Former England skipper Sir Alastair Cook lavished praise on the Indian team after their 4-1 T20I series win over the Englishmen. Cook stated that the “Indian machine” is extremely rich when it comes to the depth of talent they possess.
Coming into the final T20I against England on Sunday in Mumbai, India already had an unassailable 3-1 lead. Yet, they produced their best performance of the series on Sunday, consigning the tourists to a 150-run loss, their heaviest defeat in a T20I.
Speaking on TNT Sports, Cook referred to India as a talented side, suggesting they are not only winning at home but obliterating opponents. He said (via Sky Sports):
The Men in Blue have had different players step up in all the games. Varun Chakravarthy, who took 14 scalps in the series, claimed the Player of the Match award in the opening game and snared a fifer in Rajkot. Tilak Varma scored an unbeaten 72 in Chennai to ace a tricky chase, while Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dube stepped up with explosive fifties in Pune to set up a win.
Abhishek Sharma, who started the series with a whirlwind 79, struck a record-breaking 135 in the final T20I to help India post a match-winning 247/9.
Cook believes Joe Root joining England’s ODI squad will massively boost them for the 50-over games as he is the “glue of the side”. The former opener added:
Root, who was in good form in SA20, hasn’t played an ODI since November 2023.
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