Today is special. India celebrates the king’s 35th birthday.
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Rohit has returned to his favorite hunting ground. The bowlers are breathing fire. The Blues have already booked a berth in the semis. Looking to extend their unbeaten run.
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Today will also test the Blues. Powerful tortillas challenge India’s march. Their batters have wreaked havoc. Their bowlers have dismantled batting lineups. The top of the table tussles between two titans on Super Sunday.
Sunny G, India does everything well. Chased well, set the target well. South Africa set the target really well. Does that make the toss very important in this game? Well, not to India, because what India hatve shown so far is that, you know, whether they’re batting first or whether they’re chasing, they’re capable.
They’re just such a good all-round team that they don’t really need to worry so much about the toss. Yes, I think if the weather is a factor, it’s going to rain, the DL method might come in. Those are the times, you know, you worry about the toss. But for South Africa, it is important, because South Africa, in that one game against Pakistan, struggled to chase.
So they would certainly want to be in a situation where they’re batting first, scoring those 300-plus runs that they’ve been scoring in the tournament. Now, what’s instrumental to that is Quintin De Kock, who’s a bona fide South African World Cup legend.
Team India has its own League of Legends. Rohit Sharma, India’s captain, both of them really, you’d say, playing their last World Cup. Quintin De Kock has announced it. Rohit Sharma, not really. But you’d say with that age, maybe, maybe not. But these two players are very critical to their sides, especially because of the kind of staff they can give to either side.
They can take the game away from the opposition in those first 10 overs. The way they bat, the range of software they’ve got. They can actually demoralize the bowlers. So because then for the bowlers to come back for their second or the third spell, sometimes it’s a little bit difficult. And that is the effect that both these batters have.
They just get stuck into the opposition bowlers. So clearly, their wickets are going to be important.
Sunny G, Rohit Sharma, the batter, has been talked about a lot. Rohit Sharma, the captain, has been talked about a lot. Just how well he’s rallied the troops, he’s led this side.
But now he has a conundrum. Hardik Pandya has been ruled out. Prasad Krishna is his replacement. How does he balance the scene now? Well, so far, I think it has not been a problem. Because Suryakumar Yadav, in one opportunity, a couple of opportunities, scored runs against England. Ahmed Chami, who has come in, because
Hardik Pandya was a two-in-one cricketer. Ahmed Chami coming in and picking all those high wickets, really has shown that India doesn’t really have to worry too much. But the one guy who’s at it, who’s doing everything that India wants from him, it’s his birthday today. Virat Kohli, a very happy birthday to King Kohli. And he’s right there.
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He’s at the cusp of drawing level with his own idol, Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 49 centuries as the Mecca of cricket. How special has that been? Very special. I mean, to score runs or take wickets, if you’re a bowler, on your birthday and help your team to win, it gives you the utmost pleasure.
You can score runs and your team loses, or you can take wickets and your team loses, you don’t get that joy. So to be able to do that on your birthday would be really, really special. Also, there’s another batter in that line-up who’s spoiled us throughout this year, Sunnyji.
That’s Shubman Gill. I mean, the amount of runs that he scored, suddenly, when in two or three games in this World Cup, he didn’t score runs, everyone was like, Shubman, not really our fault.
You got us hooked on to those big runs. But those 90 runs that came against Sri Lanka, we’ll give him a lot of context. Classical, really classical. His batting is, you know, based on classical lines. You can see, technically, he’s very good.
He’s got all the shots in the book. He can play off the back foot. He can play off the front foot. He can lock the ball. Everything, he’s got all the shots in the book. And that’s why I think him missing out on 100 against Sri Lanka because it wasn’t such a thing.
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