Sunil Gavaskar on Rohit Sharma: Bangladesh has made an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the ODI series being played against India. In the second ODI in Dhaka on 7 December, the hosts defeated Team India by 5 runs. Rohit Sharma played a blistering half-century in this match despite a thumb injury. His innings will be counted among the most daring innings in cricket history. Due to injury, he came to bat at number 9. Then India needed 64 runs off 44 balls to win. India had almost reached its target. Rohit played a blistering inning of 51 runs off 27 balls. 12 runs were needed off the last two balls. But only 6 runs were scored on the last 2 balls. Rohit won the hearts of cricket fans with his fighting spirit. Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has given a statement after watching Rohit Sharma’s batting.
Why didn’t you come to bat first?
Former Indian cricket team captain Sunil Gavaskar questioned Rohit Sharma’s decision to keep himself in reserve for so long in the batting order. Gavaskar says that if Rohit had decided that he would have batted. So the captain could have come a little sooner. Due to which things could have been a little easier for Team India. Talking to Sony Sports, Gavaskar said, everyone knows about Rohit Sharma’s class and quality. The thing is when India came so close in the match then why didn’t they come to bat first? He should have batted at number seven instead of number nine.
Bangladesh defeated for the second time in the ODI series
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Chasing the target of 272 runs for victory, India lost four wickets for 65 runs. Then Shreyas Iyer and Akshar Patel shared a 107-run partnership for the fifth wicket. Due to this partnership, India was able to make a comeback in the match. Both the batsmen scored half-centuries. But after the dismissal of Shreyas and Akshar, the pressure on India increased. In the end, injured Rohit Sharma gave his full strength to win the match for the team but failed. Bangladesh won the match by 5 runs. Earlier, the hosts had registered a 1-wicket win over Team India in the match played on 4th December. Bangladesh has taken a decisive 2-0 lead against India in the current series. Earlier, he had defeated India on his soil in the 2015 ODI series. Team India has lost the ODI series for the second consecutive time on the soil of Bangladesh.
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