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World Cup 2023: Won semi-final after 12 years, Virat's first century in knockout

Published - 16-NOV-2023 4:52 IST | Updated - 11-APR-2024 9:33 IST

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World Cup 2023: Won semi-final after 12 years, Virat's first century in knockout

10th consecutive win for the first time in the World Cup. New Zealand defeated in the semi-finals for the first time. Win after two consecutive defeats in the semis.

Rohit is completing the task of T-20 in ODI

Rohit Sharma took command of Team India for the first time as captain in the 2022 T20 World Cup. Rohit looked under pressure and could score only 116 runs in 6 matches at a very poor strike rate of 106. The team also lost to England in the semi-finals.

Rohit broke this barrier in the ODI World Cup. In the first 10 overs, he has scored 354 runs at a strike rate of 133.08. He has the maximum number of 21 sixes and 42 fours in his name. His fast start is laying the foundation for Team India's big score.

Dengue broke Shubman's confidence, now he has scored 3 fifties in just 4 matches.

ICC ODI ranking's number-1 batsman Shubman Gill fell victim to dengue even before the start of the World Cup. Could not play matches against Australia and Afghanistan. When he returned, he had lost 5 to 6 kg of weight and could score only one fifty in the next 4 matches. There was a fear that his form might sink the team.

Shubman found form against Sri Lanka on 2 November and played an inning of 92 runs. In the next 3 innings he scored 23, 51 and 80*. In all the matches, he along with captain Rohit gave a fast start to India.

Kohli also got victory in front of fear

Virat Kohli had never been able to score even a single fifty in the knockout matches of the ODI World Cup before the semi-final match. He had only 65 runs in his name in 6 knockout matches of the World Cup. This time the scene changed.

When the style of the entire team is fearless and bold, then why would Kohli stay behind? Leave fifty, he scored a century. This was the 50th century of his ODI career. He has scored three centuries in this World Cup. Before this, he had been able to score only 2 centuries in 3 World Cups. Kohli scored a century for the first time in the knockouts of all ICC tournaments.

Shreyas Iyer solved the mystery of number-4.

Before this World Cup, India was facing another big problem. The team did not have a batsman who could perform well at number-4. Shreyas Iyer has solved this also. Iyer scored 105 runs in 70 balls in the semi-finals. This was his second consecutive century in this tournament, before which he had scored 128 runs against Netherlands.

Shreyas has scored 526 runs in 10 matches. With this, he became the Indian player who scored the most runs in a World Cup at number-4 position. He is just 25 runs away from breaking the world record.

KL Rahul cleared the doubt about wicketkeeping, became captain's support in review

Wicketkeeper KL Rahul got injured during the IPL in May this year. It seemed that he would not be able to make a comeback but he made a fast recovery and made a comeback in the Asia Cup itself. Before the World Cup, his wicketkeeping was also under question.

Rahul cleared all the questions and led the team to victory by playing a not out inning of 97 runs against Australia in the very first match. By scoring a century in 62 balls against Netherlands, he also became the fastest Indian to score a century in the World Cup. His batting came less, but he proved himself whenever he came.

In wicketkeeping, he took 15 catches and made one stumping, which is the second best in the tournament. Every time the captain clears Rohit's confusion when he gets stuck in DRS, even in the semi-finals, on two important occasions, he stopped Rohit from taking a bad review.

There was no confidence in Jaddu's bowling, now he is the best in all three departments.

Ravindra Jadeja also made a comeback in January this year after recovering from injury. His batting was going well but his bowling seemed to be his weak side. In the very first match against Australia, he took 3 wickets for 40 runs and removed the team's confusion. Also scored necessary runs in the league stage against New Zealand and South Africa.

Along with Jaddu and Hardik Pandya, the team had to field a total of 6 bowlers so that there was no problem in bowling. But wherever Jadeja got the opportunity, he bowled the entire 10 overs of his spell and bowled very economically. Between 11 and 40 overs, he spent runs at an economy of just 4.30 and also took 12 wickets. Jadeja is not only world class in fielding, he proved this by taking 3 important catches in the semi-final against New Zealand.

Kuldeep took out the pain of the last World Cup this time

Kuldeep Yadav could take only 6 wickets in 7 matches of the 2019 ODI World Cup. Runs and balls per wicket were even crossing 50. Before the start of the tournament, the selection management was given names of Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep.

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