England defeated India by 10 wickets within the semi-final match performed on the Adelaide Oval on Thursday. Jos Buttler and Alex Hales acquired off to a powerful begin with India’s bowlers having no reply for his or her blistering innings. Both the openers ultimately remained unbeaten and helped England cross the end line with 4 overs to spare.
India coach Rahul Dravid addressed a press convention after the crushing defeat and talked in regards to the match, future methods and the technique forward for the Indian group.
“Disappointing ending within the cms. Would like to go to the finals. They had been the higher group in all departments. It is tough to ponder over issues after a defeat like this. Overall, we had an incredible marketing campaign. Showed good expertise. We can see the issues we’ve improved and put together it for the subsequent World Cup. There had been few runs on the board… within the semifinal….we’re batting properly within the event. It’s simply that perhaps when the sport began, the boys mentioned the wicket was sluggish and sticky. Our final over was good. We ought to have been capable of rating 180-185,” mentioned the previous India captain.
On the way forward for senior gamers within the group, Dravid mentioned, “It is too early to talk about it right after the game.” This will not be the appropriate time to speak about this. We will try to construct for the subsequent World Cup.”
Jos Buttler and Alex Hales acquired England off to the appropriate begin when the previous dismissed Bhuvneshwar Kumar for 3 boundaries within the first over. Talking about Butler, the previous India batsman mentioned, “We know he’s a key participant. He (England opener) put stress on us. We thought we might management the sport, however we could not as a result of they hit our spinners.
“England performed properly and that is the fact. He introduced down the run fee, he managed the sport. He did not must take any danger, it isn’t like he did not as a result of he performed some actually good pictures too. This is unquestionably disappointing. Defeat will not be the appropriate phrase for it, undoubtedly disappointing,” he mentioned earlier than signing off.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
