Twitter reacts to Pujara coming to 'blinded' Rohit Sharma's rescue by taking instinctive relay catch

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The light factor was always going to play a huge part when it comes to Day-Night Tests. Despite India’s tremendous grip over the pink ball throughout the first session, light did cause a little bit of trouble when Rohit Sharma attempted an impulsive catch without even figuring where the ball was.

Fortunately for India, the momentary chaos created by the lack of light and pink-ball combination didn’t hurt them at all. What it did cause was an eventful and cherishing moment for India as they had sealed the tenth Bangladeshi wicket and sent the visitors packing for a meagre total of 106.

As Bangladesh’s No.11 Abu Jayed faced Mohammad Shami’s signature short delivery pitching outside off, he tried to slash it square but instead, he ended up chopping it to the second slip. Bangladesh’s fate seemed shining for a few microseconds when Rohit did let go of the ball as he clearly wasn’t sure about the placement of the pink cherry.

Luckily, it was Cheteshwar Pujara to the rescue as he bagged the catch, which bounced off Rohit Sharma, at first slip. The instinctive catch by India’s No.3 was his 50th catch in Tests. The highlight of the incident was that Rohit was clearly blinded by the lack of light as he was seen hunting for the ball with his eyes even as his other teammates were already started celebrating.



What a catch by Pujara! 

Rohit Sharma : the complete entertainer! 

A surprise, but a welcome one! 

What an assist! 

What a way to get to 50 catches! 

Billion dollar question! 

Horrendous performance by the Bangla tigers! 

Couldn't have described it better! 

The funniest moment of the match! 

Can Rohit do it?

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