Getting to No 1, doesn't happen overnight...: Sachin Tendulkar backs Team India

Legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar backed Men in Blue after their tenwicket loss to England in the semifinal of the ICC T20 World Cup saying that though the loss was very disappointing the team should not be judged on basis of this defeat since its the number one side in the shortest format of the gameHighlighting that the T20 top ranking is not an instant process he added that a side should play good cricket over a period of time for it and India made their mark in the sameI know that the Semi Finals against England was very disappointing Let us accept that we did not put up a good total on the board 168 in Adelaide Oval is not great since the dimensions of the ground are entirely different and side boundaries are really short We were also unsuccessful in taking wickets It was a tough game for us a bad and disappointing defeat legendary cricketer Tendulkar told ANIHe also stressed that India is the number side in the shortest format of the gameAlso Read One floor to gloryTo get to that Number 1 spot it does not happen overnight The team has to play good cricket over a period of time and it has done that Let us not judge our team on the basis of this performance Players also did not want to go out and fail In sports these ups and downs are there We have to be in it together concluded TendulkarHis remarks came after the Men in Blue were knocked out in the semifinals of the ICC T20 World Cup which left millions of cricket fans shatteredTop knocks from openers Alex Hales and Jos Buttler powered England to an emphatic 10wicket win over India in the second semifinal of the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup in Australia at Adelaide on ThursdayPut to bat first by England India posted 1686 in their 20 overs Hardik Pandya 63 off 33 balls and Virat Kohli 50 off 40 balls were the stars for Men in Blue with the bat They put on a crucial stand of 61runs for the fourth wicketPacer Chris Jordan was the pick of the bowlers taking 343 Adil Rashid and Chris Woakes got a wicket eachChasing 169 England put pressure on Indian bowlers right from the first over India did not have an answer for the onslaught brought by Jos Buttler 80 and Alex Hales 86 England chased the total with all ten wickets in hand with four overs to spareHales 86 off 47 balls was adjudged as the Man of the MatchComing to the group stage India had finished the group stage at the top of the Group 2 table with eight points under their belt having won four matches out of five They only lost one match in their group stage against South AfricaStar batter Virat Kohli 296 runs in 6 innings with four fifties and tournaments leading runscorer Suryakumar Yadav 239 runs in 6 innings with three fifties pacer Arshdeep Singh 10 wickets and allrounder Hardik Pandya 128 runs with one fifty and eight wickets were some of Indias best performers in the tournamentThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever