Mumbai has been celebrating the Hindu festival of Holi this week.<\/p>\n
The holiday \u2013 packed with colour, music and parties \u2013 marks the end of winter and the beginning of spring.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, attention will turn to the Wankhede Stadium, the iconic arena in the heart of the city’s downtown.<\/p>\n
Thursday’s T20 World Cup semi-final between England and India will be one of the great occasions.<\/p>\n
These sides have met in the last four of the past two editions of this tournament but neither were at Indian cricket’s spiritual home.<\/p>\n
With its tiny boundaries, flat batting track and steep stands packed with supporters in Indian blue, the Wankhede is a place that can send the calmest minds into a spin.<\/p>\n
Captain Harry Brook stands two wins from becoming only the fourth man to lead England to a World Cup win.<\/p>\n
He has said some of England’s players have been hoping this fixture would come at this World Cup, because of the significance it brings.<\/p>\n
Now we will see just how ready they are.<\/p>\n
And while a World Cup semi-final against cricket’s superpower is seismic in its own right, this is one that could decide the direction of the next two years of English cricket.<\/p>\n