The aftershocks of the sustained assault by Jos Buttler and Alex Hales were felt the following morning too as India’s cricketers left Adelaide in batches on Friday, their Melbourne dreams in tatters.

The ferocity of the English openers’ onslaught seemed to catch India unawares. It’s not as if they weren’t aware of the potential for mayhem Buttler and Hales possessed, but when the openers lay into them with unconcealed glee, India had no answers. 168 wasn’t the most imposing total, but it was still runs on the board in a knockout semifinal. The ease with which India allowed England to overhaul that tally was among the most disappointing aspects of Thursday night’s ten-wicket capitulation in the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup.