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“I wouldn’t say,” Rohit adds, “that there was no pressure.” That is a memorable double negative. And his team have now won ten games in a row. They go through to the final on Sunday (8.30am GMT). Tomorrow (also at 8.30) we have the second semi-final, to see whether it’s South Africa or Australia who get the honour of making up the numbers in the final.
Time for me to clock off. The day belongs to Mohammed Shami, though Rohit, Gill, Kohli, Iyer and Jadeja were not too shabby either. What a team they are. Thanks for your company, correspondence and views on the dew, which, in the end, was the dog that didn’t bark in the night.
One last factoid for you. At this World Cup India have won five games chasing, the narrowest margin being four wickets, against New Zealand in the group stage. And they have won five games batting first, the narrowest margin being 70 runs, against New Zealand today.
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