T20 World Cup: Old-fashioned India were way too timid, says Nasser Hussain

TIL Desk Sports/ Former England captain Nasser Hussain slammed an ‘old-fashioned’ India for being way too timid with the bat in their 10-wicket loss to the Jos Buttler-led side in the second semifinal of the Men’s T20 World Cup at Adelaide Oval.

England’s opening pair of captain Jos Buttler (80 not out from 49 balls) and Alex Hales (86 not out from 47) aced a chase of 169 in smooth fashion, by thrashing the Indian bowling attack all over the park to set up a meeting with Pakistan in the final of the tournament at Melbourne on Sunday.

While England were 63/0 at the end of their batting power-play, India were scratchy and made just 38/1 in their power-play with the bat, which implied that the Rohit Sharma-led side lost the match in the first six overs phase with bat as well as ball.

“The contrast between the two teams in their respective power-plays could not be more stark. I had said in these pages that India at the top of the order still play a bit of an old-fashioned game and even their former coach Ravi Shastri talked of the need for them to change when he worked for Sky last summer.