Chennai Super Kings (CSK) head coach Stephen Fleming is critical of India’s batting lineup after their loss to England in the semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2022. He said that whenever they are in full flow they are awesome but they are taking time to reach that flow.
“We’ve seen them in full flow, they are just awesome. But to get them in full flow is taking some time,” says Stephen Fleming
After displaying a sensational performance in the league stage of the tournament, India crumbled in the semi-final as they suffered a 10-wicket thrashing. It’s fair to say that they couldn’t hold their nerves under the pressure, which was the main reason behind their exit.
India displayed a poor performance with both bat and ball and saw themselves out of the tournament. It was a poor show from their side on a good pitch with the bat. Although Virat Kohli (50) scored a half-century but he failed to express himself. Only Hardik Pandya (63) played fierce innings that powered his side to a total of 168 runs.
It was then expected that India would give a tough fight but they had no answers to the onslaught by English openers. Alex Hales and Jos Buttler took Indian bowlers to the cleaners and smashed them all over the park for their unbeaten 170 runs stand and made sure that they win the game by 10 wickets.
Shane Watson said, "not playing Yuzvendra Chahal in the T20 World Cup was a big mistake by India. It was an opportunity missed".
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Their poor batting performance and inability to face pressure have put them under scanner as many have lashed out at them for their poor performance in the big games. CSK head coach Stephen Fleming was among the ones who analysed the reason behind India’s loss. Speaking with ESPNcricinfo, he said that Rohit Sharma looked frustrated.
“You can see some frustration. You could see he was visibly frustrated and couldn’t get his flow on. Even the shot he got out to, you know he’s looking to do it, you know he can feel that he’s behind and wanting to get underway. It’s just the method and being out of their comfort zone. We’ve seen them in full flow, they are just awesome. But to get them in full flow is taking some time,”
“They’re not being able to bounce off each other,” says Stephen Fleming
Stephen Fleming further went on to say that India are not able to bounce off each other. He highlighted that they are unable to capitalise the overs. He said:
“They’re not being able to bounce off each other. They’re all sort of around the same level without anyone bubbling away in outstanding form. Often, that can be the key, the one who can hide behind and is the catalyst to get the others going. They’re all simmering around the same level, especially in the 6-10 overs,”
"With the ball, we didn't turn up today." : Rohit Sharma.
AdvertisementThe biggest truth is we have been playing T20 cricket with a template as good as an ODI template from the 90s.
Honestly, we need to do an immense deep dive into the methodology of how he need to access our T20 game.
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