ICC Men’s T20 World Cup: India captain Rohit Sharma admits ‘big relief’ at qualifying for Super 8s
The 2007 champions qualified for the next round after beating hosts USA by seven wickets in New York
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India captain Rohit Sharma admitted it was a “big relief” for his highly-fancied team to reach the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Super Eights stage after a seven-wicket win over the United States on Wednesday.
India made it three wins from three Group A games and join Australia and South Africa in the Super Eights stage.
After starting their campaign with a comfortable eight-wicket mauling of Ireland, Sharma and Co then successfully defended a modest 119 to defeat rivals Pakistan by six runs.
On Wednesday, back at the tricky and low-scoring Nassau County International Cricket Stadium pitch in New York, India were set a 111-run target to beat the hosts.
They were wobbling at 15/2 and then 44/3 before Suryakumar Yadav (50) and Shivam Dube (31) put on an undefeated fourth-wicket stand of 67 to secure victory with 10 balls to spare.
“It's a big relief to reach the Super Eights. It could have been anyone's game in all three games we played,” said Sharma.
“You have to stick to the end and take the game deep. Playing here wasn't easy.”
As well as vital knocks from Yadav and Dube, India were indebted to left-arm seamer Arshdeep Singh who claimed a career-best 4-9 to restrict the United States to 110 in their 20 overs.
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