It was heartbreaking! England smashed the Indian cricket team by 10 wickets in the second semi-final at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday (November 10). Jos Buttler and Alex Hales put on a stellar display and never gave India any chance in the game as England gunned down 169 runs without any trouble. The Indian players looked visibly disappointed after the match and the captain Rohit Sharma looked absolutely devastated.
Rohit Sharma broke down completely with even the head coach Rahul Dravid consoling him. by 10 wickets in the second semi-final at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday (November 10). Rohit was spotted sitting alone and looking down all the time before Dravid came to him to have a word. Along with him, Rishabh Pant also seemed to be dejected after a tough loss to England.
The video of the same has been going viral on the internet. Watch it here:
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After the match, Rohit Sharma expressed his disappointment with the team’s performance on the day. He felt that it all comes down to handling the pressure in knockout matches and also pointed out that the players have a lot of experience of playing in those situations in the IPL. He said: “Pretty disappointed how it turned out today. We batted well at the back end to get that score. We were not upto the mark with the ball, we couldn’t turn up today. It’s 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’s all about keeping calm.”
“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 about 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. Couldn’t do that today,”
