Group India beat Pakistan by 7 wickets in their last World Cup 2023 match. (Photo: AP)
Former World Cup-winning Australian captain Ricky Ponting thinks hosts Team India are the ‘group to beat’ in the continuous ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. Rohit Sharma’s Team India are presently in the primary position on the Points Table with 3 wins in 3 matches.
India has actually begun their ICC World Cup 2023 journey on a high note, marking definitive wins versus powerful groups like Australia, Afghanistan, and their veteran competitor, Pakistan. With goals of protecting their 3rd World Cup title, following accomplishments in 1983 and 2011, the Men-in-Blue are revealing appealing momentum.
“I stated from the start that I believe they’re going to be the group to beat. They’ve got a really skilled group. They’ve got all bases covered with their quick bowling, their spin and their top-order, middle-order batting,” Ponting informed the ICC.
“They’re going to be exceptionally difficult to beat. We’ll see how they hold up under severe pressure as well,” he included.
In a remarkable face-off with Pakistan, India clinched an awesome seven-wicket win, sealing the video game with 117 balls staying in Ahmedabad. Pakistan’s innings collapsed from a steady 155/2 to 191 all out, mainly due to losing 8 wickets for simply 36 runs.
Rohit Sharma’s remarkable knock of 86 contributed in guiding India to triumph. The bowling attack was similarly good, with 5 Indian bowlers declaring 2 wickets each. Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav were critical in starting the failure, following Mohammed Siraj’s important termination of Babar Azam.
“He’s really laid back, Rohit. Really laid back with whatever he does,” Ponting informed the ICC while sharing his wise point of views powered by DP World. “You can even see that by the method that he plays. He’s a quite laconic sort of batsman also, which’s the method he is both on and off the field.
“We can’t relax and state that the pressure will not get to them at some phase, or it will not impact them, due to the fact that it will, simply with the enormity of the competition. He’ll take it and cope with it as well as most likely anybody,” Ponting stated about Rohit Sharma.
Rohit has actually captained India in ODIs given that taking the reins from Virat Kohli in both white-ball formats because December 2021. Ponting thinks Rohit Sharma is the perfect captain for India in all formats of the video game.
“Someone like Virat, who is a bit more heart-on-the-sleeve, and most likely listens to the fans and highlights with the fans a bit more, somebody with his character would most likely discover it a bit harder,” Ponting stated.
“But I believe Rohit will be great with it. He’s an excellent chap and has actually been a terrific gamer for a very long time, and he’s done a fantastic task as leader of India,” the Australian captain felt.
India’s 4th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 will protest Bangladesh at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on Thursday.