The revolution of England cricket over the last few years has been a blueprint of success for other teams to follow in white-ball cricket.
They have some fearsome batters in the top six, from which, anyone can win the game from any situation.
But their batting depth down the order has given them the license to kill against any bowling attack in the world.
They have so many all-rounders in the team that it provides freedom to bat freely.
England's playing XI against India had so much depth that Adil Rashid had to be content with No 11 position, for someone who has 10 first-class centuries in his career.
“I think we're a good team. I think that's probably where the performance comes from. Some brilliant players in your team. When they play their best, we're a tough team to beat. We are an incredibly dangerous side, huge confidence in the group. We haven't played well as we could do in the tournament, yet still find ourselves in the semis of a T20 World Cup and then we played our best so far in the semi-final against India,” said England skipper Jos Buttler after thrashing India by 10 wickets chasing 169 runs at the Adelaide Oval in the second semi-final.
“Adil Rashid at No. 11 today, so an incredibly long batting line-up, which allows us to just keep going and play with so much freedom, and I think that was a big part of the day.”
The Three Lions have redefined the approach of attacking batting in white-ball cricket under their 50-over World Cup winning captain Eoin Morgan, which gave them the world title on home soil back in 2019.
The Adelaide venue was the beginning of a new era for England cricket as they were knocked out by Bangladesh in their last group stage game of the 2015 World Cup at this ground.
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After that loss against Bangladesh, England cricket set their plans and visions on how they want to establish a different brand of cricket, and they worked accordingly in following years to build a team with suitable players.
After following that process, they got their result in 2019 with the 50-over World Cup crown, and along the way, they have smashed many a record.
And now, they are targeting glory in T20Is as well.
Morgan stepped down as captain after last year's semi-final loss in the T20 World Cup but next in line, Buttler is carrying the torch and his side are following the same process of fearless cricket.
This England side are still incredibly dangerous, considering the batting strength they have in shorter formats.
“I spoke before the game, it's sort of that justification of the change in white-ball cricket in England and the way we've developed players and that level of expectation that we have as a group at the minute. I don't think we came to the tournament as anywhere near favorites. I know I've said that a lot at the start, but I thought we are a really dangerous team,” Buttler said.
Their next target is to win the final frontier in this T20 World Cup, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, against a spirited Pakistan team armored heavily with genuinely well balanced fast bowling attack comprising Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf, among others.
“To play so well in a semi-final of a T20 World Cup is great. But we don't want to get too far ahead of ourselves and sort of pat ourselves too much on the back for tonight. We're obviously into a final which we're really looking forward to. We enjoyed the game this evening, and we can talk about it in the changing rooms and enjoy that performance, but I don't want us to get too far ahead of ourselves,” said wicketkeeper-batter Buttler.
“We've come up against a Pakistan team in read-up form in a final of a T20 World Cup, and again, that's going to be such an amazing occasion, one we'll go and enjoy as much as we can and express ourselves and try and show off our talent.”
