India’s T20 World Cup campaign ended with a ten-wicket loss to England in their semi-final match at the Adelaide Oval. Head coach Rahul Dravid later admitted that the team should have been able to score 180-185 runs at bat first. England won the toss and invited India to bat first on the field used at the Adelaide Oval. He justified his decision by bowling brilliantly until the 15th, denying India the opportunity to score towards the short square limit and prompting them to play more towards the longer side of the field.
Furthermore, India’s batting in power plays, which had been a constant fixture of the tournament, continued into the semi-finals as they scored 38 runs in the first six overs, which were chased by the starting pair of Jos Buttler and Alex Hales. . of England Easily achieved in 3.2 overs.
Virat Kohli hit four fours and a six on his 50 of 40 balls, while Hardik Pandya hit 63 of 33 balls, which included four fours and five sixes for a strike rate of 190.91, as India faced 68 earned runs in the last five. overs, so they could reach the score of 168/6. But Butler and Alex Hales had other plans, chasing the score with ten wickets and four overs to spare.
“Maybe I will definitely try to take some steps. The scoreboard showed that they were really good in all departments,” he said. The coach said: “The runs on the board were few (necessary) in the semifinals. We were hitting well. We were one of those teams that were hitting over 180 even in these conditions. I think we did it.” said the coach. I did it two or three times. We are playing well in this tournament.”
He said: “It’s just, maybe when the game started, the players were saying it was a bit difficult, because the pitch was a bit slow. But they played very well. I thought they were really good. We felt like we did it at 15 “. overs we thought we were probably 15, 20 to go and we actually had the last five overs.
England’s batting, bowling and thinking were different from India’s in every aspect of the match. Dravid refused to call India’s elimination from the semi-finals a loss. “He played well. That’s the reality. Once he started like this, I think it was very difficult to stop him.”
“We had 168. They got that run rate down to 6 1/2, I think at the end of the sixth, or 7 more runs, and then on a small field like that, they always had control, so he managed to control that game.” Dravid said that although India had a good campaign in the tournament until the semi-final loss, it was too early for the team to draw conclusions from the competition.