'Ghatiya ballebazi' - Fans lash out at Rohit Sharma as he falls early against SL in 2nd ODI

India has lost their top three early while chasing the target of 216 runs in the ongoing second of the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka. India lost their both openers only on a total score of 41 runs in the sixth over of the second innings. Notably, the hosts’ skipper Rohit Sharma, who played a brilliant knock of 83 runs in the last match, went back to the pavilion only on 17 runs in the second ODI against the Islanders.

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The 35-year-old got caught behind by wicketkeeper-batter off Chamika Karunaratne on the last ball of the fifth over in the Indian inning. The fans didn’t seem happy with this outing from the skipper Rohit Sharma in the crucial match of the series against the visitors.

They took to Twitter to lash out at Sharma for departing early in the run-chase of an average total of 216 runs in the 50 overs.

Here’s how fans lashed out at Rohit Sharma for early departure:

Both the Indian openers are back in the pavilion.



A good start for Sri Lanka.

घटिया बल्लेबाजी रोहित शर्मा और गिल की।

बैटिंग पिच पर निराश किया।#CricTracker #RohitSharma #ShubmanGill #INDvSL

— ShivSingh_IND (@shivsingh_sp) January 12, 2023

I'm die heart fan of Rohit,

But to be honest he has to work on singles and doubles not on boundaries always!

And also constantly work on fitness#CricketTwitter #RohitSharma

— shivam Sharma (@ShivamS08202410) January 12, 2023

Indian Top Order practicing for the epic collapse in #ODI Wc.#ViratKohli #RohitSharma #ShubmanGill #INDvsSL #INDvSL

— Rishav (@Walnuttsaladdd) January 12, 2023

When the openers gave a good start in the previous match everyone looked good. Today when the openers got out cheaply the team looks in deep trouble while chasing just 216#RohitSharma #RohitSharma𓃵

— Prashant Tiwari (@0312_prashant) January 12, 2023

#Kohli and #RohitSharma in today’s #INDvSL match pic.twitter.com/OCcsxxMXFa

— (っ◔◡◔)っ Pankaj 🕊 (@coffee1by2) January 12, 2023

Rohit Sharma ☝️

Shubman Gill ☝️

Virat Kohli ☝️



Three big wickets for Sri Lanka in a modest run chase.#RohitSharma #ViratKohli #ShubmanGill #India #INDvsSL #Cricket pic.twitter.com/tIO2H7X4r4

— Wisden India (@WisdenIndia) January 12, 2023

Indian top order rehearsing for the epic collapse in #ODI WC#ViratKohli #RohitSharma #ShubmanGill #INDvsSL

— Rishav (@Walnuttsaladdd) January 12, 2023

Rohit 🤝 Kohli



Ajao bhai old monk open hai#INDvsSL #RohitSharma pic.twitter.com/DY7ltjJoCH

— ✨ JOHNNY DEPP $ HITMAN ✨🔥 (@J_A_I_RKVIANS) January 12, 2023

I'm die heart fan of Rohit,

But to be honest he has to work on singles and doubles not on boundaries always!

And also constantly work on fitness#CricketTwitter #RohitSharma

— shivam Sharma (@ShivamS08202410) January 12, 2023

#ViratKohli out and TOP ORDER GONE ! Kids these days remember EDEN GARDEN for #RohitSharma's 264* but legends remember the 1996 WC semis .... Hope the result tonight is in our favour 🤞🤞🤞#INDvsSL #INDvSL #SLvsIND #SLvIND

— Nishant (@NishantTweets30) January 12, 2023

Talking about the current action of the match, the Indian team has scored 86 runs for the loss of three wickets in 14 overs. KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer are there in the middle on the individual scores of 9 and 28 runs respectively. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill contributed with scores of 17 and 21 runs respectively.

Last match’s centurion Virat Kohli could score only 4 runs before falling prey to Lahiru Kumara in the 10^th over of the inning. At the time of filling this copy, India has lost one more wicket in the form of Shreyas Iyer and now they are on 86 runs for the loss of 14.2 overs.

Earlier, the Indian bowling attack bundled up the visitors on the score of 215 runs courtesy to the three wickets each scalped by Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammed Siraj. Apart from Siraj and Kuldeep, Axar Patel and Umran Malik also scalped one and two wickets respectively.