Team India notched up their fourth win on the trot within the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, hammering Bangladesh by seven wickets on the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Stadium in Pune on Thursday with greater than 8 overs to spare. Former India captain Virat Kohli notched up his forty eighth ODI century to make sure a fast Indian victory however solely managed to finish it due to assist from KL Rahul, who let the senior batter farm the strike.
But in a hilarious ‘behind the scenes’ video launched by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) after India’s win, skipper Rohit Sharma revealed to his opening companion Shubman Gill that he needed to ‘promote’ all-rounder Shardul Thakur above KL Rahul.
“I told Shardul to get ready on the ball that Shreyas Iyer got out. I told him ‘Shardul, you will be in next’. But Shreyas got out on that delivery and by the time Shardul came down to get ready, Rahul had gone in to bat,” Rohit instructed Shubman Gill in a video uploaded by the BCCI.
Gill stated that followers had been ready to see Shardul bat at Pune which was close to his dwelling city of Mumbai, to which skipper Rohit had a ‘hilarious’ response. “He will get a chance. He is a big match player,” stated Rohit.
WATCH Shubman Gill’s hilarious chat with Rohit Sharma HERE…
All-rounder Shardul Thakur hasn’t obtained an opportunity to bat within the World Cup 2023 as far as India have been chasing in each single match within the event and have gained all of the matches comfortably whereas chasing as properly. “I mean, you can see how confident they are, the way they are scoring runs. Definitely, I think this is one of the things which was talked about, especially leading up to the World Cup, that we were not chasing that well, those big totals, but I think having won all the four matches while chasing, I think it’s a great way to have that momentum with us in those big games that we’ll have moving forward,” Shubman Gill stated about chasing targets within the post-match press convention in Pune.
Asked about batting with Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, Gill stated, “To see them how they go about their business in World Cup and in big games is what I always try to learn from them. I think there’s a fine line between sometimes being too aggressive or going in the shell, especially playing big games. But I think the way they play, the way their mindset is playing those big games in the World Cup is what I try to learn from them.”
India’s subsequent sport is in opposition to New Zealand, a aspect that India have by no means crushed in an ICC occasion for the reason that 2003 ODI World Cup. The two sides will face off on the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala on Sunday.
