Team India’s performance in the semi-final of T20 World Cup against the England cricket team was not up to the mark in Adelaide. England cricket team well and truly dominated the game in all aspects and came through with flying colours.
Jos Buttler won the game by 10 wickets in a comfortable fashion. Despite posting a competitive total on the board, the Indians failed to defend the target. The fact that they didn’t take a wicket summed up their show.
Rohit Sharma came under for his terrible display of captaincy and tactics. Besides that, he didn’t contribute much with the bat for the team in the T20 World Cup 2022.
Following India’s exit from the marquee event, a top BCCI official, on the condition of anonymity told that many senior players might not feature in T20Is that are slated to be played next year.
The journey for the 2024 T20 World Cup started from this series: Hardik Pandya
As per reports, the decision to not play senior cricketers is due to the fact that the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 is scheduled to be held next year and the management wants its senior cricketers to focus on ODIs.
Meanwhile, Team India are in New Zealand for the limited-overs assignment that comprises three T20Is and three ODIs. Hardik Pandya is the stand-in captain for the three-match T20I series whereas Shikhar Dhawan will serve as the captain for the ODI series.
Meanwhile, Hardik Pandya added that the journey for the T20 World Cup 2024 started from this series (referring to the T20I series against New Zealand). However, the first T20I between India and New Zealand was abandoned owing to rain in Wellington.
India Squad
Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant, Deepak Hooda, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj, Shreyas Iyer, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshal Patel
Twitter reactions:-
The series has not even started!
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Symbolic that its washed out just like Indian Team in T20Is
— Hariharan Durairaj 🦁🐿️ (@hariharan_draj) November 18, 2022
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And ended
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With rain
— ~Harish~ (@fluidopinions) November 18, 2022
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Means. 2024 will be abandoned.
Advertisement— Rahul 🇮🇳 (@Atoner_sharma) November 18, 2022
Rain says Hello pandya
— cricket fan (@cricketfansena) November 18, 2022
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His confidence and body language is next level💯
Advertisement— sanket24 (@Sanket_1343) November 18, 2022
So we are preparing for duckworth lewis method 😂
— Prashant Mahour 🎓 (@badboy_prashant) November 18, 2022
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But the series did not start…
Advertisement— Bhavik (@Bhavik2301) November 18, 2022
Even rain started practicing for world cup
— satish (@PankajN93982656) November 18, 2022
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