England captain joss butler Talked about his team’s 10-wicket win over India in the T20 World Cup semi-final. He described the win as “fantastic” but said he would not want to get ahead of himself ahead of Sunday’s final against Pakistan.
England continued to dominate their bowling attack and restricted India to 168/6 and then dropped the runs with four overs to spare without losing a single wicket.
“Yeah, that’s a great performance. It’s great to play so well in the semi-finals of the World Cup. Not wanting to get too ahead of myself and pat myself on the back too much for tonight. We are clearly in a final.” I’m really looking forward to,” Butler said.
“We enjoyed the game this evening, and we can talk about it in the changing room and enjoy that performance, but I don’t want us to get too ahead of ourselves. We’re in the red against a Pakistani team. Have come in color – in form in the final of the World Cup
“And then, this is going to be such an amazing opportunity, one we’ll go and enjoy as much as we can and express ourselves and try to show off our talents.”
Asked if it was one of the best T20 International performances by an English team, he immediately agreed.
He said, “Yes, yes, absolutely. Whatever game you play, it is a matter of great honor. Yes, playing against India in such an environment, in a splendid cricket stadium, absolutely, it is extremely satisfying.”
India’s Playing XI:
KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma , Virat KohliSuryakumar Yadav, Hardik PandyaRishabh Pant, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed ShamiArshdeep Singh
England Playing XI:
Jos Butler, Alex HalesPhilip Salt, Ben Stokes, Harry Brooke, Liam Livingstone, Moeen AliSam Curran, Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashi