Rohit Sharma's daughter wears Messi's Inter Miami jersey gifted by David Beckham, picture goes viral

India recently played the first semifinal of the ongoing ODI World Cup 2023 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, where they comfortably defeated New Zealand by 70 runs.

During the match, renowned football player David Beckham was also in attendance and watched the entire game. After the match, Beckham met with all the players and presented Rohit Sharma with Lionel Messi's jersey. In a recent post by CricCrazyJohns, Rohit Sharma's daughter was seen wearing Messi's Inter Miami jersey that Beckham had given to Rohit.

David visited India as a representative of UNICEF. Rohit's wife Ritika Sajdeh shared a story on Instagram where Rohit's daughter Samaira was spotted donning the Inter Miami jersey of Lionel Messi. She also thanked David Beckham for the gift.

India outclassed New Zealand to reach final 

Coming to the match, led by Rohit, the Indian team dominated fully and comfortably defeated New Zealand by 70 runs. Batting first, India scored 397, courtesy of centuries by Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer. Kohli broke Sachin's 49 ODI ton record while Shreyas scored his 3rd century of the tournament. Shubman also played well and scored a fifty while KL Rahul played a quick cameo towards the end to help India reach a big total.

Chasing the target, New Zealand had a poor start but then Daryl Mitchell and captain Kane Williamson stitched a brilliant hundred-plus runs partnership. However, Mohammad Shami bowled a brilliant over, taking two crucial wickets to bring India back in the match. 

Mitchell fought hard but his efforts were not enough as India won by 70 runs to confirm their final ticket. Shami emerged as the best bowler of the match, taking seven wickets and becoming the bowler with the most wickets in the tournament with 23 to his name.

After the match, PM Modi also praised Shami's performance on social media, acknowledging his stellar bowling throughout the World Cup.

"Today’s Semi-Final has been even more special thanks to stellar individual performances too. The bowling by Mohammed Shami in this game and also through the World Cup will be cherished by cricket lovers for generations to come. Well played Shami!" PM Modi wrote on ‘X’.