When Arshdeep Singh tried to make a suggestion to his skipper during the final over of the match against Sri Lanka, Rohit Sharma was almost seen turning his back on him. Following India’s loss, the incident’s footage has gone viral on Twitter.
Over the past three to four days, a lot has happened to Arshdeep Singh. The Pakistani bowler Asif Ali’s catch in the 18th over of the game was dropped, costing the 23-year-old left-arm seamer dearly because Asif nearly ended the match in the following over.
In the final over, Arshdeep had remarkable tenacity to come back and eliminate the Pakistani batsman, almost giving India the victory. later, in the final over with only six to defend, he received the ball once more. This time, Sri Lanka was the opponent.
Similar situation faced by Arshdeep Singh
Arshdeep faced a similar situation. The experienced Bhuvneshwar Kumar similarly to the match against Pakistan gave up runs in the 19th over, making the situation practically difficult in the last over. The Sri Lankan team’s captain Dasun Shanaka and Bhanuka Rajapaksa needed just seven runs off of six balls when Arshdeep had to deal with them.
The left-arm seamer struck the bat with four straight yorkers, which gave just five runs, and then beat the bat with a length ball in the fifth delivery, but both India’s wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant and Arshdeep himself missed the stumps as Sri Lanka ran two byes to win the game and effectively end India’s hopes of competing in the Asia Cup in 2022.
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Rohit turns his back on Arshdeep
Arshdeep attempted to make a suggestion to skipper Rohit Sharma in the midst of all this, and Rohit was almost seen turning away. On Twitter, the footage of the event has gone viral. Throughout the game, Rohit, who was obviously under pressure to set up the field correctly, was seen engaging in lengthy conversations with pretty much all of the bowlers, including Arshdeep. However, in this special incident, the Indian captain appeared unwilling to hear what Arshdeep had to say.
When questioned about the trolls against him, Rohit, who top-scored for India with a brilliant 72 off 41 balls, supported the youngster.
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