Rohit's REVENGE leaves Aussies teetering on the edge | T20 World Cup Daily

2024 T20 World Cup, Day 24.1: India v Australia
What a performance from India’s captain. With Australia needing to win to realistically keep their hopes alive, he never let them settle with a bombastic display of power play hitting. From there, everything needed to go right for Mitch Marsh’s team… and it didn’t. Geoff watched it in the flesh at St Lucia, he’s with Adam who has a fever. Fun!
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[@Aditya-xl3nd]

Rohit sharma today was like a man possessed. The way every ball was hitting the meat of the bat was unbelievable. Especially that slog sweep to Cummins.

[@sundravigneshwarp3187]

I hope he does not let the devil out until the finals , because if he sets the platform everyone that follows will play without pressure , especially Dube and sky .....

[@kvsurdas]

Australia was stunned by the Rohit ' Beast Avatar '..shocker ! And they never really recovered after that !

[@FinalWordCricket]

Pretty much sums it up

[@northern_lights21]

Australia is for once staring at a Pakistan style "Khudrat ka Nizam" favor from the Bangladeshis.

[@hotchoclateguy]

Rohit's inning was the difference but hats off to Hazelwood - incredible spell given the situation.

[@FinalWordCricket]

It gets lost when you lose by a considerable margin, but yes he was fantastic

[@rameshalvar806]

Glad to see you both back on my computer screen !! Your banter is good for cricket and cricket fans whether in defeat or victory. You fellows sum up the day's proceedings accurately. It is good, if not better, than a TV recording. Ramesh

[@FinalWordCricket]

That's a wonderful message to receive! Thanks Ramesh

[@venpeddapalli7189]

The expression Mitchel Marc showed after the 29 run rout was heart breaking. Why did I not retire after the ODI WC finals win last year was the expression on his face.

[@Pk_1911]

That was so satisfying to watch

[@rhitambhargoswami8696]

I fully expect ppl like you to start meat riding AUS, if BAN defeats AFG and AUS qualify. But Rohit was spectacular today. Felt so good watching him bat so selflessly and aggressively.

[@Phoenix.219]

​@@rhitambhargoswami8696that would be a good match but I still want Afghanistan to go to Semi final. Maybe I am just petty person but that's my wish.

[@yashdhote1998]

😂😂😂Sapnemn harega afghan banglase​@@rhitambhargoswami8696

[@FinalWordCricket]

You clearly have an over-active imagination

[@akashkop]

Rohit has been playing this way since that 2022 t20 world cup

[@satkrapp7697]

But kooli is playing in garbage way..yuck 🤮🤮🤮

[@adityan3208]

​@@satkrapp7697 everyone has bad times

[@saurabhsurve9247]

Rohit tonight came out with a mission - sweet revenge

[@FinalWordCricket]

He looked on another planet

[@amansparekh]

first time i supported India as an england fan 😂

[@YTS_Boom]

@amansparekh Good that you can sleep well now 🤣🤣🤣

[@nikkeipvck8529]

Wannabe Angrej.. Nam tera Aman Parekh hi h

[@doughlausprashaal7151]

Ah English fans see there's a difference between india and England India actually wins World Cups England has to count boundaries to win a world cup But India won 2 world cups for and square

[@dheemz]

We are coming after England now 😂in the Semi Finals , so be ready to lose your sleep again 😂

[@amansparekh]

@@doughlausprashaal7151 when England won in 2010 or 2022, there was no boundary count. Remember what happened in 2022 semi final?

[@manu1166662222]

Travis head was dropped twice in Border Gavaskar trophy (2018 n 2021)when it was played in Australia. He is taking revenge of that.

[@FinalWordCricket]

And people say Langer knew what he was doing

[@manu1166662222]

@@FinalWordCricket Ha Ha...He also axed Kawaja for obvious reasons...

[@manu1166662222]

Thats y LSG performance soared this year in IPL . He is a great strategist 👍

[@Krish-2206]

Australian fielding was a big let down for them this whole tournament. Funny things can happen and who knows, could be a rematch with India vs Australia finals!

[@ajayn9093]

Even ind dropped 3 catch and axar miss fields near the boundary.

[@FinalWordCricket]

It was very uncharacteristic. It seems like all teams have struggled with the wind, but Australia seem the most troubled

[@EnigmaMachin3]

Someone has got to ask Travis Head whats that matter with that bloke when he plays against India.

[@santptube]

Flat pitch

[@no-dogma]

​@@santptubesome players just like batting against one particular side Bradman vs Eng, Sachin vs Pak, VVS Laxman vs Aus, Maxwell vs Afg

[@amitm2692]

​@@santptube Head has 13 centuries in the last 3 years across formats in every condition..... watch some proper cricket clown

[@user-lb9ej6ix8j]

​@@amitm2692But it is concerning that India has not found his weakness all other team have did ..

[@amitm2692]

@@user-lb9ej6ix8j Every batsmen has a weakness.... doesn't mean he can't play...Travis head has proved himself in every format......

[@IN-ud2ks]

May be Rohit Sharma was from last October or may be he was mad for other reasons....what a great cricketing analysis.

[@FinalWordCricket]

Thanks

[@guyhornsby9572]

That was a hell of an innings.... Wow

[@abhisheknegi3819]

What batting that was.... My goodness... 👹

[@FinalWordCricket]

He was in unbelievable form

[@mikefriend1514]

This game was closer than it at first seemed and credit to Australia for not folding after losing Warner early doors. Rohit taking Starc for 29 was mad and the game changer. But India were pulled back when 230 was on the cards. And whilst Head was there with first Marsh and then Maxwell the target looked very much in reach. England looked more disciplined as a bowling unit and maybe have found some form but this Indian team must be odds on to win their semi final.

[@KICK839]

Indeed. Dubey striking less than 130 cost it . If he would have taken zampa down in his last over and axar coming before jadeja It was 220+

[@KICK839]

And yes not forgetting pant . He did ate balls

[@FinalWordCricket]

There was a 3 over stretch after Jadeja went for 17 where India pulled it back then streaked ahead. Axar and Kuldeep were clutch

[@narutouzukami5840]

❤❤ exactly I think this time India's batting for Virat Kohli has been extremely we should print come out for opening you should come out at Number 3 which is always being his position I don't know why India's coaching in court that Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli

[@kitten8962]

Rohit ❤😊

[@Xinnie_The_Flu]

"Revenge is a dish best served cold" -Rohit Sharma

[@FinalWordCricket]

Yeah, I think he'll take great satisfaction out of that one

[@KansinghRathore-is3bs]

Hitman 👑✨

[@user-oj9bx4od5d]

Had you idea that you guys covered T20 cricket. Spent the whole WC listening to Grade Cricketer.

[@FinalWordCricket]

Welcome aboard!

[@prabalbhadoria5398]

Australia is the only team whole India fears and I’m glad we have such a strong and competitive opponent like Australia ❤.. respect and love 🇮🇳 🇦🇺 ❤.. and please ignore the haters.. they are everywhere .. all Indians love the kangaroos 😂❤

[@user-lb9ej6ix8j]

But not at the cost of Indian team.... becoz many idiots here feels good .. about def to them

[@FinalWordCricket]

India were far too strong

[@wickdwitchowest]

Now we just need Winnie to use bombastic at appropriate point in a conversation.....

[@harifederer]

Not enough being made of Bumrah’s wicket of Head with the slower ball. If Head didn’t get out there, Aus win the match

[@FinalWordCricket]

He completely fooled an inform batter, but I'm not sure Australia still win

[@user-lb9ej6ix8j]

They r taking about hardik catches dropped what about Marsh survived 2chances & head he is more of slogger always seems to have luck ridding to many times in 23wc & here i don't know how ge survive initial phase ...

[@FinalWordCricket]

Yes it's unfair that we speak about the dropped catch that Hardik survived and not about the ones that didn't happen off Mitch Marsh

[@Sarah_0112]

Good observation abt using only 5 bowlers, Geoff. I was wondering why Marsh isn’t trying sth different coz by the 12th over everyone had been smashed arnd barring Hoff.

[@FinalWordCricket]

It would have helped if Mitch was fit to bowl himself, but yes, Maxi worth at least 1 over

[@Amit31]

This result means we are going to get thrashed by England (again) 🙂 And if that does not happen, the original chokers might beat us thereby permanently making the Indian team as the new chokers 😛

[@dashmeetsingh9679]

If you are that know it all, then why are you watching sports. Predict share markets and be a gazillionare.

[@Amit31]

@@dashmeetsingh9679 and if you get that much triggered, why do you read comments on social media? Do meditation 🤣

[@dashmeetsingh9679]

@@Amit31 Cant take mockery on your comment, but will mock a team? *slow claps*

[@FinalWordCricket]

goodness me

[@Amit31]

@@dashmeetsingh9679 it seems you need meditation and medication

[@navd1488]

There is no need to create an unnecessary controversy over the venue of the semifinals. It's the host that know that maximum fans are indians who fill stadiums and therefore they want to ensure that they sell maximum tickets by declaring in advance where India will play. Other teams barely have a handful of fans. the tournament will make a loss without Indian fans. l. Its the Indian diaspora that fills stadiums. India themselves don't care where they play.

[@ItsOneInAMillion]

So you are admitting they have rigged it for financial reasons? 😂 🤔

[@harifederer]

@@ItsOneInAMillionNo he is saying that it’s in the hosts best interests to have the match played where they can maximise revenue.

[@PankajKumar6493]

@@ItsOneInAMillion You think ICC is a charity?

[@FinalWordCricket]

Pointing out facts is creating controversy

[@YTS_Boom]

@@FinalWordCricket The more the controversy... The more the comments. 🤑🤑🤑🤑

[@VishwamitraYT_10M]

Commencement of the Asian century 🇮🇳🇦🇫

[@FinalWordCricket]

Quite possibly!

[@aaronD-zw4vc]

How can you keep giving Maxwell a pass for batting so so irresponsibly for so long? The guy could have got out 6 times even yesterday. Regular batsmen are supposed to take stock of the situation and play accordingly. Maxwell is a glorified tailender.

[@FinalWordCricket]

Lol, played the greatest ODI innings of all time, made a Test century in India, and has the third most T20 runs for Australia at more than 9 an over. Ok.

[@Sarah_0112]

Fabulous knock by Rohit! He made all the difference. But im hurting so much for Australia. 😢 I really hope Bangladesh win. 🙏🏽

[@Pk_1911]

You don’t need to. Aus got more trophies than rest of the teams combined lol

[@Sarah_0112]

@@Pk_1911 what can I say? Im a greedy fan. I want them to win everything. ❤ This is the last WC for so many of them and Id like them to go out on a high if theres the slightest chance for it.

[@Pk_1911]

@@Sarah_0112 I understand. Everyone wants the same for their teams

[@RamMohammedSinghAzad]

ALL EYES ON BANGLADESH VS AFGHANISTAN GAME 😂

[@Amit31]

Get well soon, Adam. It seems you are spending a lot of energy here 🙂

[@FinalWordCricket]

He's a trooper!

[@SarcasticAusse]

Couldn't believe mighty aussies lost the game against India & it definitely proves that mitch marsh isn't a captaincy material with too much of blunder & Pat Cummins should be the captain across all formats. Period..... I still think India might choke in Semi's against Eng because it's been haunting them from last 11 yrs & in other group SA are winning all close matches for a change..... Finals : SA vs Eng... SA might win the ICC cup this time😅

[@mickeyband1560]

don't know what future scripted for Team India..but this feels like India or S"Aaf Trophy

[@FinalWordCricket]

This gets rolled out for every new captain

[@Sunarin27]

😂😂

[@KansinghRathore-is3bs]

Rohit Sharma ♥️😘🙏🙏🙏

[@prahladkumar7891]

Virat kohli MUST bat at no. 3️⃣ and NOT open...Pant(give him free license to maximize the powerplay) should open with Rohit, with kohli at 3️⃣, Sky at 4⃣, Dubey at 5⃣(free license against spinners), Hardik at 6⃣, Axar(given free license) at 7⃣ and finally jaddu at 8⃣. No Nonsense plz...🙏⚡

[@satkrapp7697]

King Kooli is purs garbage in T20 format.... somebody kick him out of the T20 squad to make way for new deserving talent...🎉🎉🎉

[@FinalWordCricket]

Brave!

[@sekharraja9679]

They are playing the semi final in Guyana, 160 plays 160 game will be high point, no way is there going to be a 200 score there

[@FinalWordCricket]

Maybe, Maybe not

[@KICK839]

Will depends on spinner i suppose

[@rohitprakash731]

I was eagerly waiting 😊

[@devangmetha]

Starc selection was wrong. It was solely based on Afghanistan loss. The spinner Agar was successful against Afghanistan, and would have been handy here, especially when the track and ball slowed later. Starc is not fit or nearing the end of his career. Wrong call !

[@FinalWordCricket]

Not watched much of Starc play?

[@mikefriend1514]

Execution was wrong that’s all. Starc is such a good bowler and experienced bowler that it was a surprise he didn’t drag length back or throw in a slower ball. Bowlers can sometimes be guilty of tunnel vision trying desperately to get that one ball in the right spot and end up serving up the same poor ball again and again (just ask Ben Stokes).

[@devangmetha]

By not fit I meant he may have been injured. Which may have been another reason he was not picked for the Afghanistan game. And that loss might have pressured the think tank to play a less than fit Starc yesterday.

[@hemantthakker2474]

Next we will conquer English.... because Rohit and India on mission to conquer world

[@YTS_Boom]

@@FinalWordCricket We can hope. Is it a crime 😘.

[@manu1166662222]

@@FinalWordCricketthanks for making fun of us

[@palashsasidharan5710]

Guys you missed the point of Dube. Cause he has such a six hitting reputation and there was no spin, Aussies were scared to bowl Maxi. So even if Dube is slow, batters at other end can smash Stoinis

[@FinalWordCricket]

That may have been the case, but there were also earlier opportunities to bowl Maxi, pre-Dube

[@palashsasidharan5710]

@@FinalWordCricket and bowl with newish hard ball to Rohit? I not saying the captain wouldn’t go for it, but it’s understandable why Marsh dint. Dube is also a weapon against Adeel Rashid, just that he makes captains think differently even and bring on more quicks.india doesn’t have another spin smasher.

[@FinalWordCricket]

It worked in the 23 WC Final!

[@VishalV-zm9qq]

Dube could not hit zampa in his last over and moreover dube is a leg side player,Maxwell's wide off spin on off stump would have been hard to hit for dube but Surya and hardik could exploit Maxwell!.

[@hemantthakker2474]

It's good to see ausies playing with numbers.. please don't Afghanistan is qualifying it...

[@bobburroughs6241]

Teetering? They're out!

[@michelle5for]

🐅 🐅 let's go tigers. Take australia to tiger land

[@amitm2692]

Biggest blunder was selecting a useless player like Marsh as a captain & when you have dead weight players like Wade, David & a washed up warner, u know you're doomed.... Thought AUS were really arrogant & casual in the Afghanistan game.....chill AUS, relax for a few years now....its time for others now

[@FinalWordCricket]

You don't watch much cricket?

[@amitm2692]

@@FinalWordCricket tell me one match where Wade & David have performed & got AUS over the line.... those 3 sixes of shaheen in 2021 wc semis has costed AUS many a times

[@FinalWordCricket]

You just pointed out a match yourself. And there are many more

[@sekharraja9679]

Marsh literally won them the 2021 T20 WC

[@guyhornsby9572]

Can we talk about the fact that there's (more) rain around for the semi and there's no reserve day for the India game, just reserve *hours* and the top seed going through if there's a washout. But.... The other semi has a reserve day..? What the bloody hell is going on with that, apart from absolutely, dismally, pointlessly, bleeding obvious? It's totally, utterly daft.

[@navd1488]

That's normal. The match that had a reserve day is a day and night match which can't be extended. The other semifinal is a day match so ample time to extend. That's what happens in t20s. No conspiracies there.

[@FinalWordCricket]

It'll be a kerkuffle, but if India qualified 2nd it would have been the same situation. Poor planning (and logistics based) rather than anything else

[@guyhornsby9572]

@@FinalWordCricket it's pretty shit house whatever it is

[@viratyadav2213]

Poor planning yes. It's partly due to the second semi final being a day game with extended time if the rain causes a delay. But India would have been the one getting knocked out of the semi had we failed to top the super 8 table, and South Africa would move forward to the Final. So no favours to India there.

[@mikefriend1514]

You should never have a World Cup semi final decided by seeding or coin toss. It’s disrespectful to the fans who have paid large sums to be there not to at least have a reserve day especially when the tournament has been held during the rainy season!

[@ck_alwaysgrateful]

Bye Bye Australia..

[@speed0383]

I’m not sure why everyone is already writing Australia’s obituary. Afg / Ban is 60/40 at best. That means there’s a 40% chance of Australia progressing to the Semis still. Don’t be shocked if you see them lifting the trophy again in a few days

[@advitiayanand5974]

More like 70/30. A side that just beat Australia deserves more credit. And Bangladesh has been awful for a while now.

[@speed0383]

@@advitiayanand5974 Doesn’t look like it

[@FinalWordCricket]

Not quite out

[@advitiayanand5974]

As predicted. Afghanistan's bad days are seemingly better than Bangladesh's good days.

[@tanay1945]

Before watching this please read Geoff todays tweet on Kohli Urge people never watch them they bait people to be cricket experts but are racist people in reality

[@FinalWordCricket]

"This is the big one. Australia need to beat India to stay in the tournament. We’re live from St Lucia on @abcsport and @bbctms , or worldwide on the ICC website. Aaaand Kohli is out…" This is Geoff's only mention of Kohli. Either explain how this is racist (you can't) OR apologise for your unfounded accusation and delete it immediately

[@hemantthakker2474]

It was revenge play from our captain... I wish Australia qualifies for semifinals and play final with us.. so we as India can take proper revenge for 2023 WC

[@jamiulislam9945]

Sry, Aus will head home now...

[@flawlesscowboy8829]

Wrong use of bombastic

[@FinalWordCricket]

How?

[@flawlesscowboy8829]

​@@FinalWordCricket bombastic: high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated I don't think you meant to describe that inning as meaningless/inflated

[@rohitjain9470]

First one here🎉 Wound healing but title will settle the score !

[@Krish-2206]

Close 2nd

[@Sujoydey-pn5nu]

Even if india wins the wc its not equivalent to wc loss ☠️ that’s the real cricket worldcup.. but atleast yea will feel a bit better! Lets not jinx it.. win this and win next one and the 50 over worldcup! And we good 😂

[@YTS_Boom]

@@Sujoydey-pn5nu Get your depressing shit together.

[@FinalWordCricket]

There's been a change in outlook from India fans in our comments!

[@YTS_Boom]

@@FinalWordCricket Naughty naughty me 😜😜😜😜😘😘. @Sujoydey-pn5nu is looking for free online therapy... he/she needs to get his shit together. We might not win the cup but its not good to be depressing and vomiting in public....😂😂😂😂

[@thiruvetti]

11:46 - You guys often call out others for bringing up wierd excuses. have seen u both make so many excuses defending Aussies. Hope u learn that no one can remain neutral.

[@FinalWordCricket]

Sounds like somebody is projecting

[@thiruvetti]

@@FinalWordCricket SOme dont like being shown the mirror. Btw, not a troll but a follower of ur videos. I have seen u being critical of several teams and their experts defending them blindly etc. But I have seen u behave the same way

[@manu1166662222]

Really waiting for Border Gavaskar trophy later this year Seems like Aus gonna win 3-1

[@FinalWordCricket]

It'll be great. It always is

[@roshandeshpande2761]

Attributing losses to travel time, schedule etc lol. Cry on brother. Hard to accept isn’t it? I can understand. 😂

[@FinalWordCricket]

In a crowded field, you leave the most boring comments

[@pradeepkumar-sf4fx]

First comment for the first time😢

[@FinalWordCricket]

Well done to you. Don't waste it next time and say something

[@prabalbhadoria5398]

Australia is undoubtedly a much stronger team than India but it was just India’s day..

[@VeryGood510]

How do you know that? Remember the last World Cup also India win all matches except the final and this also than how is Australia is so called much stronger team than India?😂😂

[@gauravguptaiit]

Are you in the middle of a PR application? 😂 Or did you wake up today from 2007?

[@ethancoster1324]

Nah, not in t20 ATM.

[@janroman128]

Whatever you are taking man is just too strong for you, it has hampered your brain functions😂😂.. Australia got lucky in 2023 wc final, it was their day but the entire tournament was dominated by india and india started that win by beating Australia in chennai so tbh the best team did not win the world cup infact it was the second best team that won, indians were unlucky.. In 1983 when india won the world cup, do you think that made india a better team than mighty west indies of that time , ofcourse not its just West Indies had a bad day but still they were the most strongest team of that era and dominated that competition but was unlucky when it came to india.. The same team would beat india 8 out of 10 times in 1980s so sometimes its just a bad day but india is the number 1 team in the world its just we are unlucky in semis and finals..

[@amitm2692]

​@@janroman128 Yeah..... you're still tortured by the WC final loss eh..... nobody wins an Odi world cup by luck...AUS won 9 games back to back & smashed india in the finals & were deserved winners ....so cope with that...what a crybaby geez

[@Evil_Clown-eh6jz]

Every DAY (day game), the chasing team, loses (when no Associate nation is involved). Yet, every DAY, a captain wins the toss and chooses to CHASE. One can never under-estimate the predictability of stupidity. And right now, no 2 people are stupider than Mitch Marsh and Ronald McDonald.

[@dhillonsydney3644]

All 👀 on Bangladesh for aussie😂😊.....

[@FinalWordCricket]

They won't let Australia down.........

[@amitkanade1983]

​@@FinalWordCricket they did.

[@YTS_Boom]

@@amitkanade1983 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣