Rohit Sharma praises Virat Kohli after India’s win towards New Zealand in the twenty first match of the World Cup 2023 on Sunday, October 22. Virat Kohli continued his crimson-sizzling type with one other sensational knock of 95 runs at Dharamsala’s HPCA Stadium and guided India to their fifth straight win in the event.
Mohammed Shami additionally made a huge impact with 5 wickets in his first recreation of World Cup 2023 and claimed the Player of the Match award. Shami’s heroics helped India bowl out New Zealand on 273 runs while bowling first. Then Kohli produced his fourth fifty-plus rating of the event with sensational batting.Â
The Men in Blue struggled for the dominance they displayed of their first 4 video games however Kohli’s knock was sufficient to safe them a 4-wicket win. Rohit praised his teammate for one other essential knock while chasing and through crunch conditions and likewise highlighted a shocking spell from Mohammed Shami.
“Good start to the tournament but job is half done,” Rohit stated after the recreation. “Shami took the alternative with each palms. He’s obtained class and a lot expertise and he used the situations rather well. At one stage NZ put up a giant partnership there. Dew got here in as effectively. But we have now to give credit to the bowlers in the again finish. Shubman and I praise one another fairly effectively in the center. Couldn’t get large enough runs ourselves however pleased to win. Nothing a lot to say about Virat. We’ve seen him do this for so a few years. He backs himself to do the job. Towards the finish there was a little bit of strain with a couple of wickets misplaced, however Kohli and Jadeja took us house.
“Fielding is something we pride ourselves on. It wasn’t as clinical as we’d like to. Couple of dropped catches but those guys are good, Jadeja is among the best in the game. We love travelling and playing in different parts of the country. So far we have not been disappointed and we have not disappointed the crowd as well.”
PM Narendra Modi on India’s win over New Zealand:
India Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj
New Zealand Playing XI: Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (c & wk), Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult
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