Indian skipper Rohit Sharma played a captain’s knock in the Super 4 clash between India and Pakistan at Colombo on Sunday. The veteran opener smashed a quick-fire half-century to earn high praise from Ex-Indian head coach Ravi Shastri.
The Ex-India head coach and celebrated commentator was all praise for skipper Rohit after the star batter slammed his 50th half-century.
After the Super 4 match was interrupted by rain, Ravi Shastri told Star Sports –
“There was a 10-ball phase from Naseem Shah at the start that beat him. He was trying to lay bat on ball but he could not.
Shastri added – “He went through that period and every time he got an opportunity today with anything remotely loose. He hit it over the boundary or to the boundary.”
Rohit played a blazing knock of 56 off 49 balls. The Indian captain laced his innings with six fours and four sixes. Batting at a strike rate of over 114, he was dismissed by Shadab Khan in the 17th over. Pace Shaheen Afridi then got the better of Indian opener Shubman Gill (58) in the next over.
Shastri further added –
“Rohit did not miss out on a single lose ball today, which showed that in spite of that good spell from the bowlers, the intent was that ‘anything lose, I’m going to hit it for a boundary or six’.”
