ICC World Cup 2023: Do-or-die for England!
Updated On: 26 October, 2023 07:52 AM IST | Bangalore | R Kaushik
Sitting at ninth place with just one win in four games, defending champions face fellow strugglers Sri Lanka in must-win encounter today
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England’s Ben Stokes trains at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore yesterday; England’s captain Jos Buttler during a practice session ahead of the match against Sri Lanka in Bangalore yesterday. Pics/PTI
Three weeks ago, on the eve of England’s World Cup opener against New Zealand in Ahmedabad, Jos Buttler came up with a couple of throwaway lines that invariably come back to hurt the speaker. “I don’t see us as defending champions,” England’s captain insisted. “We are not defending anything. I want us to attack, so I don’t like the word defending.”
England gasping
Four matches into the tournament, England haven’t attacked, nor have they defended. They have been reduced to whipping boys, a development no one would have foreseen. Battered by the Kiwis, humbled by Afghanistan and hammered by South Africa, Buttler’s England are gasping for breath, victory against Bangladesh in Dharamsala the sole saving grace thus far.
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