Alex Hales and Jos Buttler hit scintillating half centuries to beat India by ten wickets in the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday. Hales scored an unbeaten 86 from 47 balls, while Buttler made an unbeaten 80 from 49 balls as India chased 168/6 with four overs to spare.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma looked completely disappointed after losing by 10 wickets. Rohit, who became the captain of the Indian team with the eyes of the T20 World Cup, looked emotional sitting alone after being out of the T20 World Cup. India coach Rahul Dravid consoled and encouraged him. Dravid, sitting with Rohit, comforted the Indian captain by patting him on the back. Television cameras captured Rohit’s emotions at the Adelaide Oval.
After the loss, Rohit Sharma feels his performance on the ball let him down and credits the starting pairing of Jos Buttler and Alex Hales for the running chase. He said: “It’s very disappointing how we performed today. I thought we still batted very well at the back to get that score, but we weren’t the best at bowling. It’s definitely not a wicket like that.” a team could easily chase him down. But they finished it in 16 overs.”
After the game, Rohit said: “The way we started with the ball was not right. We were a bit nervous, but you have to give credit to the starters as well. They played very well. When Bhuvi threw the first, he had swing today. , but no swing was found in the right areas.
Rohit said that India were looking to keep things tight on the ball and prevent England from scoring from short limits. But that didn’t happen because Hales and Buttler never gave the players a chance to breathe, and we also fielded poorly in the game.