India’s loss to New Zealand have taken the cricket experts by shock and the latest to open up on the same was former Pakistan skipper Inzamam Ul-Haq. India suffered their second straight loss in the tournament after losing to the Kiwis on Sunday. They lost to Pakistan on October 24 and had a week-long gap heading into this match.
A much better performance was expected from the Indian team but they were outplayed by the Kiwis yet again. This is their third loss against New Zealand in T20 World Cups after 2007 and 2016.
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— BCCI (@BCCI) October 31, 2021
Inzamam-Ul-Haq said that it was one of the biggest games and he is shocked by how India performed under pressure.
“This match was the biggest one after India and Pakistan. Even bigger than Australia vs England. I’m shocked by the manner in which India played. They were absolutely demoralized. I could not understand how such a big team took so much pressure” Inzamam said.
This Was the Biggest Match After India-Pakistan” Inzamam-Ul-Haq
The former Pakistan skipper further said how the Indian batsmen failed to score single against the New Zealand spinners. Mitchell Santner and Ish Sodhi ran a tight ship and claimed combined figures of 8-0-32-2. The leg-spinner was awarded man of the match for his display that included the wickets of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.
“These NZ spinners are good, but not world-class. The Indian batsmen were not even able to score singles off them. Kohli’s strength is playing spin and even he was not able to get a single” he said.
India need to win all of their remaining fixtures and hope for a few other fixtures to go their way to secure a spot in the semifinals of the T20 World Cup 2021.
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