India 1st team to win T20 World Cup knockout match at night while batting first in 12 years

India on Thursday night defeated England by seven runs in the T20 World Cup 2026 semi-final to qualify for their fourth T20 World Cup final. With this, they became the first team to win a T20 World Cup knockout match at night while batting first since Sri Lanka against West Indies in the 2014 semi-finals.