IND vs ENG: "This Match Against England Is Not Going To Be Easy At All"- Sunil Gavaskar Cautions Team India Ahead Of Semi-final

Sunil Gavaskar, a former Indian captain, believes that India’s semi-final match versus England won’t be at all easy. The men’s team of India hasn’t won an ICC trophy in nine years, and it’s been five years since they triumphed in an ICC knockout game.

The record of times they’ve failed in ICC tournaments is extensive. Indian teams have had difficulty winning any ICC titles or trophies since 2013 when MS Dhoni captained India to victory in the ICC Champions Trophy.

India has suffered in every ICC event since 2013 because of this pattern of being clinical and unchallenged in the group stages before giving in to the pressure of the moment at some point in the elimination rounds.

Sunil Gavaskar Cautions Team India Ahead Of Semi-final

“They are very good competitors. They have been playing some refreshingly attractive cricket in the last maybe year or so. They have got a very good record in white-ball cricket.

They have done well against India in the T20 format as well. So I know we all are looking for a India-Pakistan finals but this match against England is not going to be easy at all”, Gavaskar said.

India Would Look To Continue Recent Success Over England In T20Is

India, led by Rohit Sharma, will compete against England for a spot in the Twenty20 World Cup championship match, looking to end the competition at the same crowded Melbourne Cricket Ground where it all started. The Rohit Sharma-led team may be alarmed by the ICC knockouts’ past results, but they can be encouraged by their recent T20I series success over England.

Remarkably, India has prevailed in 12 of the 22 T20 games played against the 50-over World Cup champion England, including the last four. England has only won one trophy despite being regarded as the thought leader in limited-overs cricket, whereas India has failed to win a championship despite making it to the semifinals in all six limited-overs global tournaments.

Furthermore, India defeated Bangladesh by a narrow margin of five runs at Adelaide Oval, although England has yet to play a game there during this tournament. Additionally, England still harbors grudges from their 2015 50-over elimination by Bangladesh at Adelaide Oval, which served as their penultimate ICC World Cup encounter.

India may just need Mark Wood’s injury scare, Suryakumar Yadav’s incredible T20I record against England, and Virat Kohli’s unwavering affection for Adelaide to end the ICC knockout curse.

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