AUS vs IND | Twitter in splits as Rohit sends shivers forcing Mitchell Owen to lose control of ball

‌India had a struggling start at the Adelaide Oval after Australia captain Mitchell Marsh opted to bowl first in the second ODI on Thursday. Rohit Sharma, as in the first game, looked a bit rusty as he played out four overs of dot balls in the first six as the visitors reached 17/0.

But the good thing, as Ravi Shastri called on air, was that he was still there, taking it all in, even though he lost both Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli early on. And as it is with all great batters, Rohit slowly shifted gears to push the scoreboard swiftly after all his initial struggles.

The batter was 30 off 62 balls when Mitchell Owen came on to bowl his second over. He fell back to his go-to shot as he pulled the medium pacer for two classic sixes, off the first three balls, on the leg side.

He tried to compensate for his slow start as Owen looked clueless with the ease with which the batter was clearing the boundaries. The all-rounder breathed a sigh of relief as Rohit moved to the other end with a single in the penultimate ball.

But the horrors of the big hits didn’t seem to have left Owen as he dropped the Kookaburra while running in to deliver the last ball. The umpire duly called it a dead ball as he walked back to reload, with Shreyas Iyer sending him down the ground, this time, to finish the over with a boundary.

Twitter was in splits as Rohit’s pulverising pull shots sent Owen into a dizzy and forced him to lose grip of the ball.

Ball slips

— Robinson (@Robinson966715) 

Half Century!

FIFTY!



After early jitters, Rohit Sharma gets going, brings up a fine half-century.



His 59th in ODIs 🔥



Live -     |  

— BCCI (@BCCI) 

History!

🚨 HISTORY BY ROHIT SHARMA 🚨



- Rohit Sharma becomes the first Asian batter to complete 150 sixes in SENA in History. 

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) 

Well played!

Thank you Rohit Sharma. My GOAT is still alive. 😭 

— Selfless⁴⁵ (@SelflessCricket) 

Moment!

ADELAIDE CROWDS CLAPPING FOR HITMAN ROHIT SHARMA. 😍 

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) 

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Rohit century!?🔥😬

— Shamilinho🇦🇺🇧🇷 (@shamilzaiin) 

Yeah!

Rohit Sharma' is showing his hunger for runs and his passion for playing more. It's good to see the senior player form is back 

— Naina (@Nainakapgb7) 

Waiting fo 100!

Kohli duck



Rohit 70+ score

What a day man 🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵

— VijayKumar🏄🏼 💥 (@man_with_nohate) 

Brilliant!

Brilliant innings from Rohit 

— Sravan Kumar (@SravanK77937932)