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India captain Rohit Sharma‘s much-awaited return to the T20I format ended in disaster as he was run out for a duck in the first T20I against Afghanistan in Mohali on Thursday. A terrible miscommunication between Rohit and his partner Shubman Gill resulted in the former being dismissed without putting a single run on the board. The incident didn’t just produce a heated conversation between the two but also earned Rohit the joint-top spot in the list of an unwanted record. The India skipper now has the most run-outs in T20Is for India, matching his predecessors Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni.
It was the 6th time Rohit was dismissed via a run-out in a T20 international, with Kohli and Dhoni also incurring the same number of dismissals (6) while running between wickets.
Though Rohit was livid at the form of his dismissal, he was quite calm when talking about the incident after the match.
“A lot of positives, especially with the ball. It was not the easiest of conditions but our spinners bowled particularly well,” said Rohit after the match.
On his mixup with Shubman Gill that led to the run-out, Rohit said, “Honestly, these things happen. When it happens, you feel frustrated because you want to be out there and score runs for your team. I wanted Shubman Gill to carry on. He played a good inning but got out.”
Elaborating further on his team’s performance, he said that batters Jitesh Sharma, Shivam Dube and Rinku Singh are in good form and he aims to try different things in the coming games.
“There are a lot of positives: Shivam Dube, the way Jitesh batted, Tilak as well and obviously Rinku. (Next game?) I want to try a few things. I want to make the bowlers do a few different things. Like how Washy (Washington Sundar) bowled the 19th today. Keeping those things in mind, we will try to do different things. But not at the cost of winning,” he concluded.
With ANI inputs
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