India captain Rohit Sharma didn’t have a desired start to his Australia tour as the opener fell for a cheap score of only 3 runs in the first warm-up game against Western Australia XI.
India are scheduled to play two warm-up matches versus the home domestic team, Western Australia XI, at the W.A.C.A. Ground in Perth. The fast bowling attack of the WA domestic side and the fast, bouncy track at this particular venue will serve India with the best conditions to get adjusted to the bounce and pace of Australia prior to the T20 World Cup.
This resulted in the downfall of the Indian skipper early in the innings as Rohit Sharma continued his inconsistent form. Before coming to Australia, he’d been dismissed for two ducks against South Africa but has hammered 43 runs in the second T20I against the Proteas.
And to further compound the worries regarding Rohit Sharma, it was his nemesis – a left-arm pacer – Jason Behrendorff – who dismissed him in the third over of the match, edging it behind. Rohit’s struggles with left-arm seamers against the new ball is a cause of concern heading into the T20 World Cup where most of the teams have a quality left-arm new ball seamer.
This low score of Rohit Sharma triggered a mass trolling of him on Twitter:
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Can’t even bash domestic bowling. Chokit his surely finished— Biiishh (@BobbyLalll) October 10, 2022
Out for another left-arm tall bowler.
— SINDBAD (@SINDBADNOTOUT) October 10, 2022
More finished than harpic cleaner pic.twitter.com/vMeSon6nWF
— supremo. (@only4Virat) October 10, 2022
2013 ct practice – 0, 0
Main match 2nd highest scorer
2019 wc practice – 2 match less than 10 run https://t.co/7xyRYBtPGP— Vinay Shukla (@VinaySh64568416) October 10, 2022
Y’all time to celebrate 🥳🥂
Sab practice match me single digit 🤨 https://t.co/7smkimrKrn— s. (@ShubhamK_45) October 10, 2022
Pull out of the World Cup already ✋🏻 https://t.co/tNOEZATkNJ
— Luttappii😈 (@luttappii99) October 10, 2022
Century missed by just 97 runs🙆 https://t.co/FXtWgn7LC1
— ʀᴇʙᴇʟ ᴠɪᴋʀᴀᴍ¹⁷ (@Vikram147S) October 10, 2022
Tell me something new https://t.co/Xm8s49OKAk
— SHIVAM (@Serfiost) October 10, 2022
pic.twitter.com/ngJV8jmdI7 https://t.co/TsV2WRjk1z
— Royce 💤 (@Elegance__45) October 10, 2022
Tell us something new! This is same story isn’t it! https://t.co/m17C6pbTQJ
— Roger_Virat (@RogerVirat) October 10, 2022
Should have gone for duck. Scored high. https://t.co/nsO79jjcGB
— JINKISMITA TALUKDAR ⁴⁵ (@45merchandised_) October 10, 2022
Meanwhile, once again Suryakumar Yadav stood up to save India’s batting. SKY scored 52 runs off 35 balls with the helpd of 3 fours and 3 sixes to take India to 158/6 in 20 overs.
India had won the toss and elected to bat first.
Teams:
Western Australia XI (Playing XI): D Arcy Short, Aaron Hardie, Cameron Bancroft(w), Ashton Turner(c), Sam Fanning, Hamish McKenzie, Jhye Richardson, Andrew Tye, Jason Behrendorff, Matthew Kelly, Nick Hobson
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal
