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Australia lost the first match, Afghanistan lost the second match and Pakistan lost the third match. Team India has performed brilliantly in the World Cup 2023. Rohit and Co. have won all the three matches in a one-sided manner and remain at the top of the points table. Captain Rohit Sharma has played a major role in India’s two out of three victories. Rohit definitely could not open his account against Australia. But he batted brilliantly against Afghanistan and Pakistan and gave Team India a one-sided victory.
However, Rohit Sharma has taken a big gamble in both these matches and it is believed that the Indian skipper will continue to do so to win the World Cup. Now let us tell you what kind of gamble Rohit Sharma is playing and how much benefit is being gained by Team India due to Rohit’s gamble.
Rohit’s risk-taking plan
Rohit Sharma took a lot of risk and batted against both the Afghanistan and Pakistan teams. In particular, he attacked the opposition bowlers in the powerplay. After being patient with 0 in the first match, Rohit ended the next two matches only in powerplay. Meaning, in the first 10 overs, Rohit Sharma batted in such a way that only the victory ceremony was left in the match.
Against Afghanistan, Rohit Sharma played an innings of 43 runs from 60 balls in the Powerplay in which he scored 76 runs. After this, in a very tense match against Pakistan, Rohit Sharma scored 45 runs in the Powerplay while facing 30 balls. It is clear that Rohit Sharma’s plan in this World Cup is that he will try to end the 50 over match in the first 10 overs. That is, Rohit’s aim is to start so fast that the opposition cannot come back.
Visible power in the powerplay
The Indian team’s performance in the ODI format this year has been excellent. The run rate of the Indian team in the Powerplay this year has been 6.27, which is the best performance so far. Let us tell you that India’s Powerplay Run Rate in the year 2019 was only 4.83. But now Rohit Sharma himself has taken the responsibility of increasing the run rate in Powerplay. However, this plan of Rohit Sharma may also fail. They may also be out early.
But the big thing is that their batting unit is very big. Batsmen like Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya give Rohit confidence to adopt an aggressive stance. The proof of this was also seen in the match against Australia when Team India lost 3 wickets for only 2 runs and despite this Team India won. It is clear that Rohit Sharma and Team India are going to follow this formula. And believe me, this team is going to be hard to stop now.
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