Harry Brook drops a SITTER as Sanju Samson gets a second chance in T20 WC semi-final

Sanju Samson scores his second fifty: India has been facing England in the semi-final 2 of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. India has been invited to bat first after Harry Brook won the toss and elected to field first. The Men in Blue side went unchanged in the important game.

Sanju Samson, who was looking in good touch, was given a second chance as England captain Harry Brook dropped a sitter of Jofra Archer’s bowling. In the 2.2 over, Samson mistimed a full ball from Archer, as the ball travelled straight to Brook, who had butter fingers, and the batter survived.

Sanju Samson gets a second chance

Sanju Samson has been scoring at a good pace, as India has been powering through another big total. He has scored his second fifty in this tournament, which is also the back to back half-century.

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Every run Sanju Samson scores from now on will hurt the English skipper, as he was on the score of 15 when the latter dropped the catch. Samson has been looking confident since his last innings, except for that one mistimed shot; the batter has looked in fine touch in this match as well.

Sanju Samson has been batting on the score of 74 off 36 balls, as he looks to score his first century in the T20 World Cup 2026. It is a redemption story for Sanju Samson, as he was not selected in the playing XI. He only played one game against Namibia before his 97* knock, where he scored 22 off 8 balls. Today he has smashed eight fours and four sixes.

Another low score from Abhishek Sharma

Abhishek Sharma’s string of low scores in the T20 World Cup continued as he was dismissed by another off-spinner, Will Jacks. This is the third time he has been dismissed by an off-spinner. He has just scored one fifty in the tournament so far, which came against Zimbabwe.

Abhishek Sharma has been struggling in this tournament, despite getting to settle and looking in good touch on the night he played a reckless shot and got out. Abhishek has been dismissed for the third time against the off-spinner. First, Salman Ali Agha, next it was Aryan Dutt, and today Will Jacks.

India eyeing 220-230 against England

India has been scoring almost over 12 in an over, as Ishan Kishan has been dismissed on the score of 39 off 18 balls, smashed four boundaries and two sixes. The Men in Blue are 119/2 after 10 overs, as both batters targeted the first over of Liam Dawson, taking 19 runs of the over.

India would want to score a massive total with the start they have got. They would like to at least get a score of 220-230 to trouble the England batters, as the Three Lions also have depth in their batting.

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