Indian skipper Rohit Sharma kick-started the new calendar year on a high by letting his bat do the talking in the first ODI against Sri Lanka at Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati.
The right-handed batter who was out of form in international cricket rose from the ashes and scored his 47th ODI fifty in the ODI series opener. After scoring his fifty, he grew from strength to strength and also gave us impressions that he would be scoring his 30th ODI century.
However, that wasn’t meant to be as he missed out on a well-deserved century by 17 runs. Rohit Sharma tried to smash the ball off Dilshan Madushanka but the Indian skipper got an inside edge as the ball went on to shatter the stumps in the follow-through.
Rohit Sharma gets dismissed for 83 in the first ODI against Sri Lanka
The Indian captain would be pretty much disappointed with the way he got dismissed. He scored 83 off 67 balls with the help of nine boundaries and three hits over the fence at a strike rate of 123.88.
Apart from the Indian skipper, Shubman Gill also played pretty well as he scored 70 off 60 balls including 11 fours. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill added a 143-run partnership for the opening wicket.
Virat Kohli looked good ever since he came out to bat as he is batting on 30 runs. Shreyas Iyer scored 28 off 24 balls including three fours and a six before falling prey to Dhananjaya de Silva. At the time of writing this article, India have scored 213/3 in 29.1 overs.
Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis(w), Avishka Fernando, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Dasun Shanaka(c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Dunith Wellalage, Kasun Rajitha, Dilshan Madushanka
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami, Umran Malik, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal
Well played, Captain Rohit Sharma, missed out a well deserving 100
— saistunz (@saistunz10) January 10, 2023
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Well played ro
🥺Advertisement— Muzamil (@MuzamilUnique) January 10, 2023
Rare Failure For Goat Rohit Sharma
— ً (@Ro45Goat) January 10, 2023
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*failure to convert it into double hundred.
Advertisement— PROUD OF MI LOBBY💙🤙 (@Emotion__45) January 10, 2023
Well played Hitman 💪💪 Hope he scores 100 in next game ❤️💯
— The Lunatic Head (@head_lunatic) January 10, 2023
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I was seriously hoping for his 100. No issues captain come back strong @ImRo45
Advertisement— Adv. Vaibhav Nijhawan 🇮🇳 (@VaibhavNijhawa6) January 10, 2023
I was waiting for his century man 😔
Well played Captain Rohit Sharma❤️— NRS (@nirmalya_raj8) January 10, 2023
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