Harry Brook scored a historic century against Pakistan on Tuesday, with the help of which England made a comeback in the match after a bad start and won. With this victory, England has become the first team to secure its place in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup 2026. Batting first, Pakistan scored 164 runs in 20 overs. England had reached the threshold of victory with Brook’s century, but after his dismissal the match again became exciting. Although in the end England won.
Harry Brook made a world record
The first edition of the T20 World Cup took place in the year 2007, which was won by the Indian team under the captaincy of MS Dhoni. Currently, the 10th edition of the tournament is going on, but before Brook, no captain had ever scored a century in this tournament. Harry Brook has become the first captain in the world to score a century in the T20 World Cup.
Captain Harry Brook, who came to bat at number three, had to come to the crease on the very second ball of the innings, because Shaheen Shah Afridi had dismissed Phil Salt on the very first ball. After this Jos Buttler also got out after scoring 2 runs. Jacob Bethal scored 8 runs and Tom Banton walked out after scoring 2 runs. When England lost 4 wickets at the score of 58, it seemed that Pakistan would win the match.
Brook made a partnership of 45 runs with Sam Curran (16) for the fifth wicket and a partnership of 52 runs with Will Jacques (28) for the sixth wicket. Harry Brook scored 100 runs in 51 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 10 fours.
England’s semi-final ticket confirmed
England had defeated Sri Lanka in the first match of Super-8. By defeating Pakistan, England has reached the semi-finals of T20 World Cup 2026. England will face New Zealand in the last match of Super-8.
