New Delhi. Team India has made it to the finals of the World Cup 2023. After registering a 70-run win over New Zealand in the semi-final, Indian captain Rohit Sharma said that our players fielded badly in the match. However, we did not lose patience. India scored 397 for 4 in the first match and thus set the record for the highest score in the knockout round of the World Cup. In reply, the New Zealand team was bowled out for 327 runs in 48.5 overs. Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer scored centuries for Team India. This is the 50th century of Virat’s ODI career. Along with this, fast bowler Mohammad Shami also created history by taking 7 wickets. He became the first Indian bowler to take 7 wickets in ODI cricket. South Africa will face Australia in the second semi-final of the tournament today. This match will be played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. The final match will be played on November 19 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Rohit Sharma said after the match, I have played a lot of cricket at the Wankhede ground. No matter what the score is on the field, you can’t rest. We had to finish our work. We knew the pressure would be on us. Even after the poor fielding on the field today, we have not lost patience. He said it is a long tournament. We have fielded well in 9 matches and this can happen in any match. We are happy that we managed to register a victory in the end. It is known that everyone from Shami to Rohit took catches in the match.
Shami made a great comeback
Rohit Sharma praised New Zealand captains Kane Williamson and Darryl Mitchell for their brilliant chase of the target and credited Mohammed Shami for his comeback in the match. He said that Williamson and Mitchell batted brilliantly. It was important for us to be patient. At one point even the spectators went quiet, but we knew we needed a catch or a run out. In such a situation, Shami bowled brilliantly. Rohit praised the contribution of the batsmen in helping the team reach the big target.
The team was under pressure
Rohit Sharma said that the top 5-6 batsmen are in great form. Whenever he got an opportunity, he took advantage of it. It is great to see what Iyer has done for us in this tournament. The way Shubman Gill batted for us was brilliant. Unfortunately he had to go out with a hamstring. Virat Kohli did what he is known for. He also completed his historic century. The captain admitted that the team was under pressure ahead of the semi-final match.
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He said that obviously it was a semi-final match, so I wouldn’t say there was no pressure. Every time you play there is pressure. There is a little extra pressure in the semi-finals. We didn’t want to think too much about it, just wanted to do what we’ve been doing in the first 9 games. It is known that the Indian team has reached the final of the ODI World Cup for the fourth time. The team had previously done so in 1983, 2003 and 2011.
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Tags: Rohit Sharma, Team India, World Cup 2023
First published: November 16, 2023, 07:12 IST