZ very much likeable cricket team and nation itself is very beautiful.

Lets go Kiwis

Don't think so

Only SA had chance to give a fight

 

[CricVet]

For me MOM is Bethell !

Has to be Archer!

 

[chakdeindian]

InshAllah.

England have a balance side, got all areas covered. Brookes leading them well. I don’t get how people wrote England off from the beginning. Theres Butler, Brookes, Salt, Jacks, Archer, many dangerous players.

On to NZ to stop India winning back to back t20wc. Want to see a new winner. NZ very much likeable cricket team and nation itself is very beautiful.

Lets go Kiwis

Not even an iota of shame right..

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

Scored 253 runs and won by just 7 runs.

This was a shameful and humiliating bowling performance by Indians. They need to either stop being vegetarians or find another sport.

U seriously have some personality disorders....but good attempt at riling people

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Anil Kapoor in the stadium be like:

 

[harshjoshi87]

This was proper heavyweight contest between two evenly matched teams.

Bumrah & Axar made the difference for the World Champions.

 

[Hyder]

Yup, Maybe bring Kuldeep in for the final?

He is anti shadab. Shadab is full toss specialist and he is short pitch specialist

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Eng did same mistake as sa did with bumrah. Got too cautious. Respect his yorkers but nudging his full tosses on keg aide for a single is not good. Had england scored 10 runs of bumrahs last it would have brought pressure on hardik too

Bumrah nailed almost all yorkers in his final over. Can't blame the batsmen too much for not being able to score. Have to give credit to the bowler too

 

[Mas-LFC]

England lost it conceding 250 plus. In the end lost it by 7runs got so close. On such midget boundary size stadiums with ultra highways, you just got to keep the runs as low as possible and hope your big players with the bat come to the party and do their thing. For England Salt and Butler failed but Bethals innings got them close. Cant have one man doing it all. Openers needed to do better.

 

[Savak]

What is the point of having bowlers if there is going to be no contest between bat and ball?

A special bowler like Bhumrah shows superior skills means you always find a way. Pandya, Arshdeep effortlessly nailed those yorkers.

 

[Buffet]

Just 7 runs short here, BUmrah killed this game almost and then Pandya.

 

[big_gamer007]

No need. This Bethell knock is greater than any Babar knock

You underestimate the King.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Congrats to Indians.

This was a semi final for the ages. One of the best T20 games.

 

[Prince of Dorne]

All English players will get IPL contracts and extra vacation $$ after the match i guess.

Yes, and Pakistani players will continue to try and pick chillars from below poverty leagues, pathetic team with uber pathetic fans. You guys absolutely deserve the likes of Naqvi and Munira

 

[Cryin Out Loud]

Scored 253 runs and won by just 7 runs.

This was a shameful and humiliating bowling performance by Indians. They need to either stop being vegetarians or find another sport.

On my way to slaughter a goat and play kabaddi.

Or play kabaddi with a goat before halaling it.

 

[Devadwal]

On to NZ to stop India winning back to back t20wc. Want to see a new winner. NZ very much likeable cricket team and nation itself is very beautiful.

Lets go Kiwis

Yiu guy's neer to support india if you wanted NZ to win the final.

Tum jisko bhi support karte ho wo harta hai.

 

[JaDed]

Should had sent Archer above

 

[Rajdeep]

Final kaha ho raha hai? Kaha ho raha hai final? In which stadium it will be? Bolo Bolo...

So much you dreamt of having the final in Colombo @emranabbas