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Rohit Sharma on winning over USA and qualifying for the Super Eights: India defeated USA by 7 wickets in a Group A match of the ICC T20 World Cup on Wednesday and made its place in the Super-8. India won the match by three wickets in 18.2 overs after restricting USA to 110 runs for eight wickets. Surya Kumar Yadav scored an unbeaten 50 and Shivam Dubey scored an unbeaten 31 for India. Sourav Netravalkar took two wickets for America. India scored 111 runs for the loss of three wickets in 18.2 overs after restricting USA to 110 runs for eight wickets, which is the highest score on this ground while successfully chasing the target. After a hat-trick of wins in the tournament, India has reached the Super-8 with six points. America is in second place with four points from three matches.
What did Rohit Sharma say after the victory against America?
After registering a seven-wicket win over America in the ICC T20 World Cup Group A match, captain Rohit Sharma said, “I knew that it would be difficult to set and chase a target on this pitch.” After restricting America to 110 runs for eight wickets, India achieved this target in 18.2 overs at the loss of three wickets. Man of the Match Arshdeep Singh took four wickets for nine runs for India. Suryakumar Yadav and Shivam Dubey made an unbroken partnership of 67 runs in 65 balls for the fourth wicket and led the team to victory.
Rohit said after the match that, we knew it would be difficult to score so many runs. The credit for achieving this goes to us. Suryakumar and Dubey performed well in the end. Rohit praised the American players for fighting hard in the match. We have played with many players in America. I am happy to see their cricket development, we have seen them play in MLC. They are hardworking players and are making their name in international cricket.
I feel relieved after reaching Super-8.
Meanwhile, Rohit said, “I am relieved after reaching the Super-8 but the conditions on this New York ground were very difficult. Arshdeep made a great start. We wanted to test our bowling options so Dubey also bowled.” He said, “It is a big relief to reach the Super-8 but playing here was not easy.”