India thrashed Scotland on Friday by eight wickets and stored alive its slim likelihood of reaching the semifinals subsequent week. The males in blue squared its win-loss document at 2-2 with another match remaining on Monday towards Namibia. However, whether or not India reaches the knockout stage, will depend upon the outcome between New Zealand and Afghanistan which happen on Sunday.
India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja put it greatest on a cheeky be aware after the Scotland match when a scribe requested, “what if New Zealand beat Afghanistan? What would you do?”
“Then we will pack our bags and go home. What else will be left then,” he smiled.
Scotland was compelled to bat first and was dismissed for 85 in 17.4 overs. India achieved the successful goal at 89/2 in solely 6.3 overs, bettering its internet run charge above New Zealand’s and Afghanistan’s.
“We’re glad to be back in our mojo,” India captain Virat Kohli stated. “We spoke about (conceding to Scotland) 100, 120 max but we restricted them to a total that allowed us to leapfrog everyone else.”
Player of the Match, Ravindra Jadeja stated: “We were looking to play good brand of cricket. Everybody knows that we had to win with a big margin for us to up our net run-rate, we were looking to play our best game and give our 100% on the field. Everybody’s happy, one more game to go, hopefully we play like this. If we play like this, nobody can beat us. In T20 format, we have to play like this, that is for sure.”
(With AP inputs)
