India at receiving end after T20 WC exit

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There’s nothing that the cricket world would revel to see any day other than to see India get beaten and thrown out of a tournament.

Their dominance of the game not only on the field but outside it as well and the arrogance that is sometimes displayed by some of the senior players has made India create a love-hate relationship with fans around the world.

So, when England slaughtered them in the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup at Adelaide on Thursday, chasing down a target of 168 without losing a single wicket, winning with four overs to spare, the hapless Indian team were not spared with the social media working overtime.

Here are a few amusing ones to tickle one’s palate:

+A comment from an ardent cricket follower who was there in Adelaide.

“It was deafening to hear the Silence of 25,000 Indians.

“Yes, this marvellous game does Level and Humble All, and in particular the arrogant who try to be above it.”

+In a lighter vein....

“No. 10 Downing Street has issued a Show Cause to two Englishmen, as to why they should not be prosecuted for having massacred Eleven Indians at Adelaide on 10 November”.

+“Buttler serves koli curry as hale storms hit india ... thank you England for shutting up Ravi S and Sunil G ..now we can watch the final in peace."

+Biggest underachievers says former England skipper

Former England captain Michael Vaughan writing in the Sydney Morning Herald said that India are the biggest underachievers in white-ball history.

“India are the most underperforming white-ball team in history,” wrote Vaughan. “Every player in the world who goes to the Indian Premier League says how it improves their game, but what has India ever delivered?

“Since winning the 50-over World Cup on home soil in 2011, what have they done? Nothing. India is playing a white-ball game that is dated, and have done for years. I am just staggered by how they play T20 cricket for the talent they have. They have the players, but just do not have the right process in place.”

“What happens when they arrive at a World Cup? Everyone plays them up. Nobody wants to criticise them because you get hammered on social media and pundits worry about losing work in India one day. But it is time to tell it straight. They can hide behind their great players, but it is about getting a team playing the right way as a whole.”