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The historic ICC T20 World Cup is being held in Australia for the 8th time in history with unexpected thriller twists. In this series, India led by Rohit Sharma, who entered the field with the ambition of winning the trophy after 2007, defeated the arch-rival Pakistan with an improbable victory in the first match and defeated the Netherlands by 56 runs in the second match in Kathucutty. Thus, it can be said that India, which shines at the top with 4 points in the Group 2 point list, has almost confirmed the possibility of going to the semi-final round at the beginning.
Earlier, in the first match against Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, India chased the 160 runs set by the team, and 3 key players like Rohit, Rahul and Suryakumar shocked India by getting out in the early stages. So Hardik Pandya, who made a 113-run partnership for the 5th wicket along with Virat Kohli, was dismissed in the last over after getting off to a poor start of 31/4. Then Dinesh Karthik, who was supposed to finish, got stumped irresponsibly on the white ball which caused more excitement.
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Good luck not going back:
But Ravichandran Ashwin who came in next got an extra run and a ball without getting caught in the same white net and in the last ball he tossed all the fielders coolly from inside the inner circle and ensured India’s historic victory. Everyone including Virat Kohli who scored 82* (53) and saved him, who showed creative activity equal to scoring 100 runs at that time, scored just 1.
But Ravichandran Ashwin, who says that his cricket career would have been over if the white ball that Mohammad Nawaz bowled in the last over had only bounced slightly and hit his leg and got out, Ravichandran Ashwin also spoke excitedly that his house in Chennai would have been ransacked by fans for the same reason. Here is what he said in a video released by BCCI about this.
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“What would you have done if that ball from Mohammad Nawaz had bounced slightly and landed on your feet? Some people ask me that. He told them, “Thank you to everyone who has gone to the dressing room for a quick visit to my Twitter page and given me wonderful times in my cricket career. “It was a great trip,” I would have said.
“And when the first ball went to the leg side I was relieved and thanked God. And I was very thankfully relieved that it was 1 run off 1 ball. I was also happy that no one would throw stones at my house as a good deed.” Following this, India will face South Africa in its 3rd match on October 30.
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