Mohammed Shami. (Twitter)
Tons from Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer helped India to a mammoth whole of 397 runs, but it surely was Shami’s 7 for 57 runs in his 9.5 overs that clinched the sport for India and sealed a spot in the summit conflict.
India stormed into the last of the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 as they registered a thumping 70-run win over New Zealand in the semifinal encounter at Wakhede Stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Tons from Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer helped India to a mammoth whole of 397 runs, but it surely was Shami’s 7 for 57 runs in his 9.5 overs, the greatest figures for an Indian bowler at the WC, that clinched the sport for India and sealed a spot in the summit conflict.
Shami was befittingly introduced with the Man of the Match award for his unbelievable spell, which took his World Cup wickets tally to 54, thus turning into the quickest to cross the 50-wicket mark.
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“I was waiting for my turn. I wasn’t playing much white ball cricket. I had in mind, we talk about a lot of things like yorkers and slower balls,” the pacer mentioned at the post-match presentation.
“I tried to take wickets with the new ball. I try to take as many as I can with the new ball,” the seamer mentioned.
Shami dropped the catch of Kiwi skipper Kane Williamson in the semifinal when the match was in the steadiness, however greater than made up for it quickly after as he produced a game-turning over the place he scalped two wickets, of which one was Williamson.
“I dropped the catch of Kane and I felt bad. I tried to take pace off. They were playing their shots, so I took a chance,” he mentioned about the wicket that turned issues round in favour of the Indians.
“The wicket was good. There was the fear of dew, but the grass was cut off nicely,” he added.
Shami additionally mentioned that he felt that the batsmen had put up sufficient runs on the board to attempt to defend.
“The runs were enough. Had dew come in, things could have been bad as the slower balls might not have worked,” he opined.
The pacer, who leads the race for the golden ball with 23 dismissals in the ongoing version of the match mentioned that he cherishes the alternative and appears to make the most of the likelihood to get his palms on the coveted World Cup trophy.
“I feel amazing. This is a huge platform. We lost in the semis in the 2015 and the 2019 WC. Looking to cash in on the chance I have been given. We don’t know when all of us will get a chance like this again,” he concluded.
