After scoring a half-century in India's first match of the tournament against Ireland, Rohit failed to make a mark with a bat and posted a score of 13, 3, 8, 23 in the following matches before returning to his usual self against Australia in a crucial ICC Men's T20 World Cup Super Eight clash on Monday night.
Rohit was in the mood to go all out right from the start, rising head and shoulders above everyone to pulverize Australia by hitting seven fours and eight sixes at a strike rate of 224.39, leaving the fans breathless.
Talking about whether he had in mind to score 100 during the match, the Indian captain said that 50s and 100s did not matter as he was trying to play shots wherever needed.
"I told you in my last post-match presentation that 50s and 100s don't matter. I wanted to come back with the same pace and continue playing shots where necessary. I wanted to try to put the players under pressure, let them think about where to bowl. and what to do when you are in that situation," Rohit said after the match.
"You want to go on and make big scores, yes, but at the same time, you know, you want to let the players also think about where the next shot is going to come from. And that's something I thought I managed to do nicely." Well today, trying to access all sides of the field and hitting not just in one area, but on all sides of the field," he added.
Apart from Rohit's batting carnage, Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube and Hardik Pandya contributed 31, 28 and 27 not out respectively to take India to a fabulous total of 205/5, where they hit a career-high 15 sixes. reached by them. in a T20 World Cup match.
In response, with Kuldeep Yadav taking 2-24, including the dismissal of Glenn Maxwell, followed by Arshdeep Singh taking 3-37, India restricted Australia to 181/7 in the 20 overs, emerging from the Super Eight stage maintaining their unbeaten record. .
India's next match will be against defending champions England in the second semi-final in Guyana on June 27, with the winner advancing to the final in Barbados, scheduled for June 29.
The ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 is streaming live and free on mobile devices on Disney+ Hotstar.
Rohit was in the mood to go all out right from the start, rising head and shoulders above everyone to pulverize Australia by hitting seven fours and eight sixes at a strike rate of 224.39, leaving the fans breathless.
Talking about whether he had in mind to score 100 during the match, the Indian captain said that 50s and 100s did not matter as he was trying to play shots wherever needed.
"I told you in my last post-match presentation that 50s and 100s don't matter. I wanted to come back with the same pace and continue playing shots where necessary. I wanted to try to put the players under pressure, let them think about where to bowl. and what to do when you are in that situation," Rohit said after the match.
"You want to go on and make big scores, yes, but at the same time, you know, you want to let the players also think about where the next shot is going to come from. And that's something I thought I managed to do nicely." Well today, trying to access all sides of the field and hitting not just in one area, but on all sides of the field," he added.
Apart from Rohit's batting carnage, Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube and Hardik Pandya contributed 31, 28 and 27 not out respectively to take India to a fabulous total of 205/5, where they hit a career-high 15 sixes. reached by them. in a T20 World Cup match.
In response, with Kuldeep Yadav taking 2-24, including the dismissal of Glenn Maxwell, followed by Arshdeep Singh taking 3-37, India restricted Australia to 181/7 in the 20 overs, emerging from the Super Eight stage maintaining their unbeaten record. .
India's next match will be against defending champions England in the second semi-final in Guyana on June 27, with the winner advancing to the final in Barbados, scheduled for June 29.
The ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 is streaming live and free on mobile devices on Disney+ Hotstar.