‘Umpire se majaak karta hai Besharma’ - Fans slam Rohit Sharma for having fun with umpires with DRS call during WTC 2023 final

India had a horrible day one in the ongoing World Test Championship (WTC) final on 7 June 2023 at the Oval as Australia scored 327 runs for three wickets in 85 overs. Both Travis Head and Steve Smith remained not out. Indian bowlers had a terrible day as they only managed to take three wickets.

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On day two, Indian bowlers were looking to take the rest of the wickets quickly. But, Rohit Sharma got involved in a funny incident with the umpire on the field over a DRS call. Several images and videos went viral instantly with the cheeky way of avoiding a DRS call from the Indian captain. However, some fans were not happy and they slammed the skipper on social media.

Here are the shared images: 

Cheeky from Rohit Sharma to escape from the DRS review. pic.twitter.com/GFo5o5Lef9

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) June 8, 2023

Rohit Sharma had a tough day one as skipper in WTC 2023 final

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The incident took place during the 97th over of the match. On the last delivery of that over, Mohammed Shami trapped Alex Carey on the crease. They appealed for an LBW but the umpire showed no interest. Then, Rohit was seen going for a DRS but at the last moment, he did not complete the gesture for the review and avoided it. However, umpires and some fans were left confused. But, ultimately, India did not take the review regarding that decision. However, the former Team India coach, Ravi Shastri was not happy with Rohit and his tactics on day one.         

While speaking to Star Sports, he said: "Once you had picked the team, it's fine - Ashwin played or not and that you fielded. But you could have been tactically much sounder after that. Siraj and Shami had to bowl their second spells in the first session. They gave too long spells to Shami and Siraj at the start. You know they have not played first-class cricket for three or four months and it will be difficult to bowl the entire day. The thinking should have been that this pitch will improve once the sun comes out, so they should have been preserved and used at the right time.”

Here is how fans have reacted:

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Who let him cook

— Harsh (@lemmeHarsh) June 8, 2023

Rohit besharma

— Trad-Khatri (@sshhhhh_001) June 8, 2023

Yah out hota kya ??

— Rohit Sharma (@GauravS03026290) June 8, 2023

Haan haan ye karle pehle

— Sandpaper (@77Gillszn) June 8, 2023

Bhai 😂😂😂😂 umpire ko he troll kar rha hai
Chad 😭😀

Par ab bas kar de aur soch kaise ye match sambhalna hai 😂

— Aadvik (@thecoolguy03) June 8, 2023

Umpire ne majaak karna shuru kar dia n … to pata lagg jaega

— Ishaan Meet (@ishaanmeet) June 8, 2023

What a joker

— M. (@IconicKohIi) June 8, 2023

Shame on him
This is not the time to do fun

— Aarav (@sigma__male_) June 8, 2023