T20 World Cup 2026 is now nearing its end, except England, no team’s place in the semi-finals is confirmed yet. Talking about Group 2, England has qualified, Sri Lanka is officially out. New Zealand can go ahead on its own, but this is not the case with Pakistan. Let us explain to you how Salman Ali Aga and team can now reach the semi-finals.

There are still 2 matches left in Group 2 in the T20 World Cup 2026 Super-8 round. The next match is England vs New Zealand on 27 February and the last match is Pakistan vs Sri Lanka on 28 February. New Zealand has won one out of 2 matches and 1 has been cancelled. New Zealand is at second place in the points table with 3 points. The net run rate of the Kiwi team is +3.050. Pakistan has lost 1 out of 2 matches and one of their matches has been cancelled. Pak team has 1 point and net run rate is in minus (-0.461).

If New Zealand defeats England in the match to be held on Friday, they will get 5 points and will come on top in the points table. England with 4 points will slip to second place and Pakistan will be out of the semi-final race. Because even after winning the final match, Pakistan will reach only 3 points. But if England defeats New Zealand then Pakistan’s hopes will remain alive. Know then how big a victory would be required.

Pakistan’s equation for going to semi-finals

If England beats New Zealand by 15 runs, then Pakistan will need to win against Sri Lanka by more than 55 runs. If England wins by just 1 run then Pakistan will need to win by 69 runs.

If England beats New Zealand by 50 runs, then Pakistan will have to win against Sri Lanka by 20 runs. In this situation, while chasing the target, Pakistan will have to register victory before 17.5 overs.

England cricket team created history by winning the match against Pakistan on Tuesday. England has become the first team to reach the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup for the fifth consecutive time. In the first match of Super-8, England defeated Sri Lanka and in the second match Pakistan. Captain Harry Brook played a century against the Pakistan team, for which he was chosen Player of the Match.

England became the first team to do so

England has become the first team to reach the semi-finals of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup for the fifth consecutive edition. In 2016, the team reached the finals, where West Indies defeated them and won their second title. In its next edition (2021) also, the team reached the semi-finals, where the team could not reach the final. In 2021 also, England was eliminated after losing in the semi-finals.

In 2022, England won its second T20 World Cup title by defeating Pakistan in the final. In the last edition also, the team had reached the semi-finals, where Team India defeated them. This edition was won by India.

England has also reached the semi-finals in the ongoing edition (2026) of the T20 World Cup. With this, England also equaled Pakistan’s world record.

England has reached the semi-finals a total of 6 times

Earlier, England had won its first T20 World Cup title in 2010. Apart from this, the team could not reach the semi-finals in 4 editions (2007, 2009, 2012 and 2014). England equaled Pakistan’s world record in terms of reaching the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup the most number of times. England and Pakistan have reached the semi-finals 6 times each. Team India has reached the semi-finals 5 times.

what happened in the match

Talking about the match, Pakistan had scored 164 runs while batting first. Liam Dawson took maximum 3 wickets, Jamie Overton and Joffra Archer took 2-2 wickets. While defending the target, Shaheen Shah Afridi got off to a good start, dismissing Phil Salt on the very first ball. In the third over, he took a big wicket in the form of Jos Buttler and also sent Jacob Batal (8) to the pavilion cheaply. England’s 4 wickets had fallen at the score of 58, but England captain Harry Brook’s century turned the tables. Brook scored 100 runs in 51 balls and England won by 2 wickets.