India captain Rohit Sharma led from the front as the Men in Blue defeated the Netherlands in their second match of the T20 World Cup 2022 in Sydney on October 27, 2022. India won by 56 runs thanks to a superlative all-round performance.

Choosing to bat first after Rohit Sharma won the toss, India posted 179/2 in 20 overs as Rohit Sharma (53), Virat Kohli (62*), and Suryakumar Yadav (51*) made the majority of the runs.

In reply, Netherlands only managed 123/9 in 20 overs as Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, R Ashwin, and Akshar Patel took two wickets apiece and lost the match by 56 runs. Suryakumar Yadav was named the Player of the Match for his quick half-century.

Talking about the win, Rohit Sharma said post-match presentation: "Lucky for us, we had a few days to get over that special win. As soon as the game got over, we came to Sydney and regrouped. We have to move on now, and the focus was on this game where we wanted to come out and get those two points. I thought it was a clinical win.”

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"Looking at the way they have qualified for the Super 12s, credit to them. We however always looked to what we can do with ourselves, not bother about the opposition. To be honest, this was a near perfect win," he added.

However, Rohit Sharma said that though he made his fifty, he was not happy with the way he played.

"Yes, we played a little slow at the start but that was the conversation between me and Virat, we had to wait on that surface to play the big shots. Not too happy with my fifty, but what's important is getting runs - doesn't matter if they are good looking runs or ugly runs. At the end of the day, it is about keeping the confidence up," Rohit added.

India next plays South Africa in their third Group 2 match on Sunday at Perth.

(Star Sports inputs)