Team India suffered a 10-wicket drubbing at the hands of England in the second semifinal to end their campaign at the T20 World Cup 2022 on an embarrassing note on Thursday (November 10). England thus entered the final where they will take on Pakistan at the MCG on Sunday. Put in to bat, India posted 168 for six after Virat Kohli's 40-ball 50 and Hardik Pandya's 33-ball 63. However, England made a mockery of the chase as they romped home with four overs to spare, with Alex Hales (86) and Jos Buttler (80) producing commanding fifties during their unbroken opening stand.
After England's dominant victory over Team India in the second semifinal of the T20 World Cup 2022, fans were angry at the team selection, captain, coach and whatnot. 'Sack Rohit Sharma, Rahul Dravid', was trending on Twitter after India's disappointing campaign at the tournament. (Not playing Yuzvendra Chahal, KL Rahul's no show: Reasons why Team India lost in T20 WC semifinals vs England)
Checkout angry fan reactions here...
Shameful defeat!
Sack KL and Rohit. Dot.And most importantly develop quality bowlers. Team without bumrah is a bummer.
— Mithun K Raman (@mithunraman) November 10, 2022
Worst management ever. Got 30 t20i matches to make this team win. But still poor selection and poor captaincy costed us asia cup and now world cup. #sackrohit pic.twitter.com/XfMsE0mCHX
— Kohlified. (@123perthclassic) November 10, 2022
Sack Rohit Sharma before WC 2023 or else even that will end in disaster @BCCI
— Sai Krishna (@SaiKingkohli) November 10, 2022
Rohit Sharma fans were blaming him for loss against Pakistan in 2021 wc, now what #SackRohitSharma for sack of Indian Cricket! pic.twitter.com/3xvulhTS0b
— Vishal. (@SportyVishaI) November 10, 2022
It's time to sack Rohit and make hardik as captain of india pic.twitter.com/UW6sdwbBbp
— M. (@IconicKohIi) November 10, 2022
We gave everything for Rohit sharma still failed to win a single trophy#SackRohit pic.twitter.com/xmoMPKvTBd
— M. (@IconicKohIi) November 10, 2022
Sack Rohit, Bhuvi, KLR, Axar, Pant, Kartik, Ashwin from T20s. #T20Iworldcup2022 #INDvsENG
— Shubhankar Mishra (@shubhankrmishra) November 10, 2022
Sack Dravid, Rohit, Bhuvi, KLR, Axar, Ashwin from T20s.
Get fresh blood and wrist spinners.
— Gabbbar (@GabbbarSingh) November 10, 2022
While the Indian bowlers cut a sorry figure and stayed wicket-less, Chris Jordan returned with 3 for 43 for England. With this India continue its below-par performance in the knockouts of the ICC events. Since the year 2013, India have not won a single ICC trophy. They have played as many as four semi-finals and two finals.
Coach Rahul Dravid himself said in the post-match press conference that the Men in Blue were just outclassed, outplayed and whatnot. It was a disappointing defeat for the Men in Blue as they had everything set before the start of the World Cup, a new captain, new coach but the same old story. However, the focus now shifts to the final of the tournament where Pakistan will take on the mighty England for the title.
Brief Scores:
India: 168 for 6 in 20 overs (Hardik Pandya 63, Virat Kohli 50; Chris Jordan 3/43, Adil Rashid 1/20).
England: 170 for no loss in 16 overs (Alex Hales 86, Jos Buttler 80) (With PTI inputs)
