New Delhi, March 6 -- India defeated england in the semi final of the T20 world cup by 7 runs at the wankhade stadium in mumbai. In the final men in blue will face new zealand on sunday.

Sanju Samson's blistering knock of 89 runs off just 42 balls helped India set a big target of 254 runs for England. This score stands as the highest-ever total in a T20 World Cup knockout match, surpassing the previous record of 205 for 4 held by the West Indies Vs Australia in 2012 in Colombo.

Samson completed his half-century with a six in the eighth over, which was Liam Dawson's first over. He leaked 19 runs in that. Curran came to bowl the next over, and he conceded 20 runs. Samson and Kishan made a new record of the highest partnership for India in...