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IND vs ENG: India and England face each other in the second mega semi-final of T20 World Cup. New Zealand has already secured a place in the final after defeating South Africa. The second finalist will be decided at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

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India and England face each other in the second mega semi-final of T20 World Cup. New Zealand has already secured a place in the final after defeating South Africa. The second finalist will be decided at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Team India is confident after defeating West Indies in the last match of Super Eight. On the other hand, England is desperate to get a ticket to the final after winning the last 5 matches in a row. Cricket lovers waiting to watch the bone-chilling match at Wankhede.

Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav was not favored by the toss in the mega match. England captain Harry Brooke has won the toss and decided to bowl first. The decision of the England captain is to make the bowlers have some advantage on the fresh wicket and to take advantage of Dew while batting later. Even after losing the toss, the Indian captain has no regrets. However, they said they were ready to fight. There was no change in the Indian XI in the semis, with Jamie Overton replacing Rihan Ahmed in England.

Take a look at Team India’s starting XI: Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Hardik Pandya, Tilak Verma, Shivam Dubey, Akshar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Jasprit Bumrah.

Here’s a look at England’s possible XI: Phil Salt, Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Harry Brook (captain), Jacob Bettel, Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Jamie Overton, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid.

Incidentally, so far India and England have met twice in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup. With this, the two countries face each other in the fight to reach the final for the third time in a row. Earlier in 2022, England beat India by 10 wickets. In 2024, Team India took revenge by defeating England. Who will have the last laugh for the third time will be answered in the next few hours at the Wankhede Stadium.



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