Published 18:33 IST, November 10th 2022
India vs England: Mohammed Shami's huge blunder leaves Rohit Sharma & Hardik livid; WATCH
Mohammed Shami made a costly error on the field during India vs England, T20 World Cup semi-final that left Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya miffed.
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Indian pacer Mohammed Shami accounted for a costly mistake while fielding during India vs England semi-final at ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 on Thursday. incident took place in 9th over of innings when England were cruising to target with both ir openers on crease. As Pandya bowled 2nd delivery of ninth over, Buttler scooped ball which was sliding to off-side.
While Buttler played lofted shot over to backward square, chaos was witnessed in field as an attempted relay by Shami didn’t go as planned. Stationed at deep fine leg, Shami ran around and collected ball, stopping it to go for a boundary. However, inste of throwing it toward wicketkeeper, Shami was seen trying to lap it to Bhuvneshwar, who was where near ball.
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ball flew over Bhuvneshwar’s he, which allowed batters to take two more runs in overthrow. Buttler ended up scoring four runs off delivery without hitting a boundary as Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya were seen furious. While Rohit came up with an animated angry reaction asking Shami to throw it back to middle, Hardik sported a poker face being dejected by mistake.
Watch: Mohammed Shami's costly mistake allows Jos Buttler to take four runs
England stun India to qualify for ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022 final
England ended up chasing down India’s total with ease in 16th over, to take England through to summit clash. Buttler remained unbeaten on 80 off 49, while Alex Hales hit 86* off 47 to complete a stellar 10-wicket victory for English team. With win, England vanced into final of T20 World Cup 2022, where y will w face Pakistan.
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Earlier in match, Hardik Pandya starred for India in first innings with a 33-ball 63. Virat Kohli and Pandya hit 61 runs off 40 balls for fourth wicket stand, before Kohli was dismissed on individual score of 50 runs. Captain Rohit Sharma hit 27 runs off 28 balls, while Suryakumar Yav hit 14 off 10.
Disappointed with loss, Rohit Sharma spoke to brocasters after match and said y were t at all good with ball. “With ball we didn’t turn up today. When it comes to kckout sts, it’s all about handling pressure. Depends on individual as well. You can’t teach anyone to handle pressure,” Indian captain said.
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17:19 IST, November 10th 2022