India’s World Cup Journey Ends after Suffering a 10 Wicket Defeat to England
Alex Hales and captain Jos Buttler shone in an unbroken opening partnership as a ruthless England humiliated India by 10 wickets at Adelaide Oval on Thursday to storm into the T20 World Cup final.
Despite a few dazzling shots from Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, India approached the Powerplay as if they had just signed a non aggression pact. By the end of the first six overs, India had reached 38-1, a start utterly in keeping with their batting approach, based on building up to a denouement.
India suffered a 10-wicket drubbing at the hands of England in the second semifinal to end their campaign at the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 on an embarrassing note here on Thursday.
Put in to bat, India posted 168 for six after Virat Kohli's 40-ball 50 and Hardik Pandya's 33-ball 63.
In reply, England made a mockery of the chase as they romped home with four overs to spare, with Alex Hales (86) and Jos Buttler (80) producing commanding fifties during their unbroken opening stand. While the Indian bowlers cut a sorry figure and stayed wicket-less, Chris Jordan returned with 3 for 43 for England.
India: 168 for 6 in 20 overs (Hardik Pandya 63, Virat Kohli 50; Chris Jordan 3/43, Adil Rashid 1/20).
England, thus, entered the final where they will take on Pakistan at the MCG on Sunday.
India and England are facing off against each other for the first time in the T20 World Cup after a huge gap of 10 years. The two sides have been up against each other only thrice 2007, 2009 and 2012 and India won 2 out of those encounters. The most famous match was in 2007 when Yuvraj Singh smashed Stuart Broad for six sixes in an over in a famous India win.