As India take their ICC World Cup 2023 revenge against Australia, legendary Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar is confident that Rohit Sharma is ready to lift the T20 World Cup trophy on Saturday. The champions of the inaugural edition of the ICC event, Team India, defeated Australia on Monday in the rematch of the 2023 World Cup final. Rohit played a captain’s knock as India qualified for the semi-finals of the ICC event.
Rewriting the record books with his quick knock in India’s final match on the Super 8 stage, Rohit smashed 92 off just 41 balls against Australia. The Indian skipper recorded the second highest score for India in the T20 World Cup. Rohit smoked eight sixes to smash Yuvraj Singh’s T20 World Cup run. The veteran Indian opener holds the record for the most sixes in a single T20 World Cup innings for the Men In Blue.
“Well done India, it’s your World Cup now”
As Rohit and Co. entered the T20 World Cup semi-final with a Hitman special, Pakistan’s Akhtar said the Indian team deserved to lift the famous trophy in the Caribbean. “Well done India, it’s your World Cup now. You should win this one and the World Cup should stay in the subcontinent. You should have won the previous one too and this one too. You deserve it a hundred percent. My support is with you. Rohit’s intention is good and his conscience is clear. He deserves to lift the trophy,” Akhtar said on his YouTube channel.
“Depression turned into obsession”
With Rohit at the helm, India recorded a perfect ten in the 2023 edition of the T20 World Cup. However, India registered a stunning defeat against Australia in the World Cup final to extend their trophyless streak. Rohit and Co. will meet England on Thursday in the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2024. “What an all-round victory for India. They were suffering from depression after losing a World Cup that they should have won “They had lost to Australia in the final and that depression turned into an obsession. They wanted to fight back against Australia.” Akhtar added.