Sanju Samson’s 97* powers India into semifinals:5 heroes of the Indian team; Bumrah’s magic against Pakistan

Defending champion India secured a place in the T20 World Cup semi-finals for the sixth time. Team India started their campaign by winning all three league stage matches. However, the Indian team led by Suryakumar Yadav lost their first Super-8 match to South Africa. After the loss at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Team India’s path to the semi-finals had become difficult. After that, they won two consecutive matches to enter the Top-4. Here are the 5 heroes who took India to the semi-finals… 1. Sanju Samson: Match-winning innings vs WI in Super 8 The India-West Indies match in Kolkata was do or die. Batting first after losing the toss, the Caribbean team scored 195 runs in 20 overs. Sanju Samson came to open for the Indian team chasing 196 runs and returned after winning the match. Samson played an unbeaten innings of 97 runs off 50 balls. Samson has scored 143 runs in 3 matches with one fifty. 2. Jasprit Bumrah: Took two wickets against Pakistan On February 14 at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, India batted first and scored 175 runs in 20 overs. Chasing 176 runs, Pakistan lost Sahibzada Farhan’s wicket at one run. In the very next over, Bumrah sent Saim Ayub (6 runs) and captain Salman Ali Agha (4 runs) to the pavilion, putting Pakistan under pressure. Pakistan could not recover from this and lost by 61 runs. This victory took India to the Super-8. 3. Ishan Kishan: Half-centuries against Namibia Pakistan Ishan is second in the list of top scorers for India in the current World Cup. He scored 61 runs against Namibia and 77 runs against Pakistan. He opened with Abhishek Sharma against Pakistan. However, Abhishek got out for zero. In this situation, Ishan partnered with Tilak Varma and put on an 88-run partnership for the second wicket. This partnership helped Team India reach a score of 175 runs. 4. Varun Chakravarthy: India’s leading wicket-taker Among the top-3 wicket takers in T20 World Cup 2026. He is India’s leading wicket taker. Has taken 12 wickets in 7 matches played so far. Took 3 wickets each against Namibia and Netherlands. Also took 2 wickets against Pakistan. 5. Hardik Pandya: 2 half-centuries 6 wickets Contributed with both bat and ball. Scored 172 runs in 7 matches played so far. This includes two fifties. He scored runs at a strike rate of 156.36. Pandya bowled with the new ball. In the match against Pakistan, he sent Sahibzada Farhan back to the pavilion for zero in the very first over. Pandya has taken 6 wickets so far.