Internet Desk: Jason Roy, England’s semi final hero against New Zealand just cannot hide his excitement about playing the final of World T20 at Eden Gardens. Roy played a whirlwind knock of 78 runs off 44 balls to guide his team to an emphatic seven wicket victory over New Zealand. England recovered well to be in the final after losing the first match against West Indies.
“It sounds pretty cool (being finalists). After the first game it seemed pretty far away. After that, the amount of effort we put in has paid off,” said Roy.
On being asked about his knock, Roy rated it as a special one, “Yeah, that’s right up there. It is pretty special for me. To get this group to the final, obviously the bowlers played their part as well. Their skill set was amazing in the death overs.”
“Today was good as it gets in a T20 game. There are obviously few things we need to work on but credit to the boys for dragging it back. The momentum we carried from the end of their innings to our innings was outstanding,” said the attacking batsman.
The 25-year-old hopes the team gains more supporters post the effort last night as not many gave them a chance of doing well in the biennial event. “With that sort of side, we had lot of negative feedback from a few people. To be in a World Cup final now, hopefully we will get few more people on our side.”
Lastly he did not hide his excitement playing in front of a packed Eden Gardens.
“We are getting better with every game but we take the final as just another game of cricket. It just happens to at the Eden Gardens in front of hundred thousand people. It is going to be an incredible experience but we go out and play our natural game.”