Rohit Sharma brutal attack on Australia’s Mitchell Starc’s bowling spear in the T20 World Cup helped India beat Australia.
e_title -->But, it also brought India to the brink of an early exit from the tournament. For some, it was revenge for last year’s defeat in the ODI World Cup final.
The match against India presented a great opportunity for Australia as the 2021 champions failed to reach the semi-finals, but India defeated South Africa in the final and won the cup.
India’s victory came after jubilant celebrations at the Barbados stadium, in the dressing room and upon returning home.
The T20 World Champions were invited by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take part in an open-top bus parade at Marine Drive in Mumbai.
Hundreds of thousands of fans celebrated there with their heroes.
As victory loomed, Rohit was also impressed when the Indian skipper travelled to the US for a promotional event after a small family trip in England and was greeted with shouts of “Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Starc don’t stop”.
This was the fans’ way of telling the captain that they liked watching him beat the Australian captain. They would never forget the fun.
The scream immediately caught Rohit’s attention. He replied, “Relax, boys,” and then smiled on stage.
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India faced Australia in the ‘Super 8’ phase of the T20 World Cup in the Caribbean and Rohit had perhaps the best innings of the tournament, scoring just 41 runs.
Starc made the most of Rohit’s attack and was bowled out for 46 and 4, conceding 29 runs in an over.
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Starc later said on an episode of the Willow Talk podcast: “I played against him a lot. He had a good tournament, especially on the backhand. I think he shot at that wind in St. Lucia too. He had much more on one side than the other.
I think I had five bad balls and he hit them all for six.
