IND vs NZ | Twitter heartbroken as sighing Rohit laments unfortunate dismissal to end fluent half century knock

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Being the Indian captain comes with burden unimaginable, only a part of which is carrying 1.3 billion hopes on your shoulders whenever you take the field. The weight of those expectations came crashing down on Rohit Sharma in Bengaluru after he fell in rare and unlucky manner at a crucial juncture.

A resounding Rachin Ravindra ton and Tim Southee's half-century took New Zealand's first innings lead past 350 runs in the morning session on Day 3 to put India in a spot of bother. The hosts tried to peg back after Lunch by first taking the three wickets required to fold out the Kiwis and then clawing the deficit back through a half-century stand between Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma. The duo looked like different batters from the shadows that had walked out in the first innings and went about their business with authority to put up 72 runs before a rush of energy had Yashasvi stumped. Nevertheless, the skipper kept marauding on to bring up his half-century with an explosive outburst that saw Southee concede 14 runs in three balls. With Virat Kohli at the other end, the Men in Blue's two most experienced batters looked set to steer India back into the contest, until calamity struck in the 22nd over.

Ajaz Patel had the ball in hand and bowled a stock length delivery that was comfortably defended by Rohit in front of his stumps. However, the red cherry bounced under his bat before spinning back into the crease and rolling onto the stumps with just enough force to knock the bails off. Rohit could not believe his luck as a wry smile instinctively appeared on his face before the captain sunk his eyes into his hands, evidently disappointed at deserting his time in what could be the turning point of the game.

Twitterati was equally shocked and heartbroken.

This is how Rohit got out?

#INDvNZ team India 🇮🇳 now at a score of 153/2 in the second inning!

Still training by more than 200 runs!

Bad luck 🍀 for Rohit sharma out on 52 runs ! See the wicket of #RohitSharma #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/8cFMCG707a
— SK Gautam (@gautamrud) October 18, 2024

Rohit Sharma what have you done!

pic.twitter.com/pEBPdhF4dM
— deca coorn (@DCoorn74987) October 18, 2024

Sad for him!

Big Wicket

Unluckiest Rohit Sharma 🥲🥲

What could be worse than this?💔#INDvNZ #TestCricket pic.twitter.com/7TlhFS0P6I
— Dheer (@prince07ms) October 18, 2024

Crowd goes mad!

The crowd went crazy after Rohit Sharma wicket

Was a perfect stage set for kohli to perform 😭😭 hard luck idolo pic.twitter.com/hfZjOreNkx
— Kohli sensation 🪽 (@kohlisensationn) October 17, 2024

They are all shocked!

Crowd Reaction after the wicket of Hitman .

They know how class he was playing.

Rohit's wicket is something else .crown understands

Bro's Aura 🥶.#INDvsNZ #RohitSharma𓃵 pic.twitter.com/SRqocHYMz6
— HomeLander_Raj (@RajHomelander) October 18, 2024

Yeah!

Such an unlucky wicket Rohit's!
— Abhirat (@abhiiivk1318) October 18, 2024

LOL! Hoe does this even matter!

Don’t know if you gyz have noticed or not, but kohli in these 3-4 years have been the real panauti for Rohit sharma on the non striker end. Seen him get out multiple times now when kohli comes in.

I knew the moment he came to bat Rohit will throw his wicket or get unlucky💔 pic.twitter.com/6aZyH6wPHW
— Saurabh 🇫🇷 (@5t20icentury) October 18, 2024

Massive blow!

Indian fans are in shock in Chinnaswamy after the wicket of Rohit Sharma.#RohitSharma𓃵 #RohitSharma #INDvNZ #INDvsNZ #IndiaVsNewZealand #IndianCricketTeam pic.twitter.com/Kyx1WFBFCZ
— Tarak Devotee (@Rohith_tarak_45) October 18, 2024

That was!