India captain Rohit Sharma was not proud of the on-field umpire who denied him his first run of the T20I collection in opposition to Afghanistan on Wednesday.
Rohit flicked the second ball of the third T20I off his pads and the ball went right down to the boundary line. However umpire Virender Sharma gave it leg-byes which irked the Hitman.
Rohit was heard telling Virender on the stump mic that he had acquired an inside-edge on the ball.
”Arey Viru, pehle wala thigh pad diya tha kya? Itna bada bat laga hai. Ek toh idhar 2 zero ho gaya hain,” Rohit stated to the umpire.
The replays certainly confirmed that Rohit had edged the ball and will have earned his first runs of the collection nevertheless it wasn’t to be. The 36-year-old had registered two geese within the first two T20Is in Mohali and Indore.
Rohit did not open his account within the first two T20Is after returning to the format for Crew India after a spot of 14 months.
India off to disastrous begin in Bengaluru
His choice to bat first on the M Chinnaswamy stadium after profitable the toss backfired as India misplaced 4 fast wickets within the powerplay due to the sensible spells from Fareed Ahmed Malik and Azmatullah Omarzai.
Fareed acquired the wickets of Yashasvi Jaiswal (4), Virat Kohli (0) and Sanju Samson (0), whereas Omarzai despatched again Shivam Dube to depart India reeling within the collection finale.
Each Kohli and Samson had been dismissed for first ball geese.
India although, should not be bothered a lot as they have already got the collection within the bag. This nonetheless, is the ultimate T20I they may play as a group earlier than going to the West Indies for the World Cup in June.