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ENG vs ITA T20 World Cup 2026 Highlights: The biggest upset in the history of T20 World Cup was averted. The 29th league match of the tournament was played between England and Italy at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. In a breath-taking match, England won against Italy by 24 runs. Before Italy, Nepal team has also given a big challenge to England.
In a breath-taking match, England, batting first, put 202/7 runs on the board in 20 overs. Will Jacques played the biggest innings for the team and scored 53* runs on the board in 22 balls with the help of 3 fours and 4 sixes.
The Italian team, which came out for run chase, was all out for 178 runs in 20 overs. Ben Mainanti played the biggest innings for the team, scoring 60 runs in 25 balls with the help of 4 fours and 6 sixes. His innings could not help the team win, but there came a time in the match when it seemed that victory for Italy was completely possible from here.
30 runs were needed in the last 2 overs
Italy needed only 30 runs in the last two overs to win. From here, victory seemed very easy for the team because the team needed 51 runs in 3 overs, but 21 runs were scored in the 18th over. After this it seemed that Italy would easily win by scoring 30 runs in 2 overs.
But Sam Curran, who came in the 19th over, made a comeback for England. He also took 1 wicket giving just 05 runs in his over. This over of Curran almost brought England on the track of victory. Now Italy had to score 25 runs in the last over. But the team could not score any runs in the last over and were all out after losing the remaining 2 wickets.
England steps into Super-8
With this victory, England has entered the Super-8. Now both the Super-8 teams from Group C have joined in the form of West Indies and England.