यूएसए के बल्लेबाज आरोन जोन्स ने कहा कि टी20 विश्व कप में रोहित शर्मा और विराट कोहली जैसे भारतीय सुपरस्टार्स के खिलाफ खेलना रोमांचक होगा, न कि डराने वाला। दोनों टीमें बुधवार को न्यूयॉर्क में टी20 विश्व कप ग्रुप ए मैच में आमने-सामने होंगी।
Both India and USA have won two games each so far, which adds more flavour to the contest. The winner of the match will seal their place in the Super Eight stage.
“It is actually exciting, me growing up as a kid, I always wanted to play against the best players in the world. I am definitely going to get the opportunity to do that now and it’s exciting for me, I don’t want to say intimidating,” Jones said in the pre-match press conference on Tuesday rummybo.
“I am excited to play against them and talk to them. Definitely to beat them as well,” he added.
Jones said the India-origin players in the US camp, who at some stage in their lives had played cricket with some of the current Indian players, would be excited to link up with their former team-mates as well.
“They are pretty excited to be honest. This is the first time USA will be playing against India. So many guys in our team are from India they actually played against and with so many guys back in the past, so they definitely (would) be excited to play against some friends for sure,” he said.
Jones also hoped cricket would be able to find much bigger space in the hearts of American sports lover after this World Cup rummy bo.
“With cricket being one of the biggest sports in the world, it’s only a matter of time before a majority people come on board,” he said.
“America is a place where people love sports. Obviously, this World Cup is going to open the eyes of a lot of people and then in a few years, you have cricket in the Olympics — that’s a very big thing as well. I think everything is on the rise right now,” he added.