adjoin New Zealand on Thursday (AEDT).
Electing to field, England staged a able improvement in the additional bisected of New Zealand's innings to bind their opponents to a bashful 8-153 at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium.
Roy and Alex Hales (20) afresh provided a aerial alpha to their acknowledgment and Jos Buttler smacked a six to allowance semi-final achievement with 17 assurance to spare.
England, the 2010 champions, now accommodated the winners of Thursday's bout amid India and West Indies on Sunday.
Roy launched England's acknowledgment in absolute style, smacking four boundaries off the aboriginal over by Corey Anderson.
New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson alien spinner Mitchell Santner in the fifth over but a advance still accepted elusive.
Roy took 26 assurance to accompany up his beginning half-century in Twenty20 internationals as he put on 82 for the aboriginal wicket with Hales.
"I acquainted there was a adventitious to go out there on a appropriate wicket and get off to a abundant start," said man of the bout Roy.
"It was one of those totals area if you don't get off to a abundant alpha and afresh accept a little hiccup, it can be a bit alarming in the average overs. So I gave it a able and it came off."
Leg-spinner Ish Sodhi gave the Kiwis achievement by removing Roy and captain Eoin Morgan off alternating deliveries but Buttler (32 not out) provided the fireworks and Joe Root (27 not out) the accord to appearance an simple win for England.
England hits aback afterwards able alpha by NZ
Earlier, New Zealand cruised to 1-89 afterwards 10 overs afore Morgan's men rallied.
After alarming opener Martin Guptill fell in the third over, Colin Munro (46) added 74 for the additional wicket with Williamson (32) to lay the foundations for a big total.
England, however, activated the brakes with some acclimatized bowling and bound fielding.
Anderson fabricated 28 down the adjustment but New Zealand eventually fell able-bodied abbreviate of the 180 absolute that looked attainable at the center stage.
Ben Stokes (3-26) was the aces of the England bowlers, afresh assuming how acceptable he is in the closing stages of an innings.
"Credit to England's bowlers for the way they pulled it back. I knew we were apparently a little bit abbreviate abnormally afterwards the alpha we got," said Williamson.
"The 180-run mark was absolutely astute and it would accept been a abundant afterpiece game. We were absolutely baffled by a bigger aggregation today. They bowled far bigger than us.
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