News India Live, Digital Desk: India and England are going to clash in the second semi-final of T20 World Cup 2026 today at the historic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The whole country is raising slogans of ‘Vijayi Bhava’, but meanwhile a prediction has come from across the border which has set the social media on fire.
Former Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Amir Has claimed that India does not have the upper hand in this big match. After this statement of Aamir, Indian fans are trolling him fiercely.
Aamir’s claim: “Indian team is not playing its best”
Mohammad Aamir, while speaking on a Pakistani TV show ‘Harna Mana Hai’, said that even though India has reached the semi-finals, their game is still not ‘convincing’ (solid). According to Aamir:
Bad fielding: Aamir said that India’s fielding in the last matches has been quite ordinary and they have dropped many catches.
Dependence on Bumrah: The former bowler believes that except Jasprit Bumrah, no bowler of India is able to put pressure on the opposition team and the rest of the bowlers are being beaten badly.
Spinners’ challenge: He said that England’s batsmen play spin well, so the path will not be easy for bowlers like Varun Chakraborty and Kuldeep Yadav.
Trolled badly when prediction proved wrong
Interestingly, Mohammad Aamir had already predicted that Team India would not even reach the semi-finals. He had described South Africa and West Indies as better than India in the group stage. Although, Sanju Samson’s stormy innings of 97 runs When India defeated West Indies and made it to the semi-finals on the basis of cricket, Aamir became speechless. Fans are giving ‘class’ to Aamir on social media by reminding him of his old predictions.
Who has the upper hand in Wankhede?
In this match to be held at Wankhede today (5 March 2026), the pitch is considered to be helpful for the batsmen.
Role of toss: Due to dew factor at night, the team winning the toss may prefer to bowl first.
Wankhede’s record: India has played 7 T20 matches here and won 5. Whereas England’s record here has been 50-50.
face to face: In the history of T20 World Cup, both the teams have met 5 times, in which India is leading 3-2.
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