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ICC T20 MEN’S WORLD CUP

Poor Batting or bad bowling:

What went wrong with Team India

at Adelaide?

Devastated, gutted, hurt, says star all-rounder Hardik Pandya after India’s

humiliating loss in the semi-final

OUR BUREAU Hales and Jos Buttler powered En-
gland to an emphatic 10-wicket win
Adelaide
over India in the second semi-final of
ollowing his side’s 10-wicket the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup in
loss to England in the semi-fi- Australia at Adelaide on Thursday.
Fnal of the ICC T20 World Cup,
Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya Should have scored 180-185
took to social media to express his runs: Dravid
thoughts on his team’s exit, saying
that he is “Devastated, gutted, hurt.” ollowing his side’s 10-wicket
Put to bat first by England, India loss to England, India head
posted 168/6 in their 20 overs. Har- Fcoach Rahul Dravid admitted
dik Pandya (63 off 33 balls) and Virat that his side should have gotten at
Kohli (50 off 40 balls) were the stars least 180-185 runs on the Adelaide
for Men in Blue with the bat. They surface and his team was outplayed
put on a crucial stand of 61-runs for in all departments by England.
the fourth wicket. “Obviously disappointed to
Pacer Chris Jordan was the pick finish at the semi-finals. We would
of the bowlers, taking 3/43. Adil have liked to go a couple of steps
Rashid and Chris Woakes got a wick- further. But we were outplayed and
et each. outclassed. England was the better
Chasing 169, England put pres- team in every department and the
sure on Indian bowlers right from the scoreline shows that,” said Dravid in
first over. India did not have any an- a press conference.
swer for the onslaught brought by Jos “We have been batting well. We
Buttler (80*) and Alex Hales (86*). were one of those teams who got 180-
England chased the total with all ten plus scores here (in Australia) two to
wickets in hand with four overs to three times in this tournament. When
spare. we started, the boys said it (surface)
Pandya also thanked the sup- was tacky and slow. At the end of
port staff and fans for their help and 15-over mark, we were around 15-20
support and remarked that his side runs short. In death overs, we were
fought for each other every step of good, with Hardik being brilliant. We
the way. “Devastated, gutted, hurt. should have got 180-185 at the end,”
Tough to take, for all of us. To my he added.
teammates, I’ve enjoyed the bond
that we built - we fought for each oth- England’s skipper Jos Buttler celebrates after beating India by 10 wickets Dravid appreciated England for
er every step of the way. Thank you during the Semi-Final match of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022, at Adelaide Oval, their all-round efforts.
to our support staff for their endless
dedication and hardwork for months in Adelaide on Thursday (ANI) sked about his thoughts on the
on end,” tweeted Pandya. team’s campaign, Dravid said
“To our fans who backed us ev- World Cup with the bat. In five in- of the side’s best performers with Athat the tournament will be re-
erywhere we went, we’re forever nings across six matches, he scored the ball, taking eight scalps. He fin- flected upon by the team.
grateful. It wasn’t meant to be but 128 runs at an average of 25.60. ished as the team’s second-highest “I think overall, we had a pret-
we’ll reflect and keep fighting,” he This includes the half-century he hit wicket-taker behind pacer Arshdeep ty good campaign. We played some
added in another tweet. against England in the semi-final. Singh (10 wickets). good T20I cricket. We had our mo-
Hardik Pandya had a solid T20 The all-rounder was also one Top knocks from openers Alex Continued at next page... >>
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