‘We were not up to the mark with the ball’, says captain Rohit Sharma

England wins the second semi-final of the ICC T20 World Cup by 10 wickets against India in 16 overs after which Indian skipper Rohit Sharma said the bowling of the team was not up to mark and failed in executing their plans.

The ballistic performance of Buttler led the team to win the match which Rohit Sharma said, “Pretty disappointed how it turned out today. We batted well at the back end to get that score. We were not up to the mark with the ball, we could not turn up today. It is all about handling the pressure in knockout games. All these guys have played enough to understand that. These guys have played under pressure in IPL games, it is all about keeping calm.”

During a post-match presentation, Sharma said, “We were nervy to start with, but you got to give credit to their openers, they played really well. I thought it swung a bit in the first over, but not from the right areas. We know the runs are scored square of the wicket, we were aware of it. When we won the first game, it showed a lot of character. The game against Bangladesh, it was a tricky one. I thought we held our nerve and kept executing our plans. Could not do that today.”

Moreover, England won the toss and elected to bowl first. The match between India and England was played at the Adelaide Oval. Where team India gave the target of 169 runs.

Talking about the England performance Jos Buttler scored 80 runs and Alex Hales scored 86 runs. If talking about India’s performance Hardik Pandya scored 63 runs, and Virat Kohli scored 50.

However, the ICC T20 World Cup final will be played between Pakistan and England on 13 November 2022.