Rohit Sharma dropped catch: Watch Ben Stokes left shocked as Rohit drops sitter in Chennai Test

Dixit Bhargav | 06/02/2021
Rohit Sharma dropped catch: Watch Ben Stokes left shocked as Rohit drops sitter in Chennai Test

Rohit Sharma dropped catch: The Indian opening batsman dropped a fairly simple catch to surprise one and all at Chepauk.

During the second day of the first Test of the ongoing England’s tour of India in Chennai, India opening batsman Rohit Sharma dropped an absolute sitter to hand a reprieve to England spinner Dom Bess (28*).

It all happened on the first delivery of the 175th over when Bess stepped out of his crease to play an aerial flick off India all-rounder Washington Sundar.

Sharma, who was fielding at short mid-wicket, perhaps dropped a straightforward chance as a consequence of fielding for two days. Mostly a safe fielder regarding catches, Sharma wouldn’t have dropped such a catch otherwise.

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Apart from Sharma, India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and batsman Cheteshwar Pujara had also dropped catches, although much tougher ones, to give England vice-captain Ben Stokes (82) a couple of chances in the morning session.

Sharma, who was seen bowling gentle medium-pace to complete injured fast bowler Navdeep Saini’s over during the tour of Australia, bowled a couple of overs of off-spin at the MA Chidambaram Stadium today.

At Stumps on Day 2, England have amassed 555/8 in 180 overs with Bess and fellow spinner Jack Leach (6*) set to resume batting tomorrow. Captain Joe Root, who had scored his third consecutive century yesterday, went on to convert it into a double century scoring a phenomenal 218 (377) with the help of 19 fours and two sixes.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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