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India hold off brave England and brilliant Bethell to reach T20 World Cup final
India 253-7 bt England 246-7 by seven runsMultiple records broken in thrilling matchEngland, India and the Wankhede Stadium ground staff conjured a ludicrous, blockbuster semi-final, but for the English in the end it was a bust, a night when records fell, and they eventually went with them.Only three times in their history have they scored more than the 246 they got on Thursday, but still it was not enough. Never before have so many runs been scored in a T20 World Cup match, nor as many sixes (34), nor more sixes in an innings than India’s 19. Neither England nor India had ever conceded as many runs in any T20 anywhere as they did here. It was dizzying stuff, ending in appropriate style with Jofra Archer scoring sixes off the last three legal deliveries to trim the winning margin to just seven runs. So India march on to the final, with only New Zealand in Sunday’s final standing between them and a third T20 World Cup title. Continue reading...
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