England vs India: Rohit Sharma visits 6-year-old child who was hit by his six at The Oval

Rohit Sharma had an unimaginable outing on Tuesday, July 12 within the first ODI between India and England on the Kennington Oval in London. The Indian skipper didn’t win the Player of the Match award, however grabbed the limelight with a glowing 76-run knock.

Rohit and Shikhar Dhawan stitched collectively an unbeaten 114-run stand to assist India chase down 111 and win the match by 10 wickets. Rohit’s knock was laced with six fours and 5 sixes.

However, one of many sixes went on to hit a younger 6-year-old lady within the stands. In the fifth over of India’s run-chase, Rohit smashed quick bowler David Willey for an enormous six over the long-leg area.

The lady within the stands did not get out of the road of the ball and copped a blow. Former England batter Michael Atherton and former India head coach Ravi Shastri additionally talked concerning the matter.

“It seems someone in the crowd may have gotten hit by this six from Rohit Sharma. Fingers crossed nobody is hurt,” Atherton mentioned.

“Yes, it looks that way. The way Rohit is looking towards that area, he might have got the message. It’s probably hit someone,” Shastri mentioned.

Later, the official Twitter deal with of the Barmy Army additionally shared an replace on the lady. The physiotherapists of the England cricket staff, thereafter, rushed to test on the well-being of the lady. However, it was discovered that the lady didn’t undergo any main damage.

Shoutout to the @englandcricket physios yesterday

6 year-old Meera was hit by a Rohit Sharma six within the crowd and so they shortly rushed spherical to test on her.

She was okay and even acquired a go to off Sharma himself later within the day!#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/mbvOsoT6lQ

— England’s Barmy Army (@TheBarmyArmy) July 13, 2022

After the top of the match, the Nagpur-born Rohit got here up with an lovely gesture to the younger lady and visited her.

After taking a 1-0 lead within the sequence, India will play the second ODI on Thursday on the Lord’s Cricket Ground.

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