Followers rejoiced India captain Rohit Sharma‘s return to the T20I facet on Thursday for the primary T20I of a three-match collection towards Afghanistan in Mohali. The group on the IS Bindra Stadium welcomed Rohit with a loud cheer as he got here all the way down to the center for the toss. Rohit gained the toss and mentioned that his crew will chase underneath the lights towards Afghanistan. The continuing match marked the beginning of the primary bilateral collection between the 2 nations. Whereas BCCI introduced that Yashasvi Jaiswal will miss the sport because of a groing problem, spinner Kuldeep Yadav additionally didn’t discover a place within the XI.
Nevertheless, on the toss, Rohit additionally gave the followers a hilarious second as he overlook the enjoying XI of the crew. That is Rohit Sharma’s first T20I for the reason that 2022 T20 World Cup.
“We’ll bowl first. No explicit cause, the pitch is nice and it would not change lots right here. Quite a bit to realize from the three video games, we’ve not had an excessive amount of T20 cricket leadingto the World Cup, there’s IPL, however that is a global recreation andwe’ll attempt to obtain a couple of issues. I had a chat with rahul bhai relating to the mix going ahead and what we have to do as a bunch. That is what we’ll attempt to do, however profitable is an important factor. Sanju Samson, Avesh, Yashashvi (who did not pull off properly). Sure, Kuldeep additionally misses out,” Rohit mentioned on the toss.
Rohit’s brainfade second took social media into an overdrive.
Typical Rohit Sharma second through the toss#RohitSharma #INDvsAFG pic.twitter.com/ntWUjdWF4t
— Quantum Yadav (@45Quantum) January 11, 2024
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Ohhh Hitman, You are a Gem Rohit Sharma once more forgets the Enjoying 11 on the toss #indvsAfg #RohitSharma pic.twitter.com/6poCy70o8g
— twelfth Khiladi (@12th_khiladi) January 11, 2024
Rohit Sharma once more forgets the gamers enjoying and lacking
— Souvik 45 (@SouvikPurkaya16) January 11, 2024
In the meantime, Virat Kohli will not be enjoying the match because of private causes, whereas skipper Rohit has returned to T20Is after greater than a yr. Star Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan can also be not enjoying the collection.
India (Enjoying XI): Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar
Afghanistan (Enjoying XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran (c), Rahmat Shah, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Gulbadin Naib, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahma
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