India and New Zealand are set to meet one another for an additional time in World Cup knockouts as the long-lasting Wankhede gears up for the massive conflict. After the completion of the league part in World Cup 2023, the 4 semifinalists will give it their all as the stakes are actually greater than ever earlier than. Meanwhile, regardless of of India’s thumping marketing campaign to this point, head coach Rahul Dravid admits the strain for a sport just like the semifinal.
Coach Dravid, who has been on the helm of India’s file 9 consecutive wins within the event to this point, spoke on the additional sport that lies forward of the hosts. “I would be in-authentic if I say that there will be no pressure of semi-final. You have no guarantees to win any game of cricket. What you can do is prepare the best you can and we’ve been doing that,” Dravid instructed event’s broadcasters Star Sports after India’s win over the Dutch. “When it’s going well it looks good. One loss and everyone says you don’t know anything,” he added.
‘Shreyas is the spine of center order’: Dravid
Meanwhile, the top coach praised middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer for his good hundred in opposition to Netherlands, claiming that’s the spine of the center order. “Shreyas Iyer is the backbone of our middle order, and we all know how tough it has been for us to find a good No.4 batter for the last 10 years,” Dravid stated on Iyer.
The 28-year-old right-handed batter performed a terrific knock of 128 off 98 balls as he stitched a file 208-run stand for the 4th wicket together with the opposite centurion KL Rahul. He focused the bowlers nicely and performed his pictures with ease.
Meanwhile, India captain Rohit Sharma was additionally filled with reward for the group after the match in opposition to Netherlands. “Since we started the tournament, it was all about one game at a time. We never wanted to look too far ahead. It is a long tournament, 11 games in all if we go all the way. It was important to break it down and focus on it. We focused on one game,” Rohit stated after the sport.
India are actually set to meet New Zealand within the first semifinal of the World Cup 2023. The conflict will be a re-match of the 2019 World Cup semifinal, which India misplaced by 18 runs.
