India take on reigning champions England in the T20 World Cup semi-finals today. India, under the leadership of Rohit Sharma, have been unbeaten so far in the tournament.
In terms of individual performances, Rohit will head into the T20 World Cup semi-final on the back of a sublime knock against Australia. He produced a high-quality innings of 92 off 41 balls against the former champions in India’s final match of the Super Eight stage to set the base of an impressive win.
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Ahead of the vital fixture against England, Rohit received huge praise from former Pakistan skipper Mohammad Hafeez. The former allrounder said that currently, Rohit is the only person who deserves to win this World Cup.
“When you set big goals then your pedigree increases. If I talk about Rohit, India’s captain, he deserves to win the World Cup. He has played like a champion. He didn’t care if there was any seam or swing,” Hafeez said.
“Special effort and you can’t praise anyone enough when you weigh their performances with Rohit, others efforts would only look smaller. Rohit is the only person at the moment who deserves to win this World Cup for India,” he added.
While talking about Rohit’s innings against Australia, Hafeez labelled it as one of the best innings by a captain.
“It was a Rohit show. We witnessed one of the best innings from a captain. If you speak about leading from the front, he changed just one thing, there was no doubt about his quality. One thing, he changed within himself was the selfless approach,” Hafeez said.
Rohit’s superb knock against Australia comprised seven fours and eight sixes. Thanks to his effort, India posted a mammoth 205/5.
The target, eventually, proved to be too much for the Aussies as India won by 24 runs.
India and England faced each other last time at the same stage in the previous edition of the World Cup.
England had put up a scintillating performance in that fixture, claiming a victory by 10 wickets. England went on to lift the T20 World Cup back then, beating Pakistan by five wickets in the final.
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