At a ground with short boundaries, the spin duo of Axar Patel and Varun Chakaravarthy will have no room for error. The mystery spinner needs to find his lengths consistently after proving a tad expensive against the West Indies and South Africa.

Ishan Kishan has gone off the boil after a sensational start to the tournament and would be backing himself to fire at his former IPL home ground. The same goes for the current Mumbai Indians stars in the national team – captain Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma and Hardik Pandya.

England will have their plans ready for the two openers. Expect a barrage of short balls into the body from Jofra Archer to test Sanju Samson, who has struggled against the England tearaway in the past, while Will Jacks could trouble Sharma with his off-spin in the powerplay. Left-arm spinner Liam Dawson has also bowled in the first six overs while the hosts need to be at their best against a wily Adil Rashid in the middle overs.

Such are the ways of the game that Abhishek Sharma was in the form of his life leading into the ICC event, but his form in the tournament has taken a massive dip. The southpaw is in desperate need of a confidence-boosting innings. He did get a fifty against Zimbabwe in the Super Eight but remains far from his ballistic best.

Sanju Samson was brought back to the Indian side to break the predictability of a left-handed top-three in the powerplay and that move has worked brilliantly. More than 10 years after his India debut, the wicketkeeper-batter finally delivered on the big stage with a career-defining 97 not out in a virtual quarterfinal against the West Indies. The 31-year-old's confidence must be sky high after that special effort.

Overwhelming favourites at the start of the tournament, India have not been able to stitch together a perfect game against stronger sides in the competition. However, they have served themselves well by adopting a flexible approach after the pasting at the hands of South Africa in their Super 8 opener. It will be interesting to see their approach tonight.

Having not exactly sailed into the T20 World Cup semi-finals, India must now negotiate a potent spin threat from a dangerous England side as both teams chase perfection in tonight's high-pressure knockout game at the Wankhede Stadium.

England's leg-spinner Adil Rashid and left-arm orthodox bowler Liam Dawson have claimed 11 and 10 wickets, respectively, in the tournament so far.

India Squad: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar.

England Squad: Philip Salt, Jos Buttler (wk), Harry Brook (c), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Rehan Ahmed, Liam Dawson, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Ben Duckett, Luke Wood, Josh Tongue, Jamie Overton.

According to AccuWeather, there is a zero per cent probability of precipitation in Mumbai tonight. This means expect a complete 20-over-per-side encounter.

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