'Staggered' greats shred 'clueless' Indian team

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Indian cricket large Virender Sehwag slammed his countrymen's bowling onslaught during Thursday night's 10-wicket thumping astatine the hands of England successful their T20 World Cup semi last astatine the Adelaide Oval.

After mounting England a full of conscionable 169, batters Alex Hales and Jos Buttler dismantled the Indian bowling onslaught to pursuit down the people with 4 overs to spare.

A cleanable summary of the night, Buttler spanked Mohammed Shami for six implicit agelong connected to people the winning runs.

On Twitter, Sehwag said the bowlers were "clueless", and the England openers "too good".

Former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi said England's batting turned the lucifer into a "no-contest", portion successful the Telegraph, erstwhile England skipper Michael Vaughan

"Every subordinate successful the satellite who goes to the Indian Premier League says however it improves their crippled but what person India ever delivered?" Vaughan wrote.

"I'm conscionable staggered by however they play T20 cricket for the endowment they have. They person the players, but conscionable bash not person the close process successful place."

Pakistan volition look England successful the last astatine the MCG connected Sunday nighttime - 30 years aft they met astatine the aforesaid venue successful the last of the 1992 World Cup.

After losing the flip and being sent in, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma surprisingly revealed helium would person batted earlier, contempt earlier matches astatine the Adelaide Oval suggesting batting 2nd during the nighttime matches was the amended enactment arsenic the shot skidded connected to the bat.

The Indian top-order past played excessively conservatively, with Australian large Mark Taylor said India's timid powerplay - conscionable 1-38 - yet outgo them the match.

He said it was a repetition of New Zealand's errors successful their semi last against Pakistan.

"What we've seen successful the 2 semis, if you play conservative, peculiarly successful those archetypal six overs, you don't win," Taylor said connected Nine's post-game coverage.

"New Zealand were conservative, India were conservative, and they some got beaten successful the powerplays and ne'er looked similar winning the game."

New Zealand scored conscionable 2-38 successful the powerplay, before Pakistan scored 0-55 successful theirs.

The stunning batting show marked a stunning comeback for Hales, whose vocation looked to beryllium hanging successful the balance pursuing a failed cause trial connected the eve of the 2019 One Day World Cup.

"I ne'er thought I'd play successful a World Cup again," Hales said aft the match.

"To get the accidental is simply a precise peculiar feeling successful a state that I emotion and that I've spent a batch of clip in. Tonight's 1 of the champion nights of my career."

The last volition beryllium held astatine the MCG astatine 7pm AEDT and volition beryllium broadcast unrecorded and escaped connected Nine.

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