Mohammad Shami: India beat New Zealand in the semi-finals of the Cricket World Cup to reach the finals.
IND vs NZ Semi-Final:
Cricket World Cup Semi-Final India has entered the final after defeating New Zealand with a brilliant innings in the final. Fast bowler Mohammed Shami is the lion’s share behind this success of the Indian team. He was the ‘Man of the Match’ of today’s match. But Shami, who broke New Zealand’s back, has told the plan behind his brilliant game.
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Mohammed Shami interacted with commentator Sanjay Manjrekar after accepting the ‘Man of the Match’ award. At this time, he expressed his latent desire easily. He has said that I was waiting for my time till now.
When you are playing in such a big World Cup, we all never know when we will get such an opportunity again. So we tried to take advantage of the opportunity I got. Because we lost in semi-final in 2015 and 2019 WC.
What is the strategy against New Zealand?
Stating that he hasn’t played much limited overs cricket, Shami said, I haven’t played much white ball cricket. I thought we should focus on yorkers and slower balls. At the same time I tried to take a wicket on the new ball.
I also felt bad that I missed Kane’s catch. After that I tried to speed up. But he was playing his tricks. The wicket was good, there was a fear of dew. The grass on the pitch was well cut, runs were adequate.
But if there had been dew, the situation would have worsened. Slower balls may not have worked. That surprised me too. But ultimately the World Cup is a big platform. That’s why I started thinking that I should take advantage of the opportunity, said Shami while talking about today’s game.
Shami was the man of the match:
Meanwhile, India had set a target of 398 runs in front of New Zealand. But while completing it, Darrell Mitchell scored 134 runs, Kane Williamson scored 69 runs and Glenn Phillips scored 41 runs. But Shami bowled smartly after taking the first wicket of Debon Conway.
Also, by making many changes in bowling, he scored 57 runs and took 7 wickets of New Zealand in a row and broke the back of the New Zealand team. That allowed the Indian team to win by 70 runs and directly into the finals.
Shami’s records in today’s match:
1. 7 wickets in 57 runs! Best bowling figures from India in ODI cricket
2. Mohammad Shami holds the record for most wickets by an Indian in one edition of the World Cup
3. Record for most 5 wickets in World Cup
4. Best bowling figures in a World Cup by an Indian bowler
5. Fastest bowler to take 50 wickets in World Cup
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