Things might be thin for India’s limited overs opener Rohit Sharma as his bad form with the bat continues. In the first match of Nidahas Trophy, against Sri Lanka, the Mumbai lad fell for a duck.
In South Africa, known as ‘Hitman’ had gone to the record book for having most ducks in the T20 Internationals. Rohit just bettered the record on Tuesday as now he has 5 ducks to his name, most by any Indian. The next in line is the retired Indian pacer Ashish Nehra with three ducks in his T20I career.
At R. Premadasa stadium in Colombo, after put in to bat first by Sri Lanka, on the 4th ball that he faced, Rohit tried to get fancy. It was a sensational catch by Jeevan Mendis who run awkwardly back from mid-off to take down the catch of Rohit’s mishit. Mendis landed on his back but hanged onto the ball. It was a fuller and outside off delivery, in Rohit’s swinging arc. He tried to strike it over the man inside the circle but ended up skewing it off the bottom part.
Also, it seems as if Twitterati were waiting to explode as Rohit Sharma tweets clogged the entire social media platform. With his dismissal in the very first over, the 30-year old ‘talented’ cricketer went trending within minutes.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to Rohit Sharma’s dismissal:
#IndvsSL
Rohit Sharma k T20 records pic.twitter.com/CmPh8nvDlw— Divjas Singh (@hukum_ka_ikkaa) March 6, 2018
Fifth duck for Rohit Sharma in T20Is, second against SL
India won 1, lost 3 whenever he scores duck in T20Is#SLvInd— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) March 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/Sassy_Soul_/status/971018393389219840
By scoring a duck, Rohit Sharma proved his critics wrong who were saying that he can score only against Sri Lanka. Tight slap on the faces of haters. Take that ! #IndvsSL #NidahasTrophy
— Abhishek ✨ (@ImAbhishek7_) March 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/whatsiniid/status/971017792651743234
Rohit Sharma in T20I:
First 72 matches: 3 Ducks
Last 3 matches: 2 Ducks— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) March 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/Kaashi_Naresh/status/971033913924734976
On your face haters
Rohit sharma shuts up his haters who called him minnow basher
Consistency at its very peak#INDvSL— Mustafa Ali (@MustufaAli1) March 6, 2018
Cricket promoting Bollywood :
👉Virat Kohli promoting #Pari
👉Rohit Sharma promoting #Zero
👉 Coverage of #SLvIND by 'Rishte CINEMAX #INDvSL #NidahasTrophy #INDvsSL #RohitSharma— No Delusional disorder (@Based_Duck) March 6, 2018
Rohit Sharma seems to pay tribute to Aryabhatta every time he plays outside India. #IndvSL
— M (@greedbratton) March 6, 2018
Rohit Sharma fans waiting for his performance pic.twitter.com/ToWgXd8h5B
— आम्ही Dothraki (@AamhiDothraki) March 6, 2018
Gone On Duck. 2 Mins Of Silence For Haters Who Said Rohit Sharma Performs Only Against Sri Lanka. 😈🙏🇮🇳 #SLvIND #SLvsIND #INDvSL #INDvsSL #RohitSharma
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) March 6, 2018
By the time you figure out which channel is airing the match Rohit Sharma get out #SLvIND
— Pawan Bhatia (@pawanbhatia83) March 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/Bangla13c/status/971017339889209346
Rohit sharma and his consistency😂😂 no one can match #NidahasTrophy #TeamIndia #INDvSL #RohitSharma
— माधुरी बोरसे (@MadhuriBorse1) March 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/Anand_Ashar83/status/971017772082827264