India captain Rohit Sharma smashed an excellent half-century on a difficult floor on the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York in opposition to Ireland to start their marketing campaign on a robust be aware. The Men in Blue made gentle work of the 97-run goal with an eight-wicket win in 12.2 overs to seal their opening contest of the match.
While many of the batters struggled to attain runs on the difficult New York monitor, Rohit performed a sedate knock, taking calculated dangers on his method to a robust fifty. He retired hurt after the half-century.
Rohit picked a blow on his arm throughout his knock
The Indian captain picked a lightweight blow on his arm in the course of the ninth over of the run-chase, bowled by left-arm speedster Joshua Little. The speedster delivered a back-of-a-length supply as Rohit shuffled throughout for a scoop. The batter missed his stroke and the ball hit him on the arm close to his shoulder. But he continued batting and hit two back-to-back sixes off the subsequent two balls after which received to his half-century within the subsequent over with a 4.
This was Rohit’s tenth rating of fifty-plus within the T20 World Cup historical past, making him second on this checklist and solely behind Virat Kohli‘s 14 fifty-plus knocks. He surpassed Chris Gayle, who had 9 scores in extra of fifty within the match.Â
Notably, Rohit has change into the quickest to attain 4000 runs in T20Is by way of balls taken. He has additionally change into the primary participant to his 600 sixes in International cricket. Rohit has additionally gone previous the 1000-run mark within the 20-over World Cups.
Rohit opens up on his damage after the match
The Indian captain opened up on his damage after the match. “Yeah, just a little sore (the arm). I said it at the toss as well. Quite unsure of what to expect from the pitch. Not aware of what it is to play on a pitch that’s five months old. I don’t think the wicket settled down even when we batted second. There was enough for the bowlers. That’s pretty much what you gotta do. Try to hit those lengths consistently. All these guys have played a lot of Test cricket,” he stated after India’s win.
