India captain Rohit Sharma urged his teammates to keep it simple in their upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 final against South Africa.
The inaugural champions are set to lock horns with South Africa, playing their first-ever final, in a bid to lift the glittering title for the second time.
Meanwhile, India captain Rohit acknowledged the importance of the high-stakes match against South Africa but insisted his team to enter the clash with the same mindset they used at the event thus far.
“We’ve been very calm as a team,” Rohit said after India’s semi-final victory over England.
“We do understand the occasion (in the final), but for us, it’s important to keep calm and composed.
“That helps us make good decisions. We need to make good decisions through the 40 overs. In this game too, we were steady and calm, and didn’t panic too much. That has been the key for us. Yes, we do understand the occasion is important, but we need to play good cricket as well.”
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Rohit Sharma led his side from the front in the blockbuster T20 World Cup 2024 final against defending champions England as he top-scored with a well-crafted half-century at the top of the order, followed by Suryakumar Yadav’s handy contribution with a brisk 47, leading India to 171/7.
Chasing a daunting 178-run total, England were never in the run chase with India’s spinners doing most of the demolition as Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja shared six wickets between them.
“They are gun spinners,” said Rohit.
“When conditions are like that in front of them, it’s very difficult to play some shots. Yes, the pressure is on them to execute those balls, but they were very calm and knew what to bowl. We had a chat after the first innings: the plan was to hit the stumps as much as possible and keep the stumps in play and that’s what they did.”