T20 World Cup 2022: Former England captain slams Indian team and India cricket, Pundits

After India’s 10-wicket loss to England on Thursday night, Michael Vaughan led a harsh critique of the team, labelling it the “worst underperforming white-ball side in history.” At the Adelaide Oval, where England rolled to a commanding victory with four overs to spare, India received a harsh lesson on how to play 20-over cricket away from home. India, who began the competition ranked as the top T20 side in the world and had hoped to secure a fantasy final against Pakistan at the MCG, is bitterly disappointed by the defeat, which is both expected and familiar.

“Every player in the world who goes to the Indian Premier League says how it improves their game but what has India ever delivered?” Vaughan wrote in his column for The Telegraph. “I’m just staggered by how they play T20 cricket for the talent they have. They have the players, but just do not have the right process in place. They have to go for it. Why do they give the opposition bowlers the first five overs to bed in?”, he further stated.

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“How they have not maximised someone like Rishabh Pant is incredible. In this era, put him up the top to launch it,” Vaughan wrote. He added: “India have to be honest now … Nobody wants to criticise them because you get hammered on social media and pundits worry about losing work in India one day. But it is time to tell it straight.” Before the match for the same outlet, Vaughan had mentioned that India’s timed approach with the bat may cost them the match and that’s exactly what happened.

Nasser Hussain, another former England captain, claimed that India is “old-fashioned” and “far too timid” in his own Daily Mail column. “India must have known they would need to get an above-par score against this England batting line-up yet they plodded along and if it was not for Hardik at the end they would have been way below par. It’s not India’s personnel. It’s their mindset,” Hussain wrote.