India captain Rohit Sharma appeared in a joyous temper throughout the sport in opposition to Afghanistan within the T20 World Cup 2024. The Tremendous 8 fixture between the groups befell on the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados on Thursday (twentieth) July.
India captain Rohit Sharma had a fantastic outing as skipper of the workforce within the sport in opposition to Afghanistan. He displayed a powerful efficiency as skipper of the workforce and made certain that his workforce bought off to a flier within the Tremendous 8 stage of the event.
Rohit Sharma made good bowling modifications together with the sphere placements. The bowlers too repaid the religion of the captain and made certain that they got here up with a magical effort with the ball to wrap up the sport and win the sport by an enormous margin to make their case sturdy for the following stage.
Rohit Sharma was additionally concerned in a hilarious second with Rishabh Pant after the keeper-batter took the catch of Gulbadin Naib. It was throughout the eleventh over of the innings when Kuldeep Yadav bowled a googly to which the Afghanistan batter tried to launch it.
Gulbadin Naib did not get the correct connection because the ball bought excessive within the air. Rishabh Pant, who was behind the stumps, referred to as for the catch and skipper Rohit Sharma, who was coming to take the catch stopped and the keeper-batter accomplished a simple catch to dismiss the batter.
What caught the eye of many was the response of Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant after the catch. Here is the video:
Afghanistan misplaced early wickets within the chase and Gulbadin Naib together with his 17-run knock saved the workforce within the hunt. However he couldn’t stick with it Indian bowlers chipped in with wickets at common intervals and bundled out the Rashid Khan-led facet for 134 runs to win the sport by 47 runs.
Earlier with the bat, Surykumar Yadav had a sensational outing with the bat and made certain that India posted an enormous complete on the board. The batter ended with an innings of 53 runs off 28 balls. He batted with a strike charge of round 190 and in addition hit 5 fours and three sixes in his innings. His knock ensured that India posted a complete of 180-run mark on the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados.
India too good for Afghanistan – Irfan Pathan
After India’s win over Afghanistan, Irfan Pathan got here up with a praising message for the Rohit Sharma-led facet. The previous India all-rounder lauded Jasprit Bumrah for his heroics and in addition hailed Suryakumar Yadav’s batting in opposition to Rashid Khan. Taking to his Twitter account, he defined:
“India is simply too good for Afghanistan. Good from Bumrah once more. How good he’s on setting the tone for the bowling division. Hold going sturdy boys.”
India too good for Afghanistan. Good from Bumrah once more. How good he’s on setting the tone for bowling division. Hold going sturdy boys 🇮🇳
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) June 20, 2024
“The perfect factor about this sport thus far was how Surya Kumar Yadav performed Rashid khan. Excellent ability from SKY!”
The perfect factor of this sport thus far was how Surya Kumar Yadav performed Rashid khan. Excellent ability from SKY!
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) June 20, 2024