T20 World Cup: India slip to 22-year low after shedding to New Zealand by 8 wickets in Dubai

It appears as if India may need to attend a bit longer to style success at International Cricket Council occasions as Virat Kohli’s males suffered an enormous blow to their possibilities of reaching the semi-final of T20 World Cup 2021 after an 8-wicket defeat to New Zealand of their Super 12 match in Dubai on Sunday.

India had been hammered by Pakistan of their T20 World Cup 2021 opener on October 24 following which they’d a 6-day break. While the previous champions had been anticipated to bounce again sturdy, they got here up with one other listless show of cricket, particularly with the bat as they had been restricted to 110 for 7 in 20 overs by New Zealand in Dubai.India vs New Zealand, T20 World Cup 2021 HighlightsThis is the primary time in 22 years, India have misplaced their first two matches in a World Cup marketing campaign. The final time India did so was on the 1999 World Cup in England. A Mohammad Azharuddin-led facet misplaced to South Africa by 4 wickets of their World Cup opener that was adopted by a slim 3-run defeat to Zimbabwe in England.Even when India had been despatched out packing within the group levels of the World Cups in 2007, 2009 (T20 World Cup) and 2010 (T20 World Cup), they didn’t lose their first two matches on the bounce.Also, India continued their winless run in opposition to nemesis New Zealand in ICC tournaments. The final time the Men in Blue defeated the Black Caps was in 2003.Listless India slip to 2nd straight defeatIndia’s possibilities of reaching the ultimate 4 of T20 World Cup has taken a large blow as their Net Run Rate took an enormous blow after two massive defeats. India posted 151 in opposition to Pakistan however misplaced with out having the ability to decide up a wicket. New Zealand gunned down the 111-run goal on Sunday with greater than 5 overs to spare and eight wickets in hand.Jasprit Bumrah has been the one bowler to take a wicket for India o far on this version of the T20 World Cup. He eliminated Martin Guptill within the powerplay on Sunday. India’s bowlers had been taken on the cleaners by Darly Mitchell who stored hitting boundaries at will, rubbing salt into the injuries of India followers on Sunday.Earlier, India got here up with a clueless show of batting. After Ishan Kishan changed an harm Suryakumar Yadav within the enjoying XI, India determined to drop Rohit Sharma, their senior opener, to No. 3. The transfer didn’t work as Ishan was dismissed for 4. India obtained to 36 runs on the finish of the powerplay whereby they misplaced KL Rahul too.Virat Kohli struggled to get going and was finally dismissed for 9 off 17 balls whereas Rohit fell for a run-a-ball 14 as birthday boy Ish Sodhi picked up the 2 massive wickets.India didn’t rating a single boundary for greater than 70 balls and so they went with none momentum between overs 7 and 15.India’s batting scorecard minimize a sorry determine as their massive weapons failed. Handy contributions from Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja helped the previous champions put up a rating above 100.India subsequent Afghanistan in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday earlier than they tackle Scotland and Namibia. A whole lot of different outcomes has to go India’s means if they’re to sneak by way of to the semi-final from Group 2 which is led by Pakistan who’ve received their first 3 matches. More importantly, India have to discover a win from someplace!