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Twitter lashes out at Rohit Sharma’s poor shot selection

Dixit Bhargav
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Twitter lashes out at Rohit Sharma's poor shot

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA – DECEMBER 06: Rohit Sharma of India bats during day one of the First Test match in the series between Australia and India at Adelaide Oval on December 06, 2018 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

Twitter lashes out at Rohit Sharma’s poor shot: Twitter was angry at India’s middle-order batsman for his shot selection.

During the first day of the first Test of the ongoing India’s tour of Australia at Adelaide, India middle-order batsman Rohit Sharma played a horrific shot to get out, something which wasn’t accepted well by the Indian fans.

Sharma, who came out to bat at No.6 in the 21st over, rescued the Indian innings to an extent. While Cheteshwar Pujara was taking his time for getting into his grove, Sharma played his natural game which didn’t put a lot of pressure on Pujara.

Having said that, Sharma committed a massive error which led to his dismissal in a bizarre manner. Looking to up the ante, Sharma stepped out to Australia off-spinner Nathan Lyon in the 38th over.

Having not properly timed the ball, Sharma got a lucky reprieve for his initial attempt saw him scoring a lucky six. Eager to go after the bowler, Sharma tried the same shot on the following delivery.

In which was a classic case of forcing the issue, Sharma ended up skying the ball to debutant Marcus Harris at deep square leg. Sharma ended up scoring 37 (61) with the help of two fours and three sixes.

While he scored more than his fellow batsmen, the fact that he literally gave away his wicket to the opposition saw him receiving a significant amount of flak on social media platform Twitter. Read some of the tweets on Sharma below:

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Dixit Bhargav

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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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