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Rohit Sharma reaction: Indian captain Rohit Sharma was in great form in the second innings against New Zealand at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Friday. Let us remind you that India's first innings was reduced to 46 runs, in response to which New Zealand scored 402 runs in the first innings. In this way, on the basis of first innings, the Kiwi team got a big lead of 356 runs.
There was a lot of pressure on Team India to overcome the burden of a big lead, to counter which the Indian openers had to perform brilliantly. Captain Rohit Sharma gave a strong start to India by making a partnership of 72 runs with Yashasvi Jaiswal. Ijaz Patel gave the first blow to India by stumping Yashasvi Jaiswal.
Rohit was unlucky
After this, captain Rohit Sharma along with Virat Kohli added 23 runs for the second wicket. Then he got out in a very unfortunate manner on the ball of Rohit Patel. This incident happened in the 22nd over of the Indian innings. Patel bowled the fifth ball of the over on length, which was defended by Rohit.
However, the ball hit the inside of his bat and before Rohit could understand anything, the ball hit the stumps. Rohit Sharma was very disappointed after returning to the pavilion after getting out for 52 runs. The video of Rohit Sharma walking out of the field with his head bowed has gone viral on social media.
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After getting out, Virat Kohli and Sarfaraz Khan took over the Indian innings. Both of them made a partnership of 136 runs for the third wicket and took the team beyond 200 runs.
Glenn Phillips got Virat Kohli (70) caught out by wicketkeeper Blundell, after which the umpires declared stumps. Thus, India's score at stumps on the third day was 231/3 in 49 overs. Sarfaraz Khan is at the crease after scoring 70* runs.