WATCH: Rohit Sharma’s catch at first slip to dismiss Alex Carey

Dixit Bhargav | 12/01/2019
Rohit Sharma's catch at first slip

Rohit Sharma’s catch at first slip: The Indian vice-captain grabbed a sharp catch at first slip to dismiss the Australian wicket-keeper.

During the first ODI of the ongoing India’s tour of Australia at Sydney, India vice-captain and opening batsman Rohit Sharma didn’t miss an opportunity to grab a sharp chance at first slip to dismiss Australia wicket-keeper batsman Alex Carey.

Kuldeep Yadav, who is known  for his reputation of taking wickets, stood tall on the expectations as he affected a dismissal in his first over itself. Yadav put an end to a 33-run steady partnership between Carey and Australia batsman Usman Khawaja.

It all happened on the penultimate delivery of the 10th over when Carey’s attempt to cut a delivery saw him edging it to Sharma at first slip. Carey, who had opened the batting with Australia captain Aaron Finch, ended up scoring 24 (31) with the help of five fours.

With India fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar dismissing Finch in the third over, Yadav’s breakthrough meant that India had got rid of the Australian openers in the first powerplay.

With Sharma taking a clean catch at first slip, it also speaks highly about him fielding at a crucial position for the team. There have been several instances of him not letting the team down at first slip in the past.

Having affected early dismissals, India would now be looking to not let this advantage go away for it is a chance of the visitors to restricts the hosts to a below par total.

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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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