New Zealand’s victory over Bangladesh confirmed India’s place in the semi-finals. This win also eliminated both Bangladesh and host Pakistan from the tournament. Now, India and New Zealand will face off on March 2 in their final group-stage match, where both teams will aim to top Group A with a win.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma is on the brink of achieving a historic milestone. He has amassed 19,581 runs in 496 matches across 529 innings, including 49 centuries and 107 half-centuries. If he scores just 13 more runs in the upcoming match, he will surpass West Indies legend Chris Gayle (19,593 runs) to become the 14th highest run-scorer in international cricket history.
Rohit Sharma could also become the 14th player in the world to cross 20,000 international runs this year.
Captain: Rohit Sharma
Vice-Captain: Shubman Gill
Other Players: Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, and Varun Chakravarthy.
It will be interesting to see if India secures a victory against New Zealand to finish as Group A leaders. Indian fans eagerly hope that Rohit Sharma and his team bring home the Champions Trophy this time.