Alex Hales and captain Jos Buttler shone in an unbroken opening partnership as a ruthless England humiliated India by 10 wickets at Adelaide Oval on Thursday to storm into the Twenty20 World Cup final.
“We came in very excited and there was a good feel around the group ... I thought everyone, from one to 11, stood up today.”
After Buttler won the toss and put India into bat, his bowlers did well to restrict India early but Hardik Pandya and Virat Kohli helped the south Asians recover from a slow start to post 168 for six. It seemed a defendable total but Buttler and Hales made light work of it as they blasted England to 63 for no loss at the end of the power play and then 98 at the halfway mark.“I thought we still batted pretty well at the back end to get to that score, but we were not good enough with the ball.
“We were not good enough with the ball. It was definitely not a wicket where a team can come and chase it down in 16 overs.
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