Indian skipper Rohit Sharma is on the receiving end of criticism from the Indian cricket fans after India lost to Sri Lanka. Notably, it was the second consecutive defeat for the Indians in the super-4 stage of the Asia Cup 2022. They took to Twitter after Sri Lanka’s win in a very crucial match against India.
After facing another defeat just after the last loss against Pakistan in the first match of the super-4, the Indian side has been virtually eliminated from the list of favorites in contention to the fight for the final. This performance of the Indian team under the leadership of Rohit Sharma didn’t go down well with the Indian cricket fans and they lashed out at the skipper for his managerial skills on the field while leading the team.
Here's how Twitter reacted to Rohit Sharma’s captaincy:
Rohit Sharma gets so much irritated in some serious situation of the game. This isn't the atmosphere we want in Indian Dressing room or on the field. #SackRohit pic.twitter.com/2nasjohz9x
— Akshat (@AkshatOM10) September 7, 2022
Captain Leader
— viratian._gallery (@KOHLIFIEDFAN) September 7, 2022
#SackRohit pic.twitter.com/2C8ZsN7ets
I don’t care how many trophies Rohit has but he can never be a leader like Virat Kohli. #ViratKohli #captainkohli #viratkholi #ICC #SackRohit #AsiaCupT20 pic.twitter.com/Mp5ZopxoKW
— Ankit Jha (@ankit_virat18) September 7, 2022
INDIA lose their game Bacause of
— Reja Hossain (@RejaHossain999) September 7, 2022
Poor Captaincy and Weak Bowling Line up.
And Also They Dropped Dinesh Karthik when He had a brilliant Strike Rate in Death over But they go for Rishab Pant .
WHY??? #SackRohit #INDvSL #IndianCricketTeam #ViratKohli #AsiaCupT20 #Buvi pic.twitter.com/KooRIXXNq7
Dropped DK, didn't give the ball to Hooda when Nawaz a lefty who was playing ,went on to bowl YUZI in powerplay and played games with only four specialist bowlers.
— Vishnu (@itsvishnu17) September 6, 2022
Quite the reasons to sack Rohit Sharma from captaincy - From a Kohli fan who experienced these things 🙂 #sackrohit pic.twitter.com/q8b8xFOL8X
The difference is clear #Sackrohit https://t.co/4QG9t6ITQi
— Kc🥤 (@Kohliception) September 6, 2022
Rohit Sharma laughing in press conference after group EXIT
— Gaurav (@Kohli4ever) September 6, 2022
This arrogant guy is captain of India in all three formats#SackRohit pic.twitter.com/HE7kNiZmpX
Imagine if kohli is the captain now how much hate he gets, but no one is questioning about ROHIT captaincy ,being Virat Kohli is so hard 🥲💔#captaincy #ViratKohli𓃵 @BCCI #SackRohit @imVkohli pic.twitter.com/KUJlMg9CtI
— Shamsi (MSH) (@Shamsihaidri1) September 7, 2022
Everyone including experts and cricket fans was in believe that Asia Cup would be an experimental setup before the commencement of the T20 World 2022 in Australia. Although, the things that happened with India states that every step for India during this campaign has backfired because the management is concerned about the form of big players like Hardik Pandya and Virat Kohli.
Talking about the match between India and Sri Lanka, then the Sri Lankan skipper Dasun Shanaka won the toss and asked the Indians to bat first at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. The Indian team managed to post a total of 173 runs for the loss of eight wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Skipper Rohit Sharma scored the highest individual inning of 72 runs off 41 balls with five boundaries and four sixes.
While chasing the target, the opening pair of Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis provided a very strong start for Sri Lanka. They both scored half-centuries and other than that, they stitched a partnership of 97 runs for the first wicket in 11.1 overs.
In the end, skipper Dasun Shanaka played a brilliant captaincy knock of 33 runs off just 18 balls to cross the line for Sri Lanka. On the backs of these stellar performances, Sri Lanka went ahead of the finishing line in the 19.5 overs