ISLAMABAD – India’s top batsman breaks silence over batting against Englandin World Cup Match.
The manner in which India went about their chase against England’s 337/7 atBirmingham on Sunday has led many to question the abilities of the batsmenin the team.
While India lost the match by 31 runs, Rohit Sharma blamed a deterioratingpitch and some quality bowling from the opposition for the final outcome.
The Indian batting lineup looked a tad jaded in the match with only 28 runscoming in the first 10 overs of the chase. Rohit did eventually score 102off 109 deliveries but many felt there was no real sense of urgency in theentire fight in the second half of the match.
MS Dhoni and Kedar Jadhav, towards the end of the match, added just 39 off31 balls to raise several eye brows. For Rohit, however, it was the cleverbowling from England that deserved credit. “You have to give credit toEngland’s team because they mixed up their variation nicely and kept usguessing all the way through the game,” he was quoted as saying by theInternational Cricket Council after the match. “England team playedcomplete cricket. They bowled really well. They batted really well. Theygot the result.”
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The Indian team had gone into the clash unbeaten in World Cup 2019 anddespite the defeat in the match, remains at the second spot in the pointstable.
The result, however, put England back in contention for the semis, addingto the troubles of Pakistan. There were many Pakistani fans who took toTwitter to allege that the Indian team lost deliberately to help Englandregain a place in the top four. Rohit, however, maintained that Englandplayed a game of high-quality cricket. “Losing wickets put you underpressure and we lost KL (Rahul) at the start.
They bowled well so it is only natural the guys who are in form bat as longas possible,” he said. “The bowers bowled well and we needed those guys tobat as long as possible. They were trying to hit the ball but at the end itgot pretty slow.”
