The selectors and Test skipper Virat Kohli may have faith in Rohit Sharma. But Indian cricket supporters on Twitter seem to have run out of patience with the talented cricketer after failing on Thursday vs the Kiwis
Indian cricket supporters on Twitter seem to have run out of patience with Rohit Sharma after his failure on Thursday vs the Kiwis
New Zealand's wicketkeepr Tom Latham and Martin Guptill appeal for Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma's wicket during the first day of 1st Test match at Green Park in Kanpur on Thursday. Pic/PTI
The national selectors and Test skipper Virat Kohli may not have run out of patience with Mumbai's talented cricketer Rohit Sharma. But it seems the India cricket supporter doesn't have anymore patience.
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Here's the cricketer's brilliant One-Day International (ODI) record: He has amassed 5,008 runs from 148 matches with 10 hundreds, 28 fifties and a highest of 264.
And here's his Test record: In 18 matches, Rohit Sharma has made 946 runs, at an average of 32.62. And his average in the last 16 matches drops down to 23.5.
Well, the Mumbai lad on Thursday once again got a start only to throw it away at the fag end of the day to be dismissed for 35 at a crucial juncture. Rohit and Ashwin (40) combined for a fighting 52-run stand for the sixth wicket. In an important phase in his Test career, Rohit was expected to fire and he showed some early promise before trying to chip one off Santner over mid-on but was holed out by Sodhi.
Well, Rohit's dismissal led to Twitterati flooding the micro-blogging site with criticism and the belief that it will be difficult for him to retain his place in India's Tests squad.
HERE'S WHAT TWITTERATI HAD TO SAY:
Another chance
— Kartik Malviya (@kartikmalviya81) September 22, 2016
Another failure
Shame on captain and team management for backing rohit sharma again and again
Poor shot thoo
*annoyed*
Rohit Sharma Z a Excellent player in d 50 over n T20..Bt He z not a test batsman.. @BCCI plz reconsider @GautamGambhir
— Cezane Syed (@Iamcezane) September 22, 2016
Rohit Sharma
Sometimes I wonder is there any reservation quota for Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan in our test in our test side ??
— Sai Gautam (@SaiGautam8) September 22, 2016
Virat Kohli since his 200 in Antigua
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) September 22, 2016
60 runs in 4 innings#IndvNZ#500thTest#India500
Virat Kohli since his 200 in Antigua
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) September 22, 2016
60 runs in 4 innings#IndvNZ#500thTest#India500
"82.6 Rohit has given it away, again" How many times have we read such a description for Rohit's wicket! #INDvNZ
— Arunraj Nair (@nairarunraj) September 22, 2016
Rohit Sharma trying hard to show why he doesn't merit a place in the side, talent nothwithstanding ðÂu00c2u009fÂu00c2u0098Âu00c2u0082 #INDvNZ #cricket
— Akhila Ranganna (@akhilar) September 22, 2016
Rohit Sharma and his temperament in Tests. #INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/l4TuyNknYm
— Hitman Cricket (@HitmanCricket) September 22, 2016
the only reason why Rohit Sharma gets this much hate is he gives hopes when others underplay & then dissapoints in the worst way!ðÂu00c2u009fÂu00c2u0098Âu00c2u0090
— ãÂu00c2u0085¤ (@xFairytaleDivax) September 22, 2016
When it was required to see the day off calmly, Rohit Sharma throws his wicket like a kid. RIP Test cricket. #INDvNZ
— Engineer Sid (@Sidtells) September 22, 2016
It's not about Rohit Sharma getting out. It's about the way he gets out. #frustrating
— Hitman Cricket (@HitmanCricket) September 22, 2016
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