India captain Rohit Sharma’s inconsistent form has now become a worry. On Wednesday, the right-handed opener was dismissed for another cheap score – 2 runs off 8 balls against Bangladesh despite being given a reprieve in the Super 12 match in Adelaide.
While his opening partner and vice-captain KL Rahul got back his mojo – smashing 50 runs off 31 balls – Rohit has now also had 3 low scores in 4 outings in the T20 World Cup 2022.
He had started off with 4 runs off 7 balls against Pakistan, before hitting a fifty vs the Netherlands. However, Sharma then played consecutive poor innings – 15 runs off 14 balls vs South Africa followed by 2 off 8 vs Bangladesh.
Rohit must be really unhappy with himself for not being able to capitalize on the life given by Bangladesh.
In the third over of Taskin Ahmed, Rohit pulled a short ball, and it went straight into the hands of Hasan Mahmud at deep square leg. However, Mahmud shockingly spilled the catch leading to a cheer among the Indian fans behind him and got an earful from the bowler, Taskin.
That dropped catch cost Bangladesh only 1 run as in the next over, bowled by Hasan Mahmud, the Indian captain got out. Rohit moved outside leg-stump to hit a short ball over covers, but the ball was too close for him to hit a big shot and he couldn’t get enough power on the shot, the ball going straight to Yasir Ali fielding at point.
With a dejected face, Rohit made his walk back to the dressing room after another failure.
Rohit Sharma received severe backlash from the Indian fans on Twitter after yet another failure with the bat.
Fans came up with hilarious memes for trolling Rohit Sharma:
Rohit Sharma in Indian team after becoming captain: pic.twitter.com/TPsUyyuBKg
— Jatin Khandelwal (@jr_khandelwal) November 2, 2022
रोहित शर्मा की पारी pic.twitter.com/vuPAAhWGkD
— Professor ngl राजा बाबू 🥳🌈 (@GaurangBhardwa1) November 2, 2022
Gorgeous gorgeous just 2 runs off 8 balls against Bangladesh, Ladies and Gentlemen NBDC pro Rohit Sharma for you 🔥🙈 #INDvBAN pic.twitter.com/Z4NDZV6Nkw
— TukTuk Academy (@TukTuk_Academy) November 2, 2022
K L Rahul’s performance has kept the spotlight off how woeful Rohit Sharma has been playing.
— Abijit Ganguly (@AbijitG) November 2, 2022
Rohit Sharma sparing Bangladesh. End of an era.
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) November 2, 2022
rohit sharma in the dressing room after getting out early every timepic.twitter.com/usy9EpbhW1
— yash? (@dhoklachod) November 2, 2022
My conditions everytime Rohit Sharma fails this days – pic.twitter.com/MkzCUhjbPz
— Aru★ (@Aru_Ro45) November 2, 2022
#INDvsBAN
Rohit trying to hide behind KL rahul’s failure pic.twitter.com/fLpahlrnsw— 👌⭐👑 (@superking1815) November 2, 2022
Thank you Rohit sharma 🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/Nih1eBxKRS
— Vishal. (@SportyVishaI) November 1, 2022
Do you think Rohit is facing pressure to hit after dot balls from Rahul in the first two overs?
Like for Yes
Retweet for No pic.twitter.com/E2SUiYw30s
— How Football Saved Humans – Great Book to Read (@HowHumans) November 2, 2022
Rohit Sharma is so fit. Saw him taking a diving catch.
Oh wait that was an ad.— Abijit Ganguly (@AbijitG) November 2, 2022
#INDvsBAN
Captain Rohit Sharma before match against Bangladesh : pic.twitter.com/092F6j0848— A📖 (@inevitable__31) November 2, 2022
Bangladesh ki kismat hi kharaab hai jo KL Rahul bhi chal gaya.#INDvsBAN
— Krishna (@Atheist_Krishna) November 2, 2022
Teams:
Bangladesh (Playing XI): Najmul Hossain Shanto, Litton Das, Shakib Al Hasan(c), Afif Hossain, Yasir Ali, Mosaddek Hossain, Nurul Hasan(w), Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mahmud, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam
India (Playing XI): KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma(c), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik(w), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh
