Melbourne, March 19 (IANS) After scoring his second century at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here on Thursday, India opener Rohit Sharma said he wanted to make this innings count at the grand stage.
Guided by Rohit's 137, the defending champions put up a challenging total of 302/6 against Bangladesh in the World Cup quarter-final. No team has ever chased down a target of 300 or more at the historic venue, which will also host the final.
“It is the World Cup quarter-final, so I wanted to make it count. I am glad we eventually posted a good total and now it is important to come back and defend,” Rohit said at the mid-innings break.
The Mumbaikar was slow to start with but gathered momentum in the middle as he kept clobbering the bowlers all around the park to smash 14 boundaries and three huge sixes in his 126-ball innings.
“It was important for me stay at the crease, especially knowing we lost a few wickets in the middle. We knew it would be slow and low, so I wanted to take my time. I knew if I could stay till the 35th over I could make it count,” he said, after scoring his seventh One-Day International (ODI) ton.
The 27-year-old added that it became easier batting on the strip after the short rain delay in the 39th over.
“After the rain, the ball came on nicely. It was important to hold your shape and then play your shots,” he said.
Only two other non-Australian batsmen have scored two centuries at the MCG -- David Gower and Viv Richards.
On Tuesday, appointment letters for confirmed jobs will be issued to 71,000 youths simultaneously
The Sangh Parivar is making efforts to connect the Christian community. Now for the first time, U
In the last 24 hours, 24,740 new cases of corona infection were found in the country, 82.7 thousa
Incidents of violence have again come to the fore in Manipur. The mob set ablaze a godown near th
Shamshera Poster: Ranbir Kapoor's look in the film 'Shamshera' is quite creepy! did you see
Ranbir Kapoor, Vaani Kapoor, and Sanjay Dutt starrer 'Shamshera' is one of the much-awaited films
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh will address the Naval Commanders' Conference today. According to
Kisan Andolan: Metro Man E Sreedharan is in opposition to the farmers' movement, know what he said
Kisan Andolan: In protest against the three agriculture laws of the central government, the prote
On Wednesday, Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das announced the results of the monetar
These are the top 10 smartphones sold worldwide this year in the Corona era
The year 2020 has not been good for the global smartphone market. Several reports have shown that
Aukus: France got tough and called back its ambassadors from America and Australia
France has announced that it is recalling its ambassadors to the US and Australia to hold discuss
