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India vs New Zealand: Mohammed Shami says ‘India jeetega’ ahead of crucial T20 World Cup clash, see pic

Ahead of the crucial match against New Zealand, Team India pacer Mohammed Shami posted a pic from a training session, where he can be seen having chat with fellow pacer Jasprit Bumrah.

India vs New Zealand: Mohammed Shami says ‘India jeetega’ ahead of crucial T20 World Cup clash, see pic Team India pacer Mohammed Shami (Source: Twitter)

In recent years, the ability to bounce back from a crushing loss has been India's in-trend thing. Take up 36 all out in Adelaide, the first Test loss to England in Chennai or innings defeat at Leeds, India have shown a penchant for bouncing back strongly. Come Sunday, that bounce-back ability will be put to a stern test when the 2007 champions face New Zealand in a crucial Group 2 match of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup in Dubai.

Currently placed fifth in a group of six teams, India now need to win the rest of their matches starting from the one against New Zealand, which is a virtual quarterfinal match.

Ahead of the crucial match, Team India pacer Mohammed Shami took to the Koo app to post a pic from a training session, where he can be seen having chat with fellow pacer Jasprit Bumrah.

Shami captioned the pic with few hashtags which read, “#BounceBackBoys #IndiaJeetega #ShorMachaoCupLao #SabseBadaStadium #IndVsNZ #T20WorldCUp”.

Notably, the 31-year-old Shami became the main target of the trolls after the bitter 10-wicket defeat against Pakistan in their opening match of the tournament in Dubai.

Hundreds of messages were left on Shami's Instagram account saying he was a "traitor" and should be thrown out of the Indian team.

Meanwhile, speaking to the media in a pre-match press conference, Team India skipper Kohli on Saturday hit out at the people who abused Shami and mocked the pacer for his religion.

In a strong statement, Kohli said, "To me attacking someone over their religion is the most pathetic thing a human being can do. Everyone has the right to voice their opinion but I personally have never even thought of discriminating someone over their religion."

"They have no understanding of the fact that Mohammed Shami has won India a number of matches...If people can overlook that and his passion for the country, I honestly don't want to waste even 1 min of my life on them. We stand by him 200%. Our brotherhood cannot be shaken," added Kohli.

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