Rohit Sharma has had a very ordinary South Africa tour until now. After being drafted into the Test side for the first two Tests, lot was expected of Rohit Sharma, as he had had a wonderful time in the Test side during the home series(and the Sri Lanka tour).
The South Africa tour was supposed to be the stepping stone in Sharma’s career as an all round batsman, but he has failed to deliver.
With almost all batsmen failing to score on those venomous Test tracks, criticism against Rohit Sharma seemed a bit pre-mature.
The ODI series came soon enough, and India expected Rohit Sharma to be back in ominous form, but that hasn’t quite transpired in the first 4 ODIs with Rohit recording scores of 20, 15, 0 and 5.
Rohit has often been criticised for being susceptive to the swinging and seaming ball, but this ODI series hasn’t really presented him with those challenges, and still he has found a way to fail.
The problem has been with Rohit’s application on the crease, as he hasn’t quite capitalised on his starts, giving his wicket away quite easily, having played rash shots in the first two ODI’s and then getting a tab bit unlucky in the last two.
Rohit seemed determined to leave the ball outside the off -stump in the initial few overs, ready to dig deep and fight it out in the middle. But a straighter one from Rabada, one that was supposed to be driven down the ground, just got a little held up in the pitch and Rohit ended up splicing it.
The ball was in the air for a brief moment, and that was enough for Rabada to bend down in his follow through and complete a splendid catch to add to Rohit’s woes.
Twitter wasn’t impressed by Rohit’s performance and took a dig at him, yet again
Check out the best tweets:
Rohit Sharma carrying Rohit in SA. #SAvIND pic.twitter.com/2rLYDkIGNO
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) February 10, 2018
Rohit Sharma on this tour:
Tests – 11, 10, 10, 47
ODIs – 20, 15, 0, 5#SAvInd— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) February 10, 2018
This is first time Since January 2014 Rohit Sharma got out without scoring half century in five consecutive ODI innings…
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) February 10, 2018
Hardik Pandya has spent more time on his hairstyle than Rohit Sharma on crease while batting in this series. #INDvSA #SAvIND
— Akshay Jain (@AkshayKatariyaa) February 10, 2018
Anushka: At which batting position do you bat Virat?
Virat: It depends… In home condition first down.. in overseas, opening.
*Rohit Sharma stares from behind*
— Silly Point 🏏 (@FarziCricketer) February 7, 2018
150 Run Partnership Off 150 Balls. Both Players Inching Towards Century.
Virat Kohli 70 (75)
Shikhar Dhawan 88 (86)Wouldn’t Have Been Possible Without Rohit Sharma. Selfless Cricketer. 🙏🙊#INDvSA #INDvsSA #SAvIND #SAvsIND
— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) February 10, 2018
Rohit Sharma Missed His Double Century By Just 195 Runs. 😂🙏🇮🇳#INDvSA #INDvsSA #SAvIND #SAvsIND
— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) February 10, 2018
Minimum conditions required for Rohit Sharma to hit a Century!
1. Eden Garden
2. Running-Out Kohli
3. Wife’s Birthday
4. Wedding Anniversary
5. Karva Chauth
6. Valentines Day— राटावोळीस्ट़! (@Nautankibaba) February 10, 2018
Virat Kohli Plays Rohit Sharma So That He Can Come Early To Bat And Score A Century. Rohit Sharma Deserves Some Credit For #ViratKohli‘s 34 Centuries. 😇💪🙏🇮🇳
— Rohan shah (@shahrohan92) February 10, 2018
Rohit Sharma desperately needs someone’s birthday to score big. He has scored 11, 10, 10, 47, 20, 15, 0 and 5 on this SA tour. #SAvIND
— Silly Point 🏏 (@FarziCricketer) February 10, 2018
How to cook maggi – boil with hot water,add masala and wait until Rohit Sharma gets out.. #RohitSharma #INDvSA
— Vinay Chowdary (@VinayChanumolu) February 10, 2018
Positive message from Rohit Sharma to Indian cricket fans, whenever he goes to bat.. pic.twitter.com/rTqpoIeTF4
— Keh Ke Peheno (@coolfunnytshirt) February 10, 2018
Genie: I’ll grant you one wish.
“Please make Rohit Sharma consistent this year” pic.twitter.com/wznhvTNucu
— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) February 10, 2018
When Rohit Sharma scores more than 20 runs in overseas pitch: #SAvIND pic.twitter.com/zqUOa2lcjS
— viren (@Bare_Devil) February 10, 2018
