Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill, Team India’s openers, had a mix-up during a run in the initial T20I match against Afghanistan. This match took place in Mohali on Thursday, January 11.
Unfortunately, this led to Rohit getting out on just his second ball. But it didn’t really change the final outcome – India still beat Afghanistan. They won quite smoothly by six wickets in the end.
Despite being forced to bat first, the Afghan squad managed to reach 158/5 in 20 overs thanks to a forceful 42 off 27 balls from Mohammad Nabi.
After a miscommunication, Rohit Sharma was run out on the second ball of the innings, which gave India a bad start to their reply. He charged down the pitch, hit a drive towards mid-off, and signaled for a run. Gill stayed at the non-striker’s end and continued to monitor the ball. Due to the fact that both hitters were at the same end, the Indian skipper was unfortunately run out.
It seems sense that Rohit was annoyed because there was a clean run open, and he furiously told Gill as much as he walked away. After that, Shubman Gill made a brief appearance of 23(12) before getting out in the fourth over. India won the match in 17.3 overs thanks to a brilliant half-century from Shivam Dube (60*), who led the chase.
Following the run-out incident, fans saw Rohit Sharma’s brief rage over Shubman Gill and utilized it as inspiration to create amusing memes. These are a some of the top memes related to the topic:
“These things happen, and when it happens you feel frustrated”- Rohit Sharma on mix-up while running with Shubman Gill during 1st IND vs AFG T20I
Indian captain Rohit Sharma downplayed the run-out incident and stated that he wanted Shubman Gill to continue and score a lot of runs in the post-match press conference. He declared:
“These things happen, and when it happens you feel frustrated. When you’re out there you want to win it for the team. Wanted Gill to stay till the end and win. “
Rohit Sharma
Regarding the bitterly chilly temperature that prevailed at the stadium during the game, Sharma went on:
“I’m okay, when the ball hits the tip of the finger it always gets sore. I went inside to find the hot water bag and now it is better. It wasn’t the easiest of the conditions, the spinners did a good job and so did the fast bowler.”
Rohit Sharma
Reflecting on the win, Rohit Sharma added:
“Dube and Rinku batted well. We want to bowl our bowlers in different parts of the game. We want to challenge ourselves, keeping all of them in mind, we will be trying all of this, but not at the cost of the game. All in all, it was a good game of cricket.”
Rohit Sharma
Next, both squads head to Indore for Sunday’s (January 14) second T20I. Virat Kohli, absent from the first T20I, returns to the field this weekend.