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Mitchell Starc Breaks Silence On 29-Run Over vs Rohit Sharma In T20 World Cup, Says “Bad Balls…”

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Rohit Sharma (left) and Mitchell Starc during India’s 2024 T20 World Cup game vs Australia.© AFP

The India vs Australia T20 World Cup 2024 match will be remembered for a long time for Rohit Sharma‘s sensational batting at St Lucia. It was a Super Eight match between the sides in which Rohit smashed the Australian bowlers for fun. The Indian cricket team skipper struck eight sixes and seven fours on way to score a 41-ball 92. Though Rohit Sharma went after all the bowlers, he was particularly brutal towards one – Starc. When the left-arm pacer was inducted into the playing XI of Australia for the game, the general thought was that it was to counter the India captain’s weakness against the left-arm pacer. But what happened was exactly opposite of Australia’s expectations.

In the third over of the Indian innings that was bowled by Starc, Rohit slammed the pacer for four sixes and a four. The over fetched a total of 29 runs as Starc also bowled a wide.

The first two sixes in the over came via delightful aerial drive over extra cover before he smashed one in the cow corner region. The fourth maximum of the over came via a mishit that went all the way behind the stumps.

Starc has finally broken silence on the treatment received by Rohit.

“I’ve played a lot against him. He had a good tournament, especially in our game. I think he targeted that wind in St. Lucia as well. If you look at the runs from each end, one end went for a lot more than the other. I bowled from that end. I bowled five bad balls and he hit them all for six,” the Aussie pacer told LiSTNR Sport podcast.

Australia put India in to bat first in the game and Rohit made the most of the conditions with a sublime knock comprising seven fours and eight sixes including a recording extending 200th in the format.

India went on to win the game by 24 runs.

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T20 World Cup Semi-final Qualification Probability: India 96.6%, Afghanistan 37.5%, Australia…

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The T20 World Cup 2024 Group 1 in Super 8 consisting India, Australia, Afghanistan and Bangladesh has become really interesting. No team has been officially entered the semi-finals while none has been knocked out either. With Afghanistan beating Australia, even the Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team is not assured of a place in the semi-finals. The current points table is as follows – 1. India (4 points, 2 games, NRR +2.425), 2. Australia (2 points, 1 game, NRR +0.223), 3. Afghanistan (2 points, 2 games, NRR -0.650), 4. Bangladesh (0 points, 2 games -2.489).

India will qualify if they win vs Australia on Monday or the game is washed out. Australia can advance if they beat India. Even if they lose or the match is washed out, Australia can advance if Bangladesh beat Afghanistan or the match gets washed out. Afghanistan can advance if they beat Bangladesh and their run-rate is better than either Australia or India. Bangladesh can advance if India beat Australia and they beat Bangladesh by a huge margin. A better NRR will see them through.

T20 World Cup’s official broadcasters Star Sports gave the probability of all teams

PROBABILITY OF QUALIFICATION FOR SEMI-FINALS

With Afghanistan upsetting Australia, they face potential elimination if #TeamIndia defeats them tomorrow, dramatically altering the qualification scenario!

Don’t miss the # #AUSvIND | TOMORROW, 6 PM |… pic.twitter.com/tcKY0TLLlx

— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) June 23, 2024

Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja “wasn’t surprised” by Afghanistan’s stunning win over Australia in the T20 World Cup Super Eight match and praised their strength as a team.

Riding on Gulbadin Naib‘s four-wicket haul after Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran‘s opening stand of 118, Afghanistan stunned Australia by 21 runs and secured their first-ever win over the cricketing powerhouse.

“Afghanistan is a very strong team. They probably should have won against us in the last World Cup too,” Khawaja said at the Prime’s cafe launch in Melbourne.

Reflecting on Australia’s loss to Afghanistan, Khawaja urged the team to move past the defeat and focus on the next challenge. He underscored the significance of the match against India, considering both teams to be the best in the world. “We still have a chance, we need to beat India. When the pressure is on in the World Cup, Australia usually comes out on top,” he asserted.

For Australia, things are dire after being at two points and their net run rate going down to +0.223 after a shock defeat to Afghanistan. India’s win against Australia will seal a semi-final berth for Men in Blue while a loss would make Australia dependent on the result of the Afghanistan vs Bangladesh match on Tuesday.

Khawaja also emphasised the critical nature of the upcoming game against India, labeling it as a “do or die” scenario for Australia. He expressed confidence in the team’s process-oriented approach under Mitchell Starc and Andrew McDonald. “It’s very human to be nervous and a little more anxious, but Australia has played very good T20 cricket up until Afghanistan. That’s the beauty of T20 cricket; it just needs one moment to change the whole scenario,” Khawaja noted.

Khawaja also shared his love for T20 cricket, praising its ability to engage a broader community. He observed that the format has attracted more girls and mothers to the sport over the past decade. “You would have never thought USA would be in the Super Eight,” he added, highlighting the growing global reach of T20 cricket.

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Australia vs India LIVE, T20 World Cup 2024 Super Eight: Will Rain Play Spoilsport? Hourly Weather Forecast Gives Gloomy Picture

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India vs Australia Live: Squads – India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Hardik Pandya, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj. Australia: David Warner, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh (captain), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade (wk),...