India suffered heartbreak on the T20 World Cup but once more, shedding to England by 10 wickets within the second semifinal in Adelaide on Thursday.
After the match, the cameras caught Indian skipper Rohit Sharma wiping away tears as he regarded devastated after the loss. He was then calmed down by head coach Rahul Dravid.
It was one other debilitating loss for India in a significant ICC match, their second 10-wicket loss within the area of 1 yr in the identical match. Final yr, they misplaced to Pakistan by 10 wickets in Dubai and Thursday’s end result harkened again to that fateful night time as England openers Jos Buttler and Alex Hales made merry in opposition to the Indian bowling lineup.
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Rohit himself had a match to neglect, scoring simply 27 off 28 balls, persevering with his patchy type within the match.
After a sluggish begin the place India reached 38/1 after the primary 6 overs, it was left to Hardik Pandya (63) and Virat Kohli (50) to mount a rescue, pushing them to 168 for six.
Nothing would deny England, nonetheless, as Hales (86) and Buttler (80) chased down the goal with 4 overs to spare. They may now meet Pakistan within the remaining on Sunday.
“You can’t go and train individuals find out how to deal with stress. Lot of those guys play underneath stress in IPL and a few of them are in a position to deal with that. In terms of knockouts, it’s about preserving calm,” Rohit mentioned within the post-match interview.
“We nonetheless batted effectively on the again finish. Not ok with the ball, undoubtedly not a wicket the place a staff might chase in 17 overs. We simply didn’t flip up with the ball,” he added.