India, March 5 -- The T20 World Cup 2026 semi-final against England at the Wankhede Stadium brought out the best in the Indian batting lineup as the defending champions hammered 253/7 in 20 overs, owing to Sanju Samson's 89-run knock. Shivam Dube, Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya also played useful cameos as India posted more than 250 runs on the board. Dube was looking set to score his seventh half-century in T20Is for India on Thursday, but it wasn't meant to be as a horror mix-up in the middle with Hardik led to the former losing his wicket for 43.

The incident happened on the third delivery of the 18th over, and Hardik's misjudgement cost Dube dearly. Sam Curran bowled a pitch-perfect yorker right at the base of the middle stump, and H...