India has entered the finals by defeating New Zealand, but in this match, captain Rohit Sharma‘s captaincy has made everyone his fan.
There came a time during the match when New Zealand’s Darrell Mitchell and Glenn Flip were at the crease and it seemed that New Zealand could also win the match. In such a situation, captain Rohit Sharma was not only continuously talking to his bowler after every ball, but was also changing the placement of the fielders after every ball. Between over 38 and over 40, the score of India and New Zealand was almost equal, after Mohammed Siraj gave away 19 runs in the 40th over, captain Rohit Sharma put Kuldeep Yadav back on bowling, Kuldeep bowled very brilliantly in this over. The batsmen were controlled and only three runs were given. Along with this, New Zealand needed more than 15 runs in every over to win. Due to the pressure of this over from Kuldeep, the captain called back Jasprit Bumrah to bowl from the other end in the next over. In this over, Bumrah broke the partnership with Darrell Mitchell by dismissing dangerous batsman Glenn Phillp for 41 runs. After this, in his last over, Kuldeep dismissed Mark Chapman for 2 runs. After which the entire New Zealand batting disintegrated under the pressure of runs. During this period, the field placement of captain Rohit Sharma was also excellent. Till now everyone is praising Rohit Sharma’s captaincy throughout the World Cup.
Earlier in a press conference, Rohit Sharma had said that his job is to set the tone of the match for his players. He enjoys his batting in the match. Also, he scores runs quickly so that it becomes easier for the coming batsmen.
In fact, in this entire World Cup, captain Rohit Sharma puts pressure on the opposition bowlers by batting aggressively in the first 10 overs of every match, after this the batsmen also dominate the opposition team throughout the match. Because of this, India has been able to score well in almost every major match.
Regarding Rohit Sharma, Wasim Akram said that his name does not come up much, but he who starts, he scored 47 runs in this semi-final, that too in 29 balls, at an average strike rate of 162. Due to which 84 runs were scored in the first ten overs. Which was made like a platform for Indian batsmen. This puts all the pressure on the other team.
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