T20 World Cup 2026: How has India performed against England?

Updated: 02-03-2026, 07.06 PM

What is the news?

In the T20 World Cup 2026, the Indian cricket team will play its next match against the England cricket team on March 5 (Thursday). This is the semi-final match which will be played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. India played 3 matches in the Super-8 stage and had to face defeat in 1 match against South Africa. England won all its matches in the Super-8 stage. In such a situation, let us take a look at the mutual records and performance of both the teams.

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England has the upper hand against India

The first T-20 international match between India and England was played in the year 2007. So far, 29 matches have been played between the two teams, out of which the Indian team has won 17 matches and England has won 12 matches. In the last 5 meetings between the two teams in the T-20 format, England has been able to win only 1 match. India has won 4 matches.

There has been tough competition between the two teams in the T-20 World Cup.

So far in the T-20 World Cup, both the teams have faced each other in a total of 5 matches, out of which the Indian team has won 3 and the England team has won 2 matches. The last time both the teams faced each other was in the T20 World Cup 2024, which the Indian team won by 68 runs. In the 2022 World Cup, England defeated India by 10 wickets.

These Indian players have performed well

Virat Kohli has scored the most runs for India in T-20 against England. He has scored 648 runs in 21 matches at an average of 38.11 and strike rate of 135. Hardik Pandya has scored 414 runs in 20 matches at a strike rate of 148.38. Hardik has also taken 19 wickets at an average of 24.78. Varun Chakraborty has taken 14 wickets in 5 innings with an excellent average of 9.85.

These players of England have performed brilliantly against India

Jos Buttler has scored the most runs for England against India. He has scored 644 runs with his bat in 27 matches at a strike rate of 143.75. Harry Brook has scored 171 runs in 10 matches at a strike rate of 140.16. Chris Jordan has taken 24 wickets in 16 matches at an average of 23.79. Joffra Archer has taken 14 wickets in 11 innings of 11 matches with an excellent average of 28.14.