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Rohit Sharma not proud of Shardul Thakur after pacer concedes two fours after selecting two wickets in an over

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India vs New Zealand, third ODI: Rohit Sharma was a bit sad with Shardul Thakur after the pacer conceded a few fours to Devon Conway.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Jan 24, 2023 20:09 IST

Rohit not proud of Shardul after pacer concedes two fours after selecting two wickets. Courtesy: AP

By India Today Web Desk: Indian skipper Rohit Sharma was visibly upset with Shardul Thakur on the finish of the twenty sixth over throughout New Zealand’s run-chase within the third ODI on Tuesday, January 24 on the Holkar Stadium in Indore.

Shardul began the over with the wickets of Daryl Mitchell and Tom Latham. Mitchell and Devon Conway had placed on 78 runs for the third wicket and have been wanting harmful with New Zealand chasing a mammoth rating of 386.

In the primary ball, Shardul despatched again Mitchell, who was batting on 24 off 31 balls with two fours. The on-field umpire didn’t give the choice in favour of India, who despatched the choices upstairs. Replays confirmed that the ball had brushed Mitchell’s gloves on its approach to the keeper.

On the very subsequent ball, Latham perished for a golden duck. Latham, who has spectacular numbers towards India in ODIs, couldn’t survive for lengthy.

Rohit scolded Shardul for bowling brief balls. He bought wickets bowling the identical size within the subsequent over. Never underestimate Lord Shardul 🙏
— Div🦁 (@div_yumm) January 24, 2023

However, Thakur couldn’t end the over correctly as Conway hit him for 2 fours to finish the over. The pacer picked up two wickets, however ended up giving freely 9 runs.

For the identical purpose, Rohit was sad with Shardul and gave him a mouthful on the finish of the over.

In the twenty eighth over, Thakur bought the essential wicket of Glenn Phillips, who was in spectacular type within the ODI sequence towards Pakistan.

After his first 5 overs, Thakur had bowling figures of 5-0-40-3. Although he was going for runs, Thakur was ensuring of selecting up wickets and placing stress on the opposition line-up.

Edited By:

sabyasachi chowdhury

Published On:

Jan 24, 2023