Rohit Sharma targeted that wind in St. Lucia: Mitchell Starc

Amidst the attention which the Indian team is being recipient for emerging the T-20 World Cup champions, the fact that Australia failed to qualify to the semi finals of the World Cup for the second consecutive time has slipped under the radar. After a shocking defeat to Afghanistan, Australia faced India in a game which they had to win to ensure that their qualification does not depend on the performance of other teams. Indian captain Rohit Sharma however scored a 41-ball 92 that ensured India’s victory by 24 runs. “I've played a lot against him. He had a good tournament, especially in our game. I think he targeted that wind in St. Lucia as well. If you look at the runs from each end, one end went for a lot more than the other. I bowled from that end. I bowled five bad balls and he hit them all for six,” Australian bowler Mitchell Starc said on the LiSTNR Sport podcast. 

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The knock by Rohit Sharma is also being referred to as revenge for India’s loss to Australia in the 2023 ICC ODI CWC final. Similar to the world cup final, Australian batsman Travis Head’s innings seemed to take the game away from India but Bumrah managed to pick up his wicket in the final stages of the game to expose the Australian tail to the lethal Indian bowling attack. “We thought it was a little bit over par, but it was the best wicket in the World Cup which we played on in terms of runs scored. It wasn't probably the quickest wicket in the West Indies but definitely the best wicket which we played on. Certainly chaseable. We were on target for a while but a couple of hiccups and some good bowling from them set us back,” Starc added.