India skipper Rohit Sharma acceptable the net connected occurrence with his blistering 28-ball unbeaten 51-run-knock though the Men successful Blue suffered different heartbreak, the team’s 2nd successful arsenic galore matches successful Bangladesh connected Wednesday.
Rohit Sharma who dislocated his near thumb portion fielding during the Bangladesh innings came retired to bat astatine No.9 for India and astir took his squad to a celebrated triumph successful the 2nd ODI astatine the Shere-E-Bangla Stadium. But successful the end, India had to endure a shocking five-run decision to suffer their 2nd consecutive bid successful Bangladesh.
Batting first, Bangladesh recovered themselves connected the ropes astatine 6/69 with India dominating the proceedings with the assistance of Washington Sundar’s 3 wickets.
However, conscionable erstwhile it looked similar India was moving distant with the game, a blistering 148-run basal betwixt Mahmudullah and Mehidy Hasan Miraz brought Bangladesh backmost into the game. After Mahmudullah perished for 77 successful the 47th over, Mehidy Hasan Miraz gave the last propulsion to the Bangladesh innings arsenic 54 runs came disconnected the past 23 balls.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz remained unbeaten connected 100 disconnected 83 deliveries and was the main leader of the Bangladeshi comeback.
In reply, Rohit Sharma and co recovered themselves successful a heavy spread astatine 4/65 with Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, and KL Rahul each backmost successful the hut. Their problems were further accentuated owed to Rohit Sharma’s unavailability astatine the apical of the order, the crushed being a thumb injury.
A 107-run concern betwixt Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel stopped the rut but the asking complaint kept mounting. Moments later, Team India was connected the verge of decision with the people speechmaking 213/8. Just erstwhile everyone thought that the lucifer was over, determination was different twist successful the communicative arsenic an injured Rohit Sharma walked into bat.
Despite the wounded concern, Rohit Sharma played a brave sound arsenic helium began to deed the shot each implicit the crushed and brought the equation down to 20 runs astatine the extremity of the 49th over.
With 20 needed to triumph the crippled successful the last over, Rohit Sharma clobbered the 2nd and 3rd deliveries for boundaries, however, what made the concern pugnacious for him was the dot shot Mustafizur Rahman bowled connected the fourth.
With 2 sixes required to triumph India the match, Rohit Sharma struck the 5th transportation of the 50th implicit for a maximum but past Mustafizur Rahman produced an unplayable yorker connected the past shot to assertion a stunning victory.
Rohit Sharma’s effort, however, was overmuch appreciated by the fans who called him the “champion” portion others claimed that helium has won the hearts of each Indian owed to his gutsy knock.
Even satellite No.1 batter successful T20Is Suryakumar Yadav couldn’t halt himself from sending a connection of gratitude to him arsenic helium tweeted: “Massive Respect bro.”
Massive Respect bro @ImRo45#BANvsIND
— Surya Kumar Yadav (@surya_14kumar) December 7, 2022
Always arrogant of you Hitman Rohit Sharma. You're a champion @ImRo45pic.twitter.com/LgMsi5SD06
— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan) December 7, 2022
Take a bow, Rohit Sharma!!
Made a brave determination to travel retired to bat with an injured thumb and scored 51* (28), with little chances to triumph the game, helium gave his champion and took India closer. pic.twitter.com/JVwww7wfPZ
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) December 7, 2022
India has mislaid the lucifer 💔, but the lion 🦁 Rohit Sharma 🔥, has won the hearts of full india 🇮🇳 and cricket World. pic.twitter.com/hanureY8by
— Vishal. (@SPORTYVISHAL) December 7, 2022
Rohit Sharma, A champion.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) December 7, 2022
Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma gave an update connected his thumb wounded which helium suffered portion fielding successful the Bangladesh innings. The 35-year-old yet came retired to bat astatine fig 9 for India earlier smashing a 28-ball unbeaten 51 to bring the visitors adjacent to triumph successful the last implicit of the contest.
“Honestly, the thumb is not excessively great. Some dislocation connected the finger, but not a fracture, which is wherefore I could travel and bat,” Rohit Sharma said aft India’s 2nd consecutive nonaccomplishment successful the series.
“I deliberation erstwhile you suffer a game, determination are positives and negatives… From 70 for 6 to allowing them to 270-odd was not a large effort from the bowlers. The mediate overs and backmost extremity are hurting america – it wounded america successful the archetypal crippled arsenic well,” helium added.
“We request to absorption connected what we request to bash arsenic individuals but not taking thing distant from Mehidy and Mahmudullah. But we request to larn however to interruption partnerships and that’s thing that volition clasp you successful bully stead,” Rohit Sharma elaborated.
In one-day cricket, it’s each astir partnerships similar those guys did it. When you get 50, 70-run partnerships, you should marque it 100-120 partnership. Having said that, we person a batch of things to look astatine and we request to beryllium a spot brave and instrumentality much chances,” The Nagpur-born cricket prima elaborated.
“Few wounded concerns and we request to get to the bottommost of it; possibly they’re playing excessively overmuch cricket. It’s thing we person to beryllium down with our squad astatine NCA and effort and show their workload. Can’t spend to person half-fit players representing India,” Rohit Sharma signed off.
The 3rd and the last ODI of the bid betwixt the 2 teams volition beryllium played successful Chattogram connected Saturday.