Cricket: Australia's T20 World Cup campaign is hanging by a thread after a devastating 24-run loss to India in St Lucia.
Australia fall short against India | 02:24 India captain Rohit Sharma admitted his team is “always under pressure” to end a world title drought , which has now stretched to over a decade.
Since the 2011 World Cup win, India’s lone silverware came courtesy of the 2013 Champions Trophy, a competition restricted to eight Test-playing nations.India have won 12 of 23 T20 meetings with England, but they were crushed by ten wickets by Jos Buttler’s side in the 2022 World Cup semi-final in Adelaide.
Their only real scare came in a six-run victory over old rivals Pakistan in the first round group stage.
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