Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul depart cheaply in India vs New Zealand World Cup Warm-up match; Twitter reacts

Dixit Bhargav | 25/05/2019
Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul depart cheaply in India vs New Zealand World Cup Warm-up match; Twitter reacts

Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul depart cheaply: Indian top-order failed to get going against New Zealand in the Warm-up match.

During the ongoing warm-up match for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 between India and New Zealand at The Oval, Indian top-order failed to show resilience against New Zealand’s pace attack.

After India captain Virat Kohli won the toss and chose to bat, his batsmen let him down by providing early breakthroughs to the opposition. Other than he openers, Lokesh Rahul also failed to make a mark after being sent at No. 4 in the absence of injured Vijay Shankar.

On the second delivery of the second over, vice-captain Rohit Sharma (2) was found wanting against Trent Boult. Sharma failed to cope up to an in-swinging delivery from the left-arm fast bowler.

On the first ball of Boult’s next over, opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan (2) inside-edged a delivery to New Zealand wicket-keeper Tom Blundell. While Rahul looked comfortable initially, he also inside-edged a Boult delivery on to his stumps to walk back to the pavilion for 6.

India put on display another surprise by sending all-rounder Hardik Pandya at No. 5. While the right-hand batsman gave impressions of looking comfortable in the middle, India were then jolted by the dismissal of Kohli.

In the 11th over, Kohli got out to his Royal Challengers Bangalore teammate Colin de Grandhomme after scoring 18 (24) with the help of three fours. The skipper’s dismissal saw India reeling at 39/4.

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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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