India produced a stunning run-chase victory over West Indies to secure a semi-final place and knock their opponents out of the T20 World Cup in a five-wicket victory in their last Super 8s match.
A swashbuckling Sanju Samson innings (97no off 50), bettering Virat Kohli’s record to notch the highest score by an Indian batter in a chase at a T20 World Cup, secured the winning runs with 10 runs in two last-over balls to match West Indies’ substantial total of 195 with just four balls to spare.
India will now face England in Mumbai in their T20 World Cup semi-final clash on Thursday 5th of March at 1:30pm (GMT), live on Sky Sports.
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Sanju Samson scored an unbeaten 97 as India beat West Indies by five wickets to set up a semi-final meeting with England at the T20 World Cup.
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A middle-order flurry by Jason Holder (37no off 22) and Rovman Powell (34 nooff 19) consolidated the useful scores of captain Shai Hope (32 off 33) and fellow opener Roston Chase (40 off 25) to give West Indies their substantial total of 195-4 to defend.
Hope’s side had hope after taking the early wickets of struggling opener Abishek Sharma (10 off 11) and no 3 Ishan Kishan (10 off 6), before captain Suryakumar Yadav (18 off 16) was caught in the 10th over to put the hosts under pressure.
India’s middle order, though, held firm. Tilak Varma (27 off 15) pushed the run rate back up, and West Indies were made to rue Jason Holder’s dropped catch of Hardik Pandya (17 off 16) in the 16th over as the quick scoring no.6 partnered well with Samson.
The opener partnered with a composed Shivam Dube (8no off 4) to see his side home and capped his record-breaking performance with two winning boundaries to send the Kolkata crowd into raptures.
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India’s victory today means England will take on India in a third successive T20 World Cup semi-final.
The teams have met at the same stage in the past two editions, with England thrashing their rivals by 10 wickets in Adelaide in 2022 and India gaining revenge with a 68-run triumph in Guyana two years ago.
On both occasions, the victors went on to lift the trophy, and India have set up a much-anticipated trilogy against Harry Brook’s side.
It is a little over a year ago that India beat England 4-1 in a bilateral T20 series, which concluded with a crushing 150-run win at the Wankhede Stadium, where the teams will meet later this week.
India raced to 247 for nine in February last year, powered by Abishek Sharma’s 135, which was more than the entire England team amassed as they were bundled out for a sorry 97.
India have won nine of their last 12 T20s against England, including five of the last six matches.
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