WATCH: Rohit Sharma whacks consecutive sixes off Tim Southee to win super over in Hamilton T20I

Dixit Bhargav | 29/01/2020
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Rohit Sharma whacks consecutive sixes off Tim Southee: The Indian vice-captain didn’t lose his calm in the super over at Seddon Park.

During the third T20I of the ongoing India’s tour of New Zealand in Hamilton, India vice-captain Rohit Sharma stood tall on his reputation as he hit two consecutive sixes to win the super over for India.

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson and opening batsman Martin Guptill scored 17 runs off a Jasprit Bumrah over to give India a daunting target in the super over.

Having scored three runs on the first two deliveries, Sharma didn’t provide the best of starts to his team especially in the super over. With Lokesh Rahul hitting a four and a single off New Zealand seamer Tim Southee, the equation came down to the visitors needing 10 runs in the last two balls.

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Seeming unperturbed about the first two deliveries, Sharma kept his calm to score two consecutive sixes to gain an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series. Having hit both the shots with utmost confidence, Sharma proved as to why he is among the best in the business in white-ball formats.

Earlier, Williamson scored a masterly 95 (48) with the help of eight fours and six sixes in the second innings to keep his team in the match. It was a phenomenal over from Mohammed Shami which saw the match entering a super over.

After Williamson won the toss and invited India in to bat, the visitors scored 179/5 in 20 overs on the back of Sharma’s 20th T20 half-century, 65 (40), with the help of six fours and three sixes.

Rohit Sharma whacks consecutive sixes off Tim Southee

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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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