England’s Adil Rashid and Chris Jordan both reached 31 wickets in the T20 World Cup, tying them for the most wickets ever taken by an England player in the tournament. Rashid surpassed Stuart Broad with a key wicket against India, while Jordan snagged three wickets in the same match.
England legspinner Adil Rashid believes the team has the mindset of champions heading into June’s T20 World Cup, despite their failure to defend their 50-over crown in India last year. Rashid insists that the struggles in the 50-over format should not be related to their T20 title defense, emphasizing that the shorter format requires a different approach. England white-ball coach Matthew Mott echoes Rashid’s sentiments, expressing confidence in the squad and suggesting that captain Jos Buttler will rely more on intuition in his decision-making. Rashid highlights the importance of freedom and spontaneity in T20 cricket, believing it allows teams to perform better. The England legspinner also praises the ECB’s new tape-ball competition, seeing it as a potential talent pathway, citing Haris Rauf’s success story as an example.
