Mohammed Shami, who bowled 7 stars against New Zealand in the first semi-final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, said in the post-match presentation that I was waiting for just one chance in this World Cup and I got that chance against New Zealand in the league stage itself. Found in the match. There also I bowled keeping the pitch in mind and did not pay much attention to variations and here also I followed the same strategy.
I was not paying attention to variations- Shami
Shami said in a conversation with Sanjay Manjrekar that when I made my debut in this World Cup, I was not playing much white ball cricket at that time. When it comes to fast bowling, people talk about variations. Everyone has a yorker or a slower ball in their mind, but I was bowling looking at the pitch, so I did not try to bring much variation in my bowling. I try to take as many wickets as I can with the new ball.
Felt very bad after dropping Kane’s catch- Shami
Shami further said that we had an idea at the time of the toss that there would be dew, but that much dew did not come. If dew had come, things could have been worse for us, but we had enough runs to defend. During this, Shami also talked about Kane Williamson’s drop catch. Shami said that when Kane’s catch was dropped, I was under a lot of pressure and I was feeling very bad at that time, but leaving the disappointment behind, I concentrated on bowling.
India reached the final
Let us tell you that in the first semi-final of the World Cup, India defeated New Zealand by 70 runs.
Batting first, India had given a target of 398 runs to the Kiwis. In reply, New Zealand was all out after scoring 327 runs in 48.5 overs. With this victory, Team India has reached the final of the World Cup.
In the final, India will face the winner of the second semi-final between South Africa and Australia.
