Enjoying one another’s firm in a energetic dressing room ambiance has been potential attributable to good outcomes and vice-versa can also be true, mentioned skipper Rohit Sharma after yet one more medical efficiency that took Indian staff’s victory depend to 9 on the bounce. India ended their World Cup league stage beating the Netherlands by 160 runs right here on Sunday, and skipper Rohit described their marketing campaign as far as a medical one.

“We enjoy each other’s company. We wanted to play with enjoyment on the field. We try to keep the atmosphere outside lively. The results do matter to keep the dressing room lively. We are playing in India, there will be expectation. We wanted to do the job at hand. It’s one thing to talk about it but for everyone to buy into it is very important,” skipper mentioned after the sport.

Rohit’s males topped the league standings with 18 factors and face fourth-placed facet New Zealand on November 15 in Mumbai within the first semi-final.

“Very pleased at how we’ve played in these nine games. Very clinical from game one to today,” he added.

The greatest facet of India’s marketing campaign has been a complete staff efficiency the place all eleven gamers have carried out their bit in some unspecified time in the future or the opposite.

“Different individuals have stepped up and put their hand up and done the job. Everyone wanted to take the responsibility.

“We began the match 4 video games in a row chasing, after which we needed to bat first and the pacers did the job together with the spinners.” Rohit said his side never looked too far and took one game at a time.

“Since we began the match, it was all about one recreation at a time. We by no means wished to look too far forward. It is an extended match, 11 video games in all if we go all the best way,” he said.

“It was necessary to interrupt it down and give attention to it. We centered on one recreation. We are enjoying in numerous venues and play accordingly and that is what we did. Playing in numerous venues, it was a problem. We tailored rather well.”

Asked about the camaraderie shown among the hosts players on the field, he said, Rohit used himself, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav and Shubman Gill as bowlers against the Dutch. He and Kohli even took a wicket apiece.

Asked if it was done according to a plan, Rohit said, “It is one thing that’s all the time in our thoughts. We wish to create these choices within the staff, at this time we had 9 choices.

“This was the game we could have tried certain things. The seamers bowling those wide yorkers which was not needed but they did.”

Shreyas Iyer was decided to not throw away wicket

Player of the match Shreyas Iyer, who hit 128 not out off 94 balls, mentioned he was decided to not throw away his wicket this time.

“I kind of had a deja vu. This had happened against Australia as well, and I threw my wicket and I came, but this time I wanted to come not out. I wanted to capitalise on the start.

“Wanted to drugs I took for the cramps to kick in. Today it got here and I’m very completely happy. The scores I bought in the previous couple of days helped me.” He said the wicket was playing tacky, a bit two paced.

On the straight six he had hit during his magnificent innings, Iyer said, “I’ve labored lots of these photographs, particularly within the nets. I used to be making an attempt to hit straight, and hold my head down.

“Get into a good position, and after that, it is a follow through of the bat that ends behind my shoulder.”

India confirmed pure class in batting: Edwards

Netherlands captain Scott Edwards conceded that the Indians “showed pure class with the bat”.

“They (India) soaked up the pressure. When you are three down with ten overs left, you are going to score some runs. We are a very young side. Lots of young sides in the setup.

“They are pretty much as good a facet going round. We should be lots higher going into theT20 World Cup subsequent yr. Playing to be taught with that.” Asked about the future of the team after the World Cup, he said, “It’s a bit little bit of a difficult one in the mean time the place we wish to be.

“We are pretty confident with the style we play. The tournament was always going to be tough. We have some training camps coming. Fixtures wise, I am not sure about that.”

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