WATCH: Rohit Sharma’s incredible fielding effort to save a six in Hyderabad T20I

Dixit Bhargav | 06/12/2019
WATCH: Rohit Sharma's incredible fielding effort to save six in Hyderabad T20I

Rohit Sharma’s incredible fielding effort: The Indian vice-captain put on display consecutive impressive fielding efforts in Hyderabad.

During the first T20I of the ongoing West Indies’ tour of India in Hyderabad, India vice-captain Rohit Sharma impressed one and all with his consecutive impressive fielding efforts.

It all happened first on the first delivery of the 17th over when West Indies batsman Shimron Hetmyer hit a Deepak Chahar delivery down the ground.

All-rounder Washington Sundar, who was fielding at long-on, ran towards his right to attempt the catch and eventually drop it. Sharma, who was alert enough to provide back-up, dived to prevent the ball going past the boundary. The effort saved three runs for India as the batsmen didn’t run the second run.

On the following delivery, West Indies captain Kieron Pollard hit the ball towards Sharma at long-on. While the 32-year old player was successful in grabbing an outstanding one-handed running catch, he had no other option than to drop the ball in order to stop it from going for a six.

It is worth mentioning that Sharma followed his two fielding efforts in a disappointing manner as he ended up dropping Pollard on the next delivery. With the ball also going for a six this time round, it was like salt being rubbed on the hosts’ wounds.

After India captain Virat Kohli won the toss and invited West Indies to bat, the visitors scored 207/5 in their allotted quota of 20 overs. Coming in to bat at No. 4 in the sixth over, batsman Shimron Hetmyer top-scored for West Indies with 56 (41) with the help of two fours and four sixes.

Rohit Sharma’s incredible fielding effort

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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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