Team India’s journey within the 2022 T20 World Cup ended on a forgettable observe on Thursday, after they misplaced to England within the semi-final conflict by 10 wickets. The fiery type of Jos Buttler and Alex Hales helped England to chase down the goal of 169 in simply 16 overs. With this loss, the Rohit Sharma-led facet bowed out of the distinguished occasion, inviting numerous backlash from the followers and specialists. Former India batter Virender Sehwag slammed the group’s choice process and acknowledged that many younger gamers who featured within the bilateral collection aren’t getting any probabilities in huge tournaments just like the World Cup.

“You are winning the bilateral series at home, but you need to see how many of your top players are playing there. They usually take a break, and new players get in who also taste victory in bilateral series. So, if they are winning there, then why can’t they be tried here (in the World Cup). You never know. There are players who play the kind of fearless cricket we’re talking about. Be it Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson, Prithvi Shaw, or Ruturaj Gaikwad. All of them are worldwide gamers and rating runs,” said Sehwag on Cricbuzz.

“As the seniors have been rested, several youngsters are set to tour New Zealand; what reward will they receive if they win in New Zealand? So, the pressure has to be there on seniors. They should be told that there are boys who are scoring well. And if the seniors don’t perform well, they might be told, ‘thank you, very much’ by the board,” he added.

In the previous 11 months, Team India has performed 9 bilateral T20I collection, wherein they went up in opposition to top-teams like New Zealand, Australia, West Indies, South Africa, and England.

Coming to the semi-final conflict, England openers Jos Buttler (80*) and Alex Hales (86*) made a mockery of the 169-run goal as they took their facet throughout the road in simply 16 overs and ten wickets in hand.

Put to bat first, the Rohit Sharma-led facet misplaced three wickets in 12 overs, with solely 75 runs on the board. Later, Hardik Pandya, together with Virat Kohli, took cost and fully modified the momentum of the sport. Pandya smashed 63 runs off 33 balls and Kohli scored 50 off 40 balls, to take the group’s rating to 168/6 in 20 overs.

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Later, no Indian bowler was spared by the English openers – Jos Buttler and Alex Hales — because the goal of 169 runs was chased in simply 16 overs. For England, Chris Jordan turned the star bowler as he scalped three wickets whereas Chris Woakes and Adil Rashid took one wicket every.

England will now be going through Pakistan within the closing conflict of the T20 World Cup 2022 on Sunday on the Melbourne Cricket Ground.