The batting abilities of the Indian skipper Rohit Sharma are under the scanner as he failed another time to convert a good start into a good knock. The 35-year-old once again got out early on the individual score of 34 runs with four boundaries and two sixes in the ongoing first of the three-match ODI series against New Zealand.
Earlier, the skipper started well in the third and last of the recently concluded three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka. He went back to the pavilion with an individual score of 42 runs in the Thiruvananthapuram ODI against the Islanders.
Following these outings, it has now become a concern for Indian cricket fans as they are scheduled to play a couple of big assignments in ODI cricket. Just after the departure of Rohit, the fans took to Twitter and questioned his form in the 50-overs format.
Here’s how fans reacted:
Rohit sharma se kya galti ho rhi hai apke according?#RohitSharma𓃵 #RohitSharma
— Keshav Jha (@Cric_world20) January 18, 2023
.@ImRo45 is happy in playing small CAMEOS.
— Raj Aryan (@WittyAbuser) January 18, 2023
Forget about scoring a HUNDRED, his longevity in terms of playing balls per innings is a big question mark.#IndvsNZ #NZvsIND #IndianCricketTeam #TeamIndia #odiworldcup2023 #ShubmanGill #RohitSharma𓃵 #ViratKohli𓃵 @JayShah @chetans1987
#RohitSharma𓃵
— Sibiraj Nagercovil 🇮🇳 (@Sonu69249048) January 18, 2023
Yashawi jaiswal is better than rohit sharma 🤷 pic.twitter.com/ABnpHJ64NC
Now more expectations from Virat Kohli & Rohit Sharma...#INDvSL pic.twitter.com/dpXtV0ljD2
— RVCJ Media (@RVCJ_FB) January 12, 2023
I don't agree i don't like to wach 11 to 40 overs in ODi format its boring and 7 ghante nai hai ab kisi ke pas
— Viraj Kadam (@Virajkada46) January 12, 2023
Kaun yad rakhta hai in bilateral series win ko ...log to WC ka hi jikra karte hain na
— Champak Dash (@ChampakDash3) January 12, 2023
Ek dam haalat aur emotions sab badal gye 😂😂
— The Shubham!! (@itsmeshubham45) January 12, 2023
Bad day for cricket
— Ill (@huihui_____) January 18, 2023
Bodied chokhit
— A 🚀 (@KohliCrews) January 18, 2023
Don't compare rohit with Champion player and WC winner like Gilchrist
— Rakesh (@_Melbourne_82) January 18, 2023
Shamefull day that fraud like Rohit are getting above goats like Gilchrist 😬😬
— #Selfiee #Omg2 133(86) 183(147) 115(66) 100(52) (@Fan1Akshay) January 18, 2023
Speaking of the ongoing first ODI between India and New Zealand so far, the men in blue are batting first after winning the flip of the coin and have scored 257 runs for the loss of five wickets in 41 overs. The star opener Shubman Gill there in the middle on an individual score of 138 runs alongside the new batter came in, Washington Sundar.
Earlier, Suryakumar Yadav fell prey to Daryl Mitchell with an individual score of 31 runs. Apart from that, the veteran of 46 ODI centuries couldn’t impress against the Kiwis. He fell early only on the score of 8 runs off Mitchell Santner.
Daryl Mitchell has scalped two wickets by conceding 30 runs in five overs alongside one wicket each claimed by Lockie Ferguson, Blair Tickner, and Mitchell Santner.
Notably, Rohit Sharma’s men and the Kiwis are playing this first fixture of the ODI series at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad. The next two 50-over fixtures will be played at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium in Raipur and Holkar Stadium in Indore respectively.