Indian captain Rohit Sharma‘s T20I return noticed him develop into the primary participant ever to register 100 T20I wins. Rohit led India to a snug win in the primary T20I in opposition to Afghanistan on the PCA IS (*100*) Stadium, Mohali. A particular all-round present from Shivam Dube powered India to a simple 6-wicket win over the Afghans.Â
The Men in Blue chased down the 159-run goal with a half-century from Shivam Dube and contributions from Jitesh Sharma, Rinku Singh and others to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match collection. However, the evening was not the one Rohit would have wished with the bat as he acquired run out for a duck. The Indian captain had a weird miscommunication with opening companion Shubman Gill which noticed each the gamers on the similar finish when the previous set off for a run after hitting the ball to mid-off. He was run out as Gill stayed in his crease. Rohit now finds himself registering an unwanted record.
Never before occurred in India’s T20I history, Rohit Sharma has develop into the primary captain from the nation to be run out for a duck in the shortest International format. Before Rohit, 8 captains from ICC full members have been run out for nought in T20Is however he’s the primary captain from India to fall underneath this unwanted feat. This was Rohit’s eleventh duck in T20I cricket too.
Captains from ICC full members to get run-out on duck in T20Is
Mahela Jayawardene (SL) – 2 occasions
Asghar Afghan (AFG) – 1 time
Babar Azam (PAK) – 1 time
Stuart Broad (ENG) – 1 time
E Chigumbura (ZIM) – 1 time
Paul Collingwood (ENG) – 1 time
Shahid Afridi (PAK) – 1 time
Rohit Sharma (IND) – 1 time
Daniel Vettori (NZ) – 1 time
Notably, Rohit is the eleventh Indian to be dismissed in that mode for a duck in T20Is. Before him, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Piyush Chawla, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Amit Mishra, Mohammed Shami, Manish Pandey, Ravi Bishnoi, Ambati Rayudu and Virender Sehwag had been dismissed run-out for a nought in T20Is.Â
After his wicket fell, the 36-year-old Indian was seen fuming at his companion Shubman Gill whereas strolling off again to the hut. Notably, he moved on from the incident and opened up on it after the match. “These things happen (on the run-out). When it happens you feel frustrated, you want to be out there and score runs for the team. Everything will not go your way. We won the game, that’s more important. I wanted Gill to carry on, unfortunately got out after playing a very good little innings,” Sharma stated on the post-match press convention.
