T20 World Cup 2022: Rohit Sharma applauds India’s ‘Perfect Win’

On Sunday, India beat Pakistan in a last-ball thrilling. However, India had a different sort of challenge in front of them when they took on the Netherlands. There are a lot of aspects that take place like uncertain weather adding to the intrigue.

Against the Netherlands, the Rohit Sharma-led side put up a clinical display – with the bat and the ball – to roar to a 56-run win – their second of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022.

“Lucky for us, we had a few days to get over that special win,” said captain Rohit at the post-match presentation. As soon as the game got over, we came to Sydney and regrouped. We have to move on now, and the focus was on this game where we wanted to come out and get those two points. I thought it was a clinical win.”

Notably, the men in blue were not taking their opponents lightly. And it was evident from the fact that they fielded the same eleven which took on the challenge of Pakistan.

“Looking at the way they (Holland) have qualified for the Super 12s, credit to them. We however always looked to what we can do with ourselves, not bothering about the opposition. To be honest, this was a near-perfect win,” Rohit said.

India opted to bat first at the Sydney Cricket Ground – the same venue where South Africa posted more than 200 earlier in the day. And so something similar was expected from the Men in Blue.

However, they made a slow start. In Powerplay, India scored 32/1 and at the halfway stage, 67/1.

“Yes, we played a little slow at the start but that was the conversation between me and Virat (Kohli), we had to wait on that surface to play the big shots,” Rohit explained the reason why.

Rohit though made a half-century – 53 off 39 – after being given a life on 13 when Tim Pringle grassed an easy chance near mid-on. However, the India opener wasn’t happy with his innings.

“Not too happy with my fifty, but what’s important is getting runs – doesn’t matter if they are good-looking runs or ugly runs. At the end of the day, it is about keeping the confidence up,” he said.