Rohit Sharma's captaincy innings led India to victory against Australia and qualified for the semi-finals

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Tezzbuzz|25-06-2024

Lucknow: Team India has won the Super-8 match played between India and Australia in St. Lucia by 24 runs. With the victory in this match, India has qualified for the semi-finals by winning all three matches in this group. Let us tell you that in this match, Australia captain Mitchell Marsh won the toss and decided to bowl first and invited the Men in Blue to bat first.

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Batting first in this match, Team India did not have a good start and veteran batsman Virat Kohli got out on zero in 5 balls. However, after this Indian captain Rohit Sharma took charge and started beating the Kangaroos. Rohit played a brilliant innings in this match and scored 92 runs in 41 balls with the help of 7 fours and 8 sixes. The result of his innings was that the team scored 205 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs.

Chasing the target of 206 runs, Australia did not have a good start and they lost the wicket of opener David Warner for just 6 runs. However, after this, there was a partnership of 81 runs in 48 balls between Travis Head and captain Mitchell Marsh and this partnership put India in worry. After this, Kuldeep Yadav gave success to India by dismissing Marsh and Axar Patel also took a brilliant catch. With the fall of Marsh's wicket, India came back in the match and eventually won the match.

Fast bowler Arshdeep Singh was the most successful bowler for India in this match, who took 3 wickets for 37 runs in 4 overs. Apart from him, Kuldeep bowled brilliantly and sent 2 batsmen to the pavilion for just 24 runs in 4 overs. Star pacer Jasprit Bumrah and all-rounder Akshar Patel also took 1-1 wickets. With this, India topped their group by winning this match and with this they will be seen playing their semi-final match against England.

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