"Entire Team Are Heroes": Manoj Bajpayee Replies To Media House

Sports Edited by Updated: Nov 16, 2023, 3:08 pm

‘Entire Team And Rohit, Gill Are Heroes’ Manoj Bajpayee Replies To News Portal (image-instagram/bajpayee.manoj/ twitter-icc)

India’s cricketing team has become the first team to enter to the finals in the ICC World Cup 2023 after winning the semi-final match against New Zealand by 70 runs on Wednesday in Mumbai. It will be their fourth entry ticket to finals after 1983, 2003 and 2011. Congratulatory messages outpoured on the Indian team for their marvelous victory.

Fans across the world witnessed some great moments in yesterday’s match including Virat Kohli’s 50th century surpassing the cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar’s record. Mohammed Shami’s fantastic bowling performance helped India secure its position in the finals. India was able to pull out an incredible record of highest total ever in ICC ODI World cup knockout match.

One of the news portals praising India’s victory took to X asking the cricketing fans ‘Who do you think is the hero of the semi-finals?’ along with the photos of Virat Kohli, Mohammed Shami and Shreyas Iyer. “Who do you think is the hero of the semi-final? The Indian team has entered the final of the ICC ODI World Cup 2023. With the help of century innings by Virat Kohli and Iyer and 7 wickets by Mohammed Shami, New Zealand was defeated by 70 runs in the semi-final match. Tell me who is the hero of this match in your opinion?” the post read in Hindi.

Reacting to this post, Manoj Bajpayee, “The family man” actor wrote on his X, “Along with these faces, the entire team and Rohit, Gill are heroes! Don”t do injustice to the rest by making one a hero!”

Through his post, he expressed his disappointment in not considering the win as a result of the teamwork of the entire players. He once again reminded that cricket is game of 11 players and each one of them needs to fire up to win the game.