T20 World Cup 2024 | "Fifties and hundreds don't matter": Rohit Sharma

During the T20 World Cup 2024 match against Australia Team India captain Rohit Sharma smashed a blistering 92 runs in just 41 deliveries including 7 fours and 8 sixes Following his knock the skipper said The fifties and hundreds dont matter I wanted to bat with the same tempo and carry onRohit could have broken the record of the fastest century in the T20 World Cup but fell short by just eight runs West Indies legend Chris Gayle holds the record for the fastest century in the T20 global showpiece Gayle scored a century in 47 balls in the T20 World Cup 2016Team India will now play the semifinals of the T20 World Cup 2024 against England on June 27It was a good wicket and you want to try and back yourself to play those kinds of shots Ive been trying to do that for a few years now and Im glad it came off today The fifties and hundreds dont matter I wanted to bat with the same tempo and carry onYou want to make big scores yes but at the same time you want to make the bowlers think where the next shot is coming and I think I managed to do that today he addedAlso ReadT20 World Cup 2024 AFG vs BAN AfGuns and raw emotionsYou need to put the bowlers under pressure and you need big scores for that I tried to access all sides of the field not just one sideWinning was not a breeze for India and Rohit said he had to tweak his batting style to take the wind out of the 2021 champions sailsRohit showcased some jawdropping strokes in the offside after his fellow teammate Virat Kohli departed for a duck With wind a perpetual hindrance Rohit said he had to play more strokes on the offside to negate the impactI thought right from over number one there was a strong breeze blowing across They Australia changed their plan bowling against the breeze so I realised I had to open up the off side as well he saidYouve got to factor in the breeze and understand that the bowlers are smart as well and open up all sides of the field When you keep an open mind and not just think of one shot you can access all areas of the field said the India skipper after the matchwhen youre playing on grounds like this where wind is a factor anything is possible but I thought we used the conditions very well It was very pleasing to see how we were getting through those overs and getting the wickets at the same timeRohit also said he knew wristspinner Kuldeep Yadav would be at his potent best in the West Indies after encountering seamerfriendly conditions in the US Kuldeep repaid his faith with excellent figures of 224 in his four overs on MondayAlso ReadT20 World Cup 2024 The Afghans superiorityKuldeep we understand the strengths he has but you have to use it when you need it The pitches in New York were seamerfriendly but we knew he would play a big role laterAhead of the T20 World Cup 2024 semifinal match against England Rohit said that he would like India to continue the same way in the knockouts as wellWe dont want to do anything different in the knockouts We want to play the same way understand what the individuals need to do in a given situation and play freelySo far weve been doing that consistently and semifinals we have to try and do the same thing Itll be nice to play England in the semifinal Nothing changes for us we want to focus on what we can do as a team and take the game onAustralian skipper Mitchell Marsh who was guilty of grassing a sitter and also failed to build on his good start with the bat conceded that India were better on the dayIts disappointingtoday India got the better of us I think over the course of 40 overs theres a lot of small margins but honestly India were the better team he admittedWeve seen for 15 years what Rohit Sharma can do in that kind of mood and he got off to an absolute flier In a run chase like that youre in it if you can keep it at tens 10 runs per over for as long as possible but India were too good for usWith PTI Inputs