Mumbai, March 5 (NationPress) The reigning champions, India, triumphed over England by a narrow margin of seven runs in an exhilarating semi-final at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday, securing their spot in the T20 World Cup final for the second consecutive time.

Sanju Samson spearheaded India's innings, leading them to a formidable total of 253/7. Despite a valiant effort from England, India managed to clinch the match. The two teams combined to score 499 runs, setting a record for the highest aggregate in a men's T20 World Cup encounter.

As they prepare to face New Zealand in the title match on Sunday in Ahmedabad, India is on the hunt for several milestones. They aim to be the first host team to claim the T20 World Cup title, the first to successfully defend their championship, and the first to achieve three T20 World Cup victories.

Explore the statistical highlights from India's semi-final win against England.

5: Sanju Samson achieved his fifth half-century (89) in 61 T20Is, marking his first fifty against England in six encounters. His previous high against England was 26, scored in Kolkata in January 2025. This was also his second consecutive fifty-plus score in the ongoing T20 World Cup.

97: The partnership of 97 runs between Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan for the second wicket stands as the highest for India in a T20 World Cup knockout, surpassing the previous record of 84 runs set by Yuvraj Singh and Robin Uthappa against Australia in the 2007 semi-final in Durban.

8.1: England completed their 100 runs in just 8.1 overs, making it the second-fastest for a team in a T20 World Cup knockout, behind New Zealand's 7.5 overs against South Africa in this World Cup's first semi-final.

1: In his 145th T20I, English leg spinner Adil Rashid became the first bowler to concede over 200 sixes in T20Is.

19: India smashed 19 sixes during their innings, setting a record for the most sixes by a team in T20 World Cup knockout matches.

16: Sanju Samson hit 16 sixes in this World Cup, the highest by an Indian player in a single T20 World Cup edition.

88: With a total of 88 sixes, India holds the record for the most sixes hit by a team in a single T20 World Cup edition, surpassing the West Indies' previous record of 76 sixes in this tournament.

19: Jacob Bethell took just 19 balls to score his fifty, tying him for the joint-fastest fifty in T20 World Cup knockouts, alongside Finn Allen, who also reached fifty off 19 balls against South Africa in the first semi-final.

105: Jacob Bethell's highest score of 105, achieved in his 31st match, surpasses his previous best of 62* against the West Indies in Gros Islet in 2024. This marks his fourth fifty-plus score in T20Is.

45: Bethell took 45 balls to reach his hundred, marking the second-fastest century in T20 World Cup history, behind Finn Allen's record of 33 balls against South Africa.

7: This T20 World Cup has seen seven individual hundreds, the most in any single edition of the tournament. Prior to this, only two individual hundreds had been scored in previous editions.

34: Both teams combined for 34 sixes, with India hitting 19 and England 15, setting a record for the most sixes in a T20 World Cup match. Earlier in this edition, a match between the West Indies and Zimbabwe featured 31 sixes.

499: The total runs scored by both teams, marking the second highest aggregate in T20I history, trailing only the 517 runs scored in the match between South Africa and West Indies in Centurion in 2023.