'Koi nahin agle match mein ho jayenge' - Fans back Rohit Sharma as he misses century in first ODI vs SL

Regular Indian skipper Rohit Sharma has made his comeback to international cricket after recovering from an injury in his left thumb. Rohit sustained this injury during the second of the three-match ODI series against Bangladesh. Making a brilliant comeback in ODI cricket, the 35-year-old has amassed a knock of 83 runs off 67 balls with nine boundaries and three sixes.

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Although the full-time skipper missed his century, fans looked quite a bit satisfied with the intent he showed in the Guwahati ODI. They took to Twitter to lavish the praises on the 35-year-old for an expected and amazing comeback in white-ball cricket.

Here’s how fans reacted to Rohit Shama's half-century on his comeback

कोई नई जी अगले मैच में हो जायेंगे#RohitSharma𓃵

— Nitin (@ranghediya) January 10, 2023

Miss Well Deserve Hundred 💔
83 off 67
4s-9 / 6s-3
Well Played Hitman 👍#RohitSharma #RohitSharma𓃵 #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/tMS7Dvw8Ld

— Gaurav Kohli (@gauravjha1718) January 10, 2023

A great show of batting by Ro-Hitman Sharma 🔥🔥🔥👑🇮🇳#RohitSharma𓃵

— 𝐀𝐍𝐌𝐎𝐋-𝟎𝟕 (@anmolmagotra7) January 10, 2023

Rohit Sharma's celebration, he is looking at sky and saying something when he completed his fifty. #INDvSL #RohitSharma𓃵 pic.twitter.com/lvkNLOCPD5

— Kalpesh Prajapati (@_Kp63) January 10, 2023

Lords 83 done 💔
Time for Oval 127 in next match 🤞🤞💙#RohitSharma𓃵 pic.twitter.com/D9t7oHyeS5

— Om Pandey_45👑 (@iamompandey) January 10, 2023

Well Played Skipper Rohit Sharma Played With Intent Top Knock Very Happy He Scored Runs & Sad Too That He Missed Well Deserved Century Wanted Him To Score Century.#INDvSL #CricketTwitter #RohitSharma𓃵 pic.twitter.com/eTLIyzBfRX

— Prajwal♠️ (@Prajwal2742) January 10, 2023

Rohit fans ki nazar lg gyi Rohit Sharma ko , he missed his century 😔, #RohitSharma𓃵 #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/CuMQOeWACi

— Ayush™ 🇮🇳🚩 (@vkkings007) January 10, 2023

Well Played Champ🥺🙌
#RohitSharma𓃵

— Sunny (@Sunny99563213) January 10, 2023

#RohitSharma𓃵 miss 100 but nice batting goat .

— TEC SR (@TEC01SR) January 10, 2023

Well played my captain ❤️👑💪#RohitSharma𓃵 pic.twitter.com/Q2zpRrbt4Z

— Arun Mudhiraj (@ArunMud81989902) January 10, 2023

Two special knocks. Proving himself in England as opener, announcing his comeback in ODIs. 83.#RohitSharma𓃵 pic.twitter.com/D5EYdfQN9l

— ΝΘᏴᏆͲᎪ🇮🇳🚩❤️💯 (@RoFanBoy45200) January 10, 2023

well played Rohit sharma
#RohitSharma𓃵

— kamal saini (@kamalsaini87) January 10, 2023

Speaking of the match so far, the men in our batting first after losing the toss. The opening pair of skipper Rohit Sharma and young batter Shubman Gill provided a strong foundation of 143 runs for the first wicket in 19.4 overs. Shubman Gill fell prey to the opponent skipper on the individual score of 70 runs with 11 boundaries on his credit. Later on, debutant Dilshan Madhushanka trapped Indian skipper Rohit Sharma in a length delivery to take his ODI career’s first wicket.

Number-four batter Shreyas Iyer couldn’t sojourn for a long time and his knock ended up trying a sweep shot off Dhananjaya de Silva in the 30^th over of the Indian innings.

At the time of filling this copy, former skipper Virat Kohli and wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul are there in the middle on the individual scores of 40 and 7 runs respectively after 34 overs. The hosts have scored 232 runs for the loss of three wickets so far.

Notably, the Indian team management was also under the scanner at the time of the start of the match when fans heard about the omission of Ishan Kishan from the playing XI. Former Indian bowling coach Venkatesh Prasad also criticized skipper Rohit Sharma and coach Rahul Dravid for ignoring the double-centurion Ishan while picking the final XI for the series opener against Dasun Shanaka’s men.