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The Men in Blue yet again crashed at the big stage as they suffered a 10-wicket thrashing at the hands of England in the T20 World Cup semifinal on Thursday (November 10).
It was Hardik Pandya (68 off 33 balls), whose fearless hitting took India to 168/6 but it was just about a par-score at the Adelaide Oval. English skipper Buttler (80 not out) stepped up at the right time to set the tone with three boundaries off Bhuvneshwar Kumar's opening over but it was Hales (86 not out off) who butchered the Indian attack into submission.
Following the embarrassing exit from the T20 World Cup, India faced a lot of backlash from the former cricketers and cricket pundits for their timid approach. However, the Guinness World Records also took a dig at India's dismal show and mocked them.
Taking to Twitter, Guinness World Records wrote, "Easiest run chase in history?" This comment by the GWR went viral on social media.
India are the most under-performing team in white-ball history, says former England skipper Michael Vaughan, who lambasted the 'Men in Blue' for playing outdated style of cricket in the T20 World Cup.
In yet another ICC tournament India's campaign ended in heartbreak.
"India are the most under-performing white-ball team in history," Vaughan wrote in his column for 'The Telegraph'.
"Every player in the world who goes to the Indian Premier League says how it improves their game but what have India ever delivered? "Since winning the 50 over World Cup on home soil in 2011 what have they done? Nothing. India are playing a white-ball game that is dated and have done for years," he added.
The target was achieved in just 16 overs as England batting line-up clicked for the first time in the tourney and what a day it chose to brings its A game to the fore.
The England opening duo gave India's star-studded line-up a lesson in how to build a T20 innings: that there is only one way, the offensive way.
It was one match that was decided in Powerplay as India managed only 38 runs in six overs as the archaic style of safety-first approach hurt them terribly.
In complete contrast, England's top order which looked shaky throughout the league stage, smashed 63 in their six overs. The match was won and lost then and there.
