Its almost been two years and the 2023 World Cup innings of Rohit Sharma is etched deep in the minds of the fans. One such was against New Zealand in the semifinal in his own homeground Wankhade. One of his shots went viral recently on the social media, where Rohit Sharma pulled out his classic pull shot off Mitchell Santner's short ball. The ball went long off Rohit's bat to the crowd over the deep square leg. Watch the video here: Rohit Sharma six to Matt Henry CWC 2023 front view + English commentary pic.twitter.com/HHAtj93onQ — Kohlights (@88off94) November 10, 2025 Notably, Rohit Sharma added 47 runs while opening the batting for India. Even though it looked like the second-lowest score of India's innings that day, his came in just 29 balls, which boosted India's run rate—something he did throughout the tournament. His innings had four sixers and an equal number of boundaries. Read also: Keeper missed but gets the wicket! Watch Sophie Devine suffers unfortunate dismissal in WBBL India vs New Zealand—the last night of firecrackers November 15 it was, at the packed Wankhade Stadium, when the Indians had high hopes of surely winning the World Cup until dreams shattered against Australia in Ahmedabad. It was that day when the firecrackers lit the sky for India in the tournament. Nevertheless, Wankhade witnessed twin centuries- one from Virat Kohli and the other from their local boy Shreyas. India won the toss and decided to bat first. Both Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill (80 off 66) gave a good start to the Indian team. Kohli joined Gill after Ro's short and crisp innings ended due to Tim Southee (3/100). Compared to Shreyas Iyer, Virat played a much more poised knock with his strike rate around 103. He was dismissed on 117 runs, which came from 113 balls, smacking 9 fours and two sixes. On the other hand, Shreyas, who has always been a Kiwi-basher, didn't shy away from that either—a 150 strike rate, hitting 105 runs off just 70 balls with four boundaries and 8 sixes. Meanwhile, coming to chase 398, New Zealand was bundled out for 327 within the 49th over. Daryl Mitchell was the sole positive from the side, scoring 134 runs off 119 balls, trying to rescue New Zealand from the distress. The other two batters that had their decent contributions were the then-captain Kane Williamson (69) and Glenn Philips (41). Mohammed Shami single-handedly destroyed the Kiwi lineup, taking 7 alone and receiving the Player of the series award. Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj and Kuldeep Yadav took one each.