India skipper Rohit Sharma got furious on wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant during the Super 8 match against Australia on Monday (June 24). Rohit’s reaction came after Pant didn’t attempt to take a catch in Australia’s chase.

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The incident happened in the second over of the Aussie innings when Australia skipper Mitchell Marsh fended a bouncer by Jasprit Bumrah awkwardly to leg gully position. Pant initially went after the ball but stopped mid-way and the ball dropped on the ground.

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Earlier, Australia won the toss and elected to field first. The decision was proved right soon as Josh Hazlewood sent back Virat Kohli for a duck in the second over of the match. 

Rohit, however, went berserk after that, hitting 51 runs in the powerplay including 29 off Mitchell Starc in the third over of the innings. India finished the first six overs at 60/1. Rohit also reached the fifty in 19 balls – the third fastest for an Indian in T20 World Cups.

Marcus Stoinis then broke the 87-run partnership for the second wicket between Rishabh Pant (15) and Rohit. Stoinis dismissed Pant on the last ball of the eighth over with India at 93 runs.

Starc eventually dismissed Sharma in the 12th over of the innings on a personal score of 92 off just 41 balls.

After Rohit’s dismissal, Suryakumar Yadav (31 off 16), Shivam Dube (8 off 22) and Hardik Pandya (27 off 17 not out) kept the Indian innings going. 

The 2007 T20 World Cup winners eventually finished with a huge total of 205/5 in 20 overs. 

For Australia, Hazlewood was exceptional with 1/14 in four overs while rest of the four bowlers gave away runs at an economy of at least 10.25. Starc and Stoinis were the two wicket takers apart from Hazlewood with two wickets.

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