India, March 5 -- Sanju Samson won back-to-back Player of the Match awards as India defeated England by seven runs to enter their second straight T20 World Cup final, where they will face New Zealand in Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday. Samson, coming off a sensational 97 against the West Indies on Sunday, smashed a scintillating 89 to set the platform for India's gigantic total of 253/6. However, Samson's effort wasn't the lone starrer in India's 7-run win, because had it not been for Jasprit Bumrah's brilliance, yet again, the outcome could have been something else.

England were on the charge with a well-set Jacob Bethell and a dangerous-looking Sam Curran fancying their chances to pull a rabbit out of the hat. Suryakumar Ya...