England win toss against India in T20 World Cup semi-final

MUMBAI: England have won the toss and decided to bowl first against India in the second semi-final of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 here at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday.

Playing XIs

India XI: 1 Abhishek Sharma, 2 Sanju Samson (wk), 3 Ishan Kishan, 4 Suryakumar Yadav (capt), 5 Tilak Varma, 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Shivam Dube, 8 Axar Patel, 9 Arshdeep Singh, 10 Varun Chakravarthy, 11 Jasprit Bumrah

England XI: 1 Phil Salt, 2 Jos Buttler (wk), 3 Jacob Bethell, 4 Harry Brook (capt), 5 Tom Banton, 6 Sam Curran, 7 Will Jacks, 8 Jamie Overton, 9 Liam Dawson, 10 Jofra Archer, 11 Adil Rashid.

Head to Head

India and England have faced each other 29 times in T20Is, with the Men in Blue emerging victorious on 17 occasions while the Three Lions have managed to win 12 games.

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