Rohit Sharma got here out to bat within the third ODI in opposition to Bangladesh after rupturing the nerve between his left thumb and forefinger throughout the second match of the collection on Wednesday.
enjoying for 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 with damage
actual warrior #RohitSharma
a few of his pictures 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/w7dsEK5Kf3— Pekka (@ex_gamer_45) December 7, 2022
Standing at second slip, Rohit’s fingers had been left soaked in blood when he dropped Anamul Haque off Mohammad Siraj within the fourth ball of the second over.
Rohit Sharma acquired injured #rohitsharma pic.twitter.com/4IAOHpt1Ua
– Adnan Ansari (@AdnanAn71861809) December 7, 2022
Rohit didn’t open the batting, however got here carrying bandaged gloves after the autumn of the seventh wicket.
The India skipper smashed a blistering 51 off 28 balls, hitting three fours and 5 sixes, to take India nearly to the brink of victory. But with a six wanted off the final ball, Mustafizur Rahman bowled an excellent yorker to seal the deal for Bangladesh.
Reflecting on his damage, the Indian skipper mentioned, “It (thumb injury) is not very big. Some dislocation and some stitches. Luckily, there was no fracture and hence, I was able to bat.”
captain @ImRo45 doing all the things he can to assist #CrewIndia cross the border He has hit 4×6 and 1×4 and is batting on 37 off 22 balls.
India are 252-9 and wish 20 runs from the final over. pic.twitter.com/VaOY7C08yf
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 7, 2022
Praising centurion Mehdi Hasan Miraj, Rohit mentioned, “From 69/6 to letting him reach around 270, our bowlers didn’t make much of an impact.” We began nicely however the center overs and again finish are hurting us so much. It occurred within the final match as nicely. This is one thing we have to work on. Taking nothing away from Mahedi and Mahmudullah was a terrific partnership however we additionally want to search out methods to interrupt such partnerships. In one-day cricket, it’s all about partnerships and once you get them, it’s important to make sure that they convert into match-winning partnerships. That’s what he did.
“Need to be courageous within the center. There are some damage issues, we have to unravel it. There is a must attempt to control them, as a result of it is very important perceive. When he involves play for India, he wants greater than 100 per cent. We must control their workload as we can not hold half match gamers coming to play for the nation.”
Rohit Sharma turned the primary Indian and solely the second batsman to hit 500 sixes in worldwide cricket throughout the 2nd ODI in opposition to Bangladesh in Dhaka.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS