MS Dhoni reacts to wife Sakshi’s animated celebration:India reach T20 WC final for the 4th time; Sanju equals Kohli’s record

India has reached the T20 World Cup final for the fourth time. The team defeated England by 7 runs in the second semi-final played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday. Many important moments were seen in the match. Captain Harry Brook dropped Sanju Samson’s catch at 15 runs, which later proved costly for England. All-rounders Axar Patel and Shivam Dube’s brilliant catches turned the match in India’s favour. Former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Rohit Sharma also came to watch the match at the stadium. Top moments of IND vs ENG match 1. Dhoni-Rohit arrived to watch the match India’s World Cup winning captain MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma arrived at Wankhede Stadium to watch the match. In the 19th over of India’s batting, Tilak Varma hit a six off Archer’s ball. During this, Dhoni and Rohit applauded the shot. 2. Dhoni reacts to wife Sakshi’s celebration There was a funny moment during the game when Dhoni’s wife Sakshi, celebrated after Jasprit Bumrah nailed a perfect yorker. The game was still in balance at the time and Dhoni hilariously asked her to not to celebrate too early. 3. Samson’s fifty with a six Sanju Samson completed his fifty with a six. On the fourth ball of the 8th over, Liam Dawson bowled a flighted delivery outside off stump. Samson stepped forward, played an inside-out shot, and sent the ball over wide long-off for a six. With this, Samson also completed his fifty in 26 balls. 4. Axar’s excellent backward running catch Axar Patel took an excellent catch, running 24 meters backward. In the 5th over of England’s innings, Jasprit Bumrah came to bowl his first over. He bowled the first ball as a slower one, on which Harry Brook went for a big shot. The ball went towards cover, Axar Patel ran backward and, taking a long dive, caught the ball with both hands. With this catch, English captain Brook returned to the pavilion after scoring only 6 runs. 5. Axar-Shivam took a brilliant catch at the boundary In the 14th over of England’s innings, the pair of Axar Patel and Shivam Dube took a brilliant catch at the boundary. Arshdeep Singh bowled a full toss away from Will Jacks on the last ball of the over. Will Jacks swung his bat, and the ball went towards deep point. At the boundary line, Axar caught the ball while running, but his balance was getting disturbed. He smartly tossed the ball towards Shivam, who was standing nearby, and Shivam took the catch. After this catch, captain Suryakumar Yadav hugged Axar. IND vs ENG top records 1) India is the first team to reach the final for the fourth time India has reached the T20 World Cup final for the fourth time, which is the most by any team. Previously, the Indian team had played finals in 2007, 2014, and 2024. By reaching the final in 2026, India set another record and became the third team to reach two consecutive World Cup finals (2024 and 2026). Before this, only Pakistan (2007, 2009) and Sri Lanka (2012, 2014) had achieved this feat. 2) Most sixes hit in a T20 World Cup match India and England together hit 34 sixes, setting a record for the most sixes hit in a single T20 World Cup match. In this list, the match between West Indies and Zimbabwe is second, with both teams hitting a combined 31 sixes. In the semi-final match between India and England played in Mumbai, there was also a shower of fours and sixes. A total of 73 boundaries (39 fours and 34 sixes) were hit in the match, which is the most in any single match in T20 World Cup history. Before this, 61 boundaries were hit in the match between England and South Africa at the same ground in 2016. 3) India made their second-highest score in T20 World Cup India made their second-highest score in the T20 World Cup. Team India’s highest score record is 256 runs, which the team made against Zimbabwe in a Super-8 match in this World Cup. Overall, this was the fourth-highest score in the T20 World Cup. Sri Lanka holds the record for the highest total in the T20 World Cup, with the team scoring 260 runs against Kenya in 2007. 4) Sanju: Indian with the highest score in a knockout Sanju Samson has become the Indian batsman to play the highest innings in a T20 World Cup knockout. He scored 89 runs against England in the 2026 semi-final. With this innings, he equaled Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 89 runs scored against West Indies in the 2016 semi-final; however, Kohli’s score remained unbeaten. Virat Kohli’s dominance is evident in this list. He also played big innings in the 2014 and 2024 knockout matches, while Gautam Gambhir’s 75-run innings against Pakistan in the 2007 final is also among India’s most crucial knockout innings.