India T20 World Cup 2026: When South Africa defeated India by 76 runs in the Super-8 match, voices started rising that Team India would not be able to go to the semi-finals. But Suryakumar Yadav and his army proved their critics wrong by winning the next two matches. Now on March 5, the Indian team has to face England in the semi-finals.
The India vs England semi-final match will be played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. This is the sixth time that Team India has reached the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup, but the 2026 title seems to be slipping from the hands of the Indian camp. Three big reasons have come to light, which are pointing towards India not winning the title of T20 World Cup 2026.
Where has the real Abhishek Sharma disappeared?
21 innings, 859 runs, an average of around 43 and a stormy strike rate of 193.5. These are the figures of Abhishek Sharma in T20 for the year 2025. Even in the year 2026, Abhishek had scored 2 half-centuries in the first three innings, but what suddenly happened to him in the T20 World Cup. Only 80 runs in 5 innings of World Cup. The Indian team is obviously missing the old Abhishek Sharma, who used to put India in a position to win the match by destroying the bowlers in the power play itself.
Did everyone know Varun Chakraborty’s ‘mystery’?
‘Mystery’ spinner Varun Chakraborty is no longer a mystery. We are not saying this but the figures show something similar. In the Super-8 matches of the T20 World Cup, Chakraborty bowled a total of 12 overs, in which he gave away 122 runs. He gave away more than 40 runs against South Africa and West Indies. Chakraborty was considered a trump card of Team India, but the continuously worsening economy rate is increasing the concern of Team India.
Single performance will not lead to victory
If we talk about the Super-8 match against West Indies, Sanju Samson’s fighting inning of 97 runs led Team India to victory. In this match, big stars like Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma also flopped. Whereas against South Africa, apart from Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh, no one played, the batting was a complete flop.
If Ishan Kishan had not scored 70 runs against Pakistan, it would have been difficult for the Indian team to score even 150. In most of the matches, one or two players made a big contribution to the victory, while the rest were flops. The team that is a strong contender to become the champion should be such that when one player flops, the other takes the responsibility.
