Shahid Afridi in a chat on a Pakistani TV channel
Former Pakistani captain Shahid Afridi slammed Group India following their ODI World Cup 2023 loss towards Australia at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday. Talking reside on a Pakistan-based TV channel, Samaa TV, Afridi mentioned that overconfidence led to Rohit Sharma’s facet’s downfall within the event. He additionally mentioned that after successful 10 matches within the event, overconfidence was an excessive amount of within the workforce.
“Jab aap proceed recreation jeete ja rahe ho toh overconfidence bhi zyada ho jati hai. Toh woh cheez aapko marwah deti hai(When you will have received all of the video games constantly, the ‘overconfidence’ is an excessive amount of. So, this might result in their downfall),” Afridi informed on Samaa TV.
Coming to the match, India bundled out on a rating of 240 in 50 overs. On a tricky batting floor, skipper Rohit Sharma (47 in 31 balls, with 4 boundaries and three sixes), Virat Kohli (54 in 63 balls, with 4 boundaries) and KL Rahul (66 in 107 balls, with one 4) posted vital knocks.
Mitchell Starc (3/55) was the decide of the bowlers for Australia. Skipper Pat Cummins (2/34) and Josh Hazlewood (2/60) additionally bowled effectively. Adam Zampa and Glenn Maxwell acquired a wicket every.
Whereas chasing 241 runs, India had the Aussies down at 47/3. Knocks from Travis Head (137 in 120 balls, with 15 fours and 4 sixes) and Marnus Labuschagne (58 in 110 balls, with 4 boundaries) left the Indian workforce with out solutions and guided them to a six-wicket win.
The World Cup finalists will now compete in a five-match T20I sequence which is able to start on Thursday in Visakhapatnam.
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