Rohit Sharma once again failed to deliver with the bat on Tuesday (April 30) as he got out cheaply in the ongoing match between Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai Indians at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.
LSG captain KL Rahul won the toss and chose to bowl first. The onus was on Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan to give their team a good start with the bat. However, the former Mumbai Indians captain once again failed to get going with the bat as he was dismissed by Mohsin Khan for just four runs in the second over.
It was a lengthy delivery from Mohsin Khan and Rohit Sharma ended up firing the shot straight to Marcus Stoinis at the cover. The veteran batsman retired after scoring just four runs. It is his third consecutive single-digit score in the ongoing IPL 2024. In the previous two games, he had scored 6 and 8 points respectively against Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to Rohit Sharma’s failure:
Rohit himself justifies the MI management’s decision regarding the captaincy shift.#LSGvMI
— Charchit Prabhakar (@CharchitPrabha2) April 30, 2024
Rohit himself justifies the MI management’s decision regarding the captaincy shift.#LSGvMI
— Charchit Prabhakar (@CharchitPrabha2) April 30, 2024
Happy birthday Rohit Sharma 👍😂#MIvsLSG pic.twitter.com/QISKbWbnj7
— Pulkit (@PulkitK107) April 30, 2024
I hope this bad patch won’t affect Rohit ahead of the big tournament, but he definitely needs to work on his serious left-arm pacer problem
— #Thunivu 👑 (@thala_diehard) April 30, 2024
At least Kohlis is scoring runs, Tf, Rohit is doing it at all this season
— Fanngramm (@fanngramm) April 30, 2024
Rohit Bhaiya fails at the right time
I hope he comes back strong where it counts
— PRAKASH 🐉 (@_Prakash_3112) April 30, 2024
Rohit Bhai had to cut the cake so he left quickly. #MIvsLSG
– Aditya Singh (@Aditya_Singh_45) April 30, 2024
Nobody wants to kill me in the next game.
— Srijan083 (@srijan083) April 30, 2024
Nobody wants to kill me in the next game.
— Srijan083 (@srijan083) April 30, 2024
I can’t cope with the captaincy
Can’t beat it
Cannot be used
I can’t stay fitRohit Sharma is the opener and captain of the Indian cricket team in the T20I World Cup 😭🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/1Dl0Ylk0Lm
— Kevin (@imkevin149) April 30, 2024
We live in a country where Rinku Singh has not been selected but Rohit Sharma is the captain after consecutive failures in IPL and WT20. pic.twitter.com/o11l7kmUJx
– Pari (@BluntIndianGal) April 30, 2024
Rohit Sharma is the main reason for Mumbai Indians’ failure in IPL 2024.
However, everyone will only target Hardik Pandya. pic.twitter.com/XiEkttpvOH
— Vaibhav Bhola 🇮🇳 (@VibhuBhola) April 30, 2024
Rohit Sharma in the IPL on his birthday
1(5) in 2014
2(5) in 2022
3(5) in 2023
4(5) in 2024The pattern still continues 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/VaoLZf9PWt
– Khush (@JalsaKaroYaar) April 30, 2024
Speaking of the game, at the time of writing, Mumbai Indians were 17 for 1 in the third over with Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav batting in the middle for the five-time champions.
Rohit Sharma leads India in T20 World Cup:
Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma was confirmed as India’s captain for the 2024 T20 World Cup on Tuesday as the 15-member Indian squad was announced. Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya has been announced as Rohit’s deputy for the main event, scheduled to be played in the West Indies and the United States of America from June 1 to 29.
Team India was placed in Group A along with Pakistan, Canada, Ireland and co-host USA. India will play all its league matches in the USA. They will play their first three league games in New York before playing the fourth game in Lauderhill.
The Rohit Sharma-led side will open their campaign against Ireland on June 5, followed by games against Pakistan and USA on June 9 and 12 respectively. India’s final league match is against Canada on June 15.