‘Bowler’ Rohit Sharma Claims World Cup Wicket, Wife Ritika Reacts. Watch

India captain Rohit Sharma added one other feather to his cap, claiming his first wicket in a Cricket World Cup match on Sunday. Rolling his arm as India wanted only one wicket to win the competition in opposition to the Netherlands in Bengaluru, Rohit delivered having bowled simply 5 deliveries. Spouse Ritika Sajdeh, who was watching from the stands, was all smiles seeing the India captain do one thing distinctive on the 22-yard strip.

India have been stupendous with the bat, scoring 410 runs, with the highest 5 batters scoring 50-plus runs. KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer, alternatively, recorded centuries. Up in opposition to minnows Netherlands, with their place on the high of the factors desk already sealed, India gave the chance to the likes of Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Shubman Gill to bowl within the match. Rohit himself additionally bolwed off spin.

Kohli and Rohit went on to take wickets within the match. This is the video of Rohit’s maiden World Cup wicket:

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Within the post-match presentation ceremony, Rohit gave insights into India’s marketing campaign thus far, admitting that he was fairly happy with the best way his group has tailored to the challenges posed.

“Since we began the event, for us, it was all about serious about one sport at a time. We by no means wished to look too far forward as a result of it is a lengthy event. It was necessary to concentrate on one sport. Completely different venues and we needed to adapt, that is precisely what we did. Very happy with how we’ve got performed in these 9 video games. Very scientific from sport one until in the present day. That is as a result of completely different people have stepped up at completely different instances. That is an excellent signal for the group,” Rohit stated

When requested concerning the bowling experiments, Rohit stated with a smile on his face that India had 9 choices on the day.

“We all know the circumstances, however once you play completely different opponents, that is a distinct problem. We tailored rather well. We began 4 video games in a row after which we needed to bat first, seamers did the remainder together with the spinners. It is necessary, outcomes do matter to maintain the dressing room setting energetic. There’s going to be a variety of expectations, we wished to maintain all the pieces apart and concentrate on the job at hand. We wished to play the sport on the sphere with a variety of enjoyable and that mirrored on our performances. Right now we had 9 (bowling) choices, it is necessary, that is the sport the place we may have tried. Seamers bowling these vast yorkers when not wanted, however we wished to do one thing completely different,” he added.

India will now face New Zealand within the semi-finals of the World Cup.