Rohit Sharma sees the funny side of Mitchell McClenaghan’s Instagram post

Dixit Bhargav | 28/01/2019
Mitchell McClenaghan's Instagram post

Mitchell McClenaghan’s Instagram post: The Kiwi fast bowler had recently posted a throwback photo from India’s tour of New Zealand in 2014.

During the first ODI of India’s tour of New Zealand in 2014 at Napier, New Zealand fast bowler Mitchell McClenaghan had brought an end to India opening batsman Rohit Sharma’s struggling knock.

Chasing 293 runs to win, India’s start had gone from bad to worse as Sharma ended his misery by hooking a short ball from McClenaghan straight to the fine leg fielder Tim Southee. He ended up scoring 3 (23).

The then India vice-captain Virat Kohli had scored his 18th ODI century, 123 (111), with the help of 11 fours and two sixes, to take India closer to the Kiwi total but to no effect as lack of support from the other end costed the Indian team.

In a recent throwback post on social media platform Instagram, McClenaghan uploaded a photograph after dismissing Sharma. Having tagged Sharma, the Kiwi pacer got a hilarious reply from his captain at Mumbai Indians.

“You got better of me there Mitch! Although really didn’t understand what you said,” read Sharma’s comment. The photo has been doing the rounds on the given platform since yesterday.

Having made his IPL debut in 2015, McClenaghan has been playing for Mumbai Indians for four years now. In 2015 and 2017, McClenaghan was part of the title-winning Indians squad. Given his camaraderie with Sharma, one expects it to be reason behind the recent banter on Instagram.

Mitchell McClenaghan's Instagram post

Having last played for New Zealand during the first semi-final of ICC World Twenty20 2016 against England at Delhi, McClenaghan has since then become a freelance T20 cricketer. Currently, he is representing Auckland in New Zealand’s domestic T20 competition, Super Smash.

Meanwhile, Sharma is currently playing in the third ODI against New Zealand at Mount Maunganui. Having scored his 39th ODI half-century, read some of the latest Twitter reactions on his knock below:

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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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