India skipper Rohit Sharma failed to provide with the bat in Team India’s ICC World Test Championship (WTC) ultimate versus Australia on Thursday, June 8 on the Oval in London.
The right-handed batter scored 15 runs on 26 balls, together with two boundaries. In the sixth over, the 36-year-old was dominated leg earlier than wicket to Australian captain Pat Cummins, as India misplaced their opening wicket for 30 runs.
Rohit was coming off a poor batting effort for the Mumbai Indians (MI) in the IPL 2023. In 16 video games, he scored 332 runs, together with two half-centuries.
After Australia scored 469 runs, followers on Twitter had been dissatisfied with Rohit Sharma’s failure in India’s first innings.
Check out the reactions:
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— Cricpedia. (@_Cricpedia) June 8, 2023
Sharma ji ki IPL type abhi bhi barkarar hai
— Vipin Tiwari (@vipintiwari952) June 8, 2023
Khatam hai bhai ye Banda!
— Zerir (@Zerir_) June 8, 2023
High time BCCI ought to make Kl Rahul as our captain
— I.P.S (@Plant_Warrior) June 8, 2023
Not shocking.. It’s a knockout excessive strain sport.. This is kind of apparent.. Let’s imagine in Pujara, Kohli and Rahane..
— Sanjumon (@starringSANJU) June 8, 2023
Big Match
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— Mission WTC Final (@rohancric947) June 8, 2023
It is value noting that Rohit Sharma has struggled to make important contributions in a number of essential ICC knockout matches for Team India. In the 2017 Champions Trophy ultimate against Pakistan, the right-handed batter was unable to attain any runs, which was a disappointing end result for his crew.
Similarly, in the 2019 World Cup semi-final against New Zealand, Sharma solely managed to attain one run earlier than being dismissed. Although he did enhance his efficiency in the inaugural 2021 WTC ultimate against the identical crew, with scores of 34 and 30, India nonetheless misplaced the match. In the 2022 T20 World Cup semi-finals against England, Sharma scored 27 off 28 balls, however as soon as once more, India was unable to safe a victory.
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