‘England Will be Good Challenge, They’ve Been Playing Good Cricket’: Rohit Sharma
India expressed their dominating display
On Sunday India expressed their dominating display at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Following this, the team sealed the top spot in Group 2 of the T20 World Cup 2022 and thus set up a semifinal date with England next week. Powered by Suryakumar Yadav’s fireworks and then a combined bowling display, India grounded Zimbabwe by 71 runs to finish ahead of rivals Pakistan on the table.
Notably, India will take on England on Thursday at the Adelaide Oval, a day after New Zealand lock horns with Pakistan in Sydney in the first semifinal. Previously, England has been one of the top teams of the tournament with the Jos Buttler-led side winning three of their five matches to progress to the last-four stage. Two of their contests were affected by rain with one resulting in a defeat and the other being a complete washout.
Meanwhile, Indian captain Rohit Sharma said, “The key for us will be to adjust to the conditions as quickly as possible. We’ve played a game there recently but England will be a good challenge for us. They’ve been playing some good cricket. Two teams going at each other, it’ll be a great contest.”
He added, “We don’t want to forget what has got us here, we just need to keep sticking to that and understand what each needs to do. It’s going to be a high-pressure game. We need to play well.”
Rohit further thanked fans for their unflinching support. “They have been brilliant, coming and watching us. Almost everywhere we’ve gone, we’ve got a full house. We expect nothing less in the semifinal. Hats off to them, on behalf of the team I want to thank them,” he said.