One step behind!
Updated On: 27 October, 2023 11:37 AM IST | Srijanee Majumdar
Against India on Sunday, the uncharacteristic England will hope for some spunk from their bowlers to conjure an unlikely win and remain in the semifinals race
Jos Buttler. Pic/AFP
Timing is everything in cricket, so the latest confluence of events at the World Cup certainly isn’t helping the English mood.
Four years ago, the accolades flowed for the English while they outshone New Zealand in nerve-jangling fashion after ending a rather agonising 44-year wait to be crowned the World Champions of the sport they invented. Cut to 2023, the critics seem to be preoccupied with heaping scorn on a squad that could manage to win only one out of four matches.
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