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India vs England T20 World Cup 2026 Semi-Final: What Happens If Rain Washes It Out?
IND vs ENG Semifinal 2: The second semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2026 between India and England will be played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
The Indian team will face England in the 2026 T20 World Cup Semi-Final 2 on March 5 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. This will be the third consecutive time that these two teams will face each other in a T20 World Cup semi-final. If the semi-final gets affected by the rain, the chances of the Indian team reaching the final might get spoiled.
The ICC has allocated a reserve day for the 2026 T20 World Cup semi-final. If the Indian team vs England match is not possible on March 5 due to continuous rain, the match will take place on March 6. If a match is left incomplete on March 5th due to rain, it will be completed the following day (March 6th).
However, if the semi-final match is washed out due to bad weather on both March 5th and 6th, the team that performs better in the Super 8 round will advance to the final. England won all three of its matches in the Super 8 round. On the other hand, under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, Team India defeated Zimbabwe and the West Indies, but lost to South Africa. England won all of its matches in the Super 8 round, thus securing a place in the final.
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The Indian team has a strong record against England in the shortest format of cricket. A total of 29 T20 matches have been played between the two teams, of which Team India has won 17, while England has won 12. In the semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2024, the Indian team performed brilliantly, defeating England by 68 runs. Meanwhile, in the T20 World Cup 2022, England defeated the Indian team by 10 wickets.
Team India will face the challenge of maintaining its strong record, while England will enter the field with the intention of avenging their defeat in the T20 World Cup 2024 semi-final.
England's squad for the T20 World Cup 2026: Philip Salt, Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Harry Brook (captain), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Ben Duckett, Luke Wood, Josh Tongue, and Jamie Overton.
India's squad for T20 World Cup 2026: Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar and Rinku Singh.
