Team India’s hopes of winning their second T20 World Cup was crushed after they were humiliated by England cricket team in the second semi-final at Adelaide Oval in Adelaide.
Rohit Sharma and Co were slapped with a 10-wicket defeat by England. Meanwhile, India are in New Zealand to play the limited-overs series comprising three T20Is and three ODIs.
The tour will kick-start with the T20I series from November 18 onwards. Both teams do have all their bases covered and it remains to be seen which team has their say in the first game.
The roadmap for T20 World Cup 2024 starts now: Hardik Pandya
Meanwhile, the Board of Control for Cricket in India appointed Hardik Pandya as the stand-in captain for the three-match T20I series against the New Zealand cricket team.
The interim skipper addressed the reporters at the pre-match press conference. During the interaction, he expressed his disappointment after the team’s exit from the showpiece event.
However, he went on to add that they need to keep moving forward as professionals and sort out the woes, pick lessons on the go, which is the only way forward. Meanwhile, Hardik Pandya also added that plenty of opportunities will be given to a lot of players ahead of the T20 World Cup 2024.
Speaking on the same lines, Hardik Pandya further added that the road map for the T20 WC 2024 has started from now. Since it’s too fresh now, they have plenty of time to analyze and have important discussions on those grounds.
India T20I squad for New Zealand T20I series
Hardik Pandya (captain), Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (VC and WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Mohd. Siraj, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik
Here’s how Twitterati reacted to Hardik Pandya’s remark:
Hardik Pandya said – "The roadmap for 2024 T20 World Cup starts now".
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) November 16, 2022
officially, HardikPandya ERA started from here https://t.co/NlYVzPUkbk
— . (@Rsofficial18) November 16, 2022
Aisa bolke phir harna hi hai toh kya matlab! https://t.co/aTh3rFnzAi
— Dhiraj Kachare (@DrDhirajkachare) November 16, 2022
Kuchh jyada hi overconfidence dikha raha bhai..
Abhi toh captain bana bhi nahi dhang se, kya pata kab Politics k jaal me fas jaaye. https://t.co/0BZGomX1iP
— Amit Pujara (@pujaraamit) November 16, 2022
Bhai kuch bhi karo par baatein mat karo maidan pe karke dikhao ab bas.. 🙏🏏https://t.co/t4ku39TpcR
— Abhishek Hanbar (@abhi_ph17) November 16, 2022
Millennials had Virat, it's zoomin' time less gooooo. https://t.co/5WKczcmt1E
— Eli (@Blacksl0th) November 16, 2022
Lmao…its like a kid who flunked in his exams committing that he will start studying from day 1 for the next attempt. https://t.co/XUYRrChGpf
— Mowglol (@insomniacbeast) November 16, 2022
Strongly believing now that hardik gonna be captain https://t.co/I9d4YCLKQ7
— सक्षम (@18kingVk) November 16, 2022
I hope it’s not like the new era, like last year!! They should walk the talk here!! https://t.co/AwAIZmxBPI
— Abhishek Sharma (@Abhysharma13) November 16, 2022
