Legendary batter Sachin Tendulkar on Saturday mentioned he too was disillusioned at India’s humiliating loss in opposition to England within the T20 World Cup semifinal however urged the critics to not “judge” the aspect on the premise of 1 defeat. England hammered India by 10 wickets after Rohit Sharma’s much-vaunted batting line-up failed to fireside within the first 10 overs to attain a modest 168/6 at Adelaide Oval on Thursday. “I know the semi-final was really, really disappointing against England. I’m of the same vote. We are all the well-wishers of Indian cricket,” Tendulkar was quoted as saying in a video despatched to media organisation.

“But also let us not judge our team only by this performance, because we have been world No. 1 T20 side as well. To get to that number one spot, it does not happen overnight. You have to play good cricket over a period of time. That’s what the team has done,” he added.

Former English captain Michael Vaughan has led the criticism and referred to as India the “worst underperforming white-ball team in history” as they extended their ICC match title wait since 2013 Champions Trophy.

India’s opening duo of KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma have been the largest failure as they haven’t been capable of step up within the Powerplay and early center overs.

India managed 38/1 contained in the Powerplay in opposition to England. It was solely due to Hardik Pandya’s fiery fifty that India may handle 168/6.

“168 at Adelaide wasn’t a great total. The dimension of the ground is completely different, the side-boundaries are really, really short. I would have said maybe 190 or so, or around that would have been a good total, 168 at Adelaide is equivalent to 150 or so any other ground.

“To me that is not a aggressive whole. So, let’s face that we didn’t put up rating, and so was the case with our bowling when it got here to selecting wickets we had been unsuccessful.

“It was a tough game for us. 170 for no loss (for England), that’s a bad defeat, rather disappointing,” Tendulkar added.

But, the previous captain went on to lend his assist to the group and mentioned win and loss are a part of the sport.

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“By no means I’m trying to say that you know so these kinds of performances are ‘okay’. Players also didn’t want to go out and fail. Players also want to go out and win for the country.

“But day by day it doesn’t occur. in sport these ups and downs are there. it can’t be victories are ours and losses are theirs. We need to be in it collectively.”