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New Delhi: After two defeats, India had only one chance to make it to the knockout stage. It would depend on two things: Afghanistan beat New Zealand, and India won their remaining three matches by a huge margin to dramatically increase their net run rate. His second win of this World Cup against Scotland on Friday showed he certainly is. The sense of urgency was evident.
he followed them destruction Afghanistan registered their second successive win with 13.3 overs to spare with a 9-wicket win over Scotland in the Men’s T20 World Cup on Wednesday, thus providing skipper Virat Kohli with the perfect 33rd birthday gift on Friday.
The victory was capped by an all-round top-class bowling performance led by pacer Mohammed Shami and spinner Ravindra Jadeja, who took career-best individual figures of three wickets each, as Kyle Coetzer’s batting lineup never really It was on, finishing 85 all out.
To overtake Afghanistan in the points table on net run rate, India needed to chase down the target within 7.1 overs, and Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul’s opening partnership of 70 runs and Suryakumar Yadav’s winning six ensured India Did that India achieved it without any trouble.
However, in the light of New Zealand, India’s chances of reaching the semi-finals depend on other results. 52 run win On the Friday before Namibia. Now, India will not only have to beat Namibia on Monday, but Afghanistan will be expected to beat the Kiwis on Sunday.
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Shami and Jadeja’s performance
Although the entire Indian bowling attack showed admirable discipline and control with their lines and length, it was ultimately the spells of Mohammed Shami and Ravindra Jadeja that proved to be the most important.
While Shami effectively ended the match within the powerplay by dismissing Scotland’s most destructive batsman and top scorer George Muncy, Jadeja struck with the wickets of Matthew Cross, Richie Berrington and notably in-form all-rounder Michael Leask. Destroyed the middle order. .
Shami’s greatest strength was to mix the length of a Test match with sometimes high-speed yorkers and bouncers, which did not allow the Scottish top order to settle, even as he removed Dangerman Munsey in his first over. After that a maiden was also recorded.
Meanwhile, Scotland’s general reliance on sweeps and reverse sweeps worked against him when facing Jadeja, as he had no answer for his darters and straighteners.
Scotland less than passionately shell-shocked
Friday night was not the first time Scotland’s out-of-form top-order proved their undoing in a T20 World Cup game, as had their previous defeat against them Namibia And Afghanistan Display.
In fact, their top-order was the only time to recover from this tournament collapse, when Bangladesh took their foot off the gas after reducing Scotland to 53-6, allowing Chris Greaves and Mark Watts to record. match winning partnership.
On Friday, however, the Indian bowlers did not ease the pressure as senior batsman Callum McLeod’s glacial knock of 16 off 28 wrapped up most of Scotland’s Super 12 top-order batting performance so far.
While the Scottish bowlers could be spared from too much scrutiny as they had nothing to defend, the entire bowling attack, except for Mark Watt, bowled either too high, too wide, or too far from the leg side.
As a result, the Indian top-order’s task of chasing the entire target within the powerplay became more simple, although Rohit fell on a perfect yorker from Brad Wheel, while Rahul dismissed Callum McLeod off Mark Watt.
While Scotland will try to dust themselves off and repeat their commendable performance in New Zealand Play When they play Pakistan on Sunday, India must pray for an Afghan miracle before repeating Gerhard Erasmus’s performance against Namibia on Wednesday.
Brief Scores: Scotland 85 all out (George Munsey 24, Michael Leask 21, Ravindra Jadeja 3-15, Mohammed Shami 3-15); India 89-2 (KL Rahul 50, Rohit Sharma 30, Mark Watts 1-20)
(Edited by Polomi Banerjee)
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