India is again getting the better of Sri Lanka in the ongoing final Test of the two-match series at the M Chinnaswamy stadium Bengaluru. Earlier the hosts clean-swept the Lankans in the three-match T20I series 3-0, and now, they are on the cusp of completing a 2-0 sweep in the Test series. In the day-night affair, the Indian skipper, Rohit Sharma entertained the fans inside the stadiums, as well as the others across the world, by playing reverse scoop, not once but twice.
Rohit Sharma, after coming to open for India in the second innings, played the shot against Sri Lanka’s left-arm spinner Lasith Embuldeniya on the afternoon session of Day 2, and went with a similar shot again in the second session against the same bowler. He picked up the line on both occasions, rolled his wrists after going low, and placed it behind square on the off-side for four.
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The crowd inside the stadium enjoyed after watching Rohit Sharma play that shot twice, and so did the others. India reached 79/1 in 22.3 overs, leading Sri Lanka by 222 runs.
Here is the video of the reverse shot played by Rohit Sharma:
https://twitter.com/rishobpuant/status/1502962555316187141?s=20&t=DeNGxehz8Hr90TauiAAZEA
India Playing XI: Mayank Agarwal, Rohit Sharma (c), Hanuma Vihari, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah
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Sri Lanka Playing XI: Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Lahiru Thirimanne, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Embuldeniya, Vishwa Fernando, Praveen Jayawickrama
Here is how the Indian fans reached to reverse sweep of Rohit Sharma:
This shot from Rohit..🔥🔥@CricCrazyJohns @mufaddal_vohra #RohitSharma #INDvSL @ImRo45 pic.twitter.com/TT3IkJVXxG
— Night owl (@SharmaStoic) March 13, 2022
https://twitter.com/time__square/status/1502961554958196740?s=20&t=lxrd1viFfXX5TsVYW7FGJQ
https://twitter.com/LeftEyeSenna/status/1502961327085662211?s=20&t=hFucxqxvWBKEVCvI1_UHaQ
Beautiful from Rohit Sharma, two reverse sweeps for boundary in this innings with full control.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) March 13, 2022
https://twitter.com/i_DEVlL/status/1502961238292140037?s=20&t=JtOdw_u2UiFhhW1ioccp7w
What's with Rohit Sharma and reverse sweeping today 😂😂👌🏽#INDvsSL
— Prasen Moudgal (@Prasen_m4299) March 13, 2022
https://twitter.com/Chandra__Girish/status/1502962202068000775?s=20&t=mxDnUfXTMOfxGewB0mrMCg
https://twitter.com/harshal2145/status/1502961506299785218?s=20&t=Wjgla7khewF6lfaaEzX0jg
Reverse sweep 😍 Ro
— Vaibhav yadav (@yadav_bandhu_3) March 13, 2022
This shot from Rohit..🔥🔥@CricCrazyJohns @mufaddal_vohra #RohitSharma #INDvSL @ImRo45 pic.twitter.com/TT3IkJVXxG
— Night owl (@SharmaStoic) March 13, 2022
https://twitter.com/LeftEyeSenna/status/1502961327085662211?s=20&t=3wl_wUwvXrEux9kIzbd07g