The entire nation is still reeling from India’s heartbreaking loss to Australia in the final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Fans and players alike have taken to social media to express their disappointment, sharing emotional messages for the Indian team.
Fast bowler Mohammed Shami recently opened up about India’s poor performance in the final, stating that they fell short on runs with the bat. Shami believes that if the team had scored 300 runs batting first, they would have been able to defend the total comfortably.
Notably, India was bowled out for 240 in 50 overs after being put in to bat first by the Australian captain. The score was easily chased down by the Aussies in the 43rd over courtesy of a brilliant century by Travis Head (137 off 120).
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“We didn’t have enough runs. We should have scored 300 runs, then we could have easily defended the total. But I don’t think it’s right to blame any one particular thing. It’s important to look at where we stand as a team. It’s important to work as a unit, but I’ll say one thing: maybe we fell short on runs,” Mohammed Shami was quoted as saying by Hindustan Times.
Despite ending on the losing side, Mohammed Shami had a memorable campaign in the World Cup, finishing as the tournament’s highest wicket-taker with 24 scalps in just seven matches at an average of 10.70 and an economy of 5.26. The speedster picked up three five-wicket hauls in the tournament and achieved the feat of taking the most fifers in ODI World Cup history (4).
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He also became the fastest player to take 50 wickets in the mega event, achieving the feat in just 17 innings. The 33-year-old added another feather to his cap by registering the best bowling figures by an Indian in both ODIs and the ODI World Cup when he picked up a sensational 7/57 against New Zealand in the first semi-final at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
