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‘India Outplayed Us…’: Jos Buttler After England’s T20 WC Semifinal Defeat To Rohit Sharma & Co

Buttler wearing a dejected look after his dismissal to India (AP)Buttler wearing a dejected look after his dismissal to India (AP)

England’s title-defence came to a crashing end at the T20 World Cup 2024. Facing India in the semifinals, Jos Buttler and co. crumbled in front of ‘Men in Blue’ spinners to fall 68 runs short of their target at Guyana’s Providence Stadium.

After the match, losing skipper Buttler praised Team India for adapting to the playing conditions, and acknowledged the under-utilisation of clutch spinner Moeen Ali in the game.


Jos Buttler reacts to England’s T20 WC semifinal defeat

While speaking during the post-match presentation ceremony, England captain Jos Buttler praised Rohit Sharma’s Indian troops for outplaying them by adapting to the playing conditions. 

The English opening batter also stated credited Indian spinners for their match-defining spells and admitted that he should have utilised Moeen Ali with the ball during the first half of the game.

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“I think India certainly outplayed us. We let them get 20-25 runs too many. It was a challenging surface and credit to them for outplaying us. Two years down. Different conditions. Credit to India for adapting to the conditions really well and they deserved to win. They have got fantastic spinners. Our spinners bowled well and in hindsight, should have bowled Moeen with the way spinners were bowling. But they got to a good total and it was a tough chase," Jos Buttler said in the post-match interview.

Jos Buttler added that he is proud of his team for their overall performance throughout the tournament. 


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“I think everything that has happened throughout the tournament, I'm proud of the boys. Through the adversity, we have stuck through as a group but we didn't step up when it was needed the most," he stated. 

Chasing 172 runs for a win, England captain Jos Buttler himself pumped out a sequence of confident boundaries at the top to race to a 14-ball 23* in just three overs. 

However, his dismissal at the hands of Axar Patel triggered a colossal batting collapse within the English camp as they folded up for just 103 in 16.4 overs.