Mumbai, March 5 -- Following his side's loss to India in the semifinal of the T20 World Cup, England skipper Harry Brook hailed young batting all-rounder Jacob Bethell's fighting century, calling it a "phenomenal" effort and adding that he should be proud of his heroics over last few months, including a lone-warrior 154 at Sydney against Australia in the final Ashes Test.

Bethell's stock as an all-format superstar took a massive leap as with a 45-ball century against India during a tense run-chase of 254 runs from a situation of 95/4 kept England alive in the run-chase. Even after his 77-run stand for the fifth wicket with Will Jacks was undone, the batter continued to torment Indian bowlers alone, leaving England just seven runs short....