Rohit Sharma’s Fifty Ends with Unfortunate Dismissal
India’s opening pair of Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal gave the team a good start in the second innings of the Test match against New Zealand. The pair combined to break the huge lead built by the New Zealand team.
But with a 72-run partnership for the first wicket, Yashasvi Jaiswal was dismissed on the sound of a mishit. When he didn’t need it, he came forward and tried to play the shot on the bowling of Ejaz Patel and the wicketkeeper Tom Blundell (Tom Blundell) showed him the way to the tent without making any mistake.
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Rohit Sharma’s Strong Start Ends Unexpectedly
On the other side, Rohit Sharma was quite set. He also completed his half-century by hitting fours in the dugout. For this, he faced 59 balls. But after this fine innings, he lost his wicket to the bowling of Eijaz Patel. He was dismissed on the fifth ball of the 22nd over of India’s second innings.
The ball bowled by Ejaz Patel was well-defended by Rohit. He did not even imagine that this ball would hit the stumps. But what happened was to break Rohit’s innings. Was he unlucky after seeing his wicket? A question arises.
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Missed Opportunity for a Big Knock
The expression on Rohit Sharma’s face when the wicket fell spoke volumes. He did not even imagine that after defending the ball, it would go towards the stumps. What happened happened in a few moments. Due to this Rohit did not get a chance to block the ball.
Rohit Yashasvi Jodi did the job in which it was necessary to start to break a big lead. But he missed the chance to make a big knock.
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Team India:
Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suraj Kumar, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj
New Zealand:
Tom Latham (captain), Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Darrel Mitchell, Tom Bundell (wicketkeeper), Glenn Phillips, Matt Henry, Tim Southee, Ajaz Patel, William O’Rourke
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