England opt to bowl against India in T20 World Cup Semis

2026-03-05 - 13:14

England skipper Harry Brook has won the toss and opted to bowl first against India in the second semi-final of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium on Thursday. New Zealand had already qualified for the final by convincingly winning the first semi-final against tournament favourites South Africa. India Playing 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 Playing 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