Published 17:46 IST, January 17th 2020
Ind vs Aus: Rohit Sharma delights fans by smashing tennis forehand boundary; watch clip
Ind vs Aus: Rohit Sharma hit six boundaries in his 42-run knock, but one tennis forehand shot stood out in his innings against Australia's Kane Richardson.
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Team India is currently battling Australia in 2nd ODI in Rajkot as Virat Kohli and co. look to level series after losing 1st ODI in Mumbai. After winning toss, Australia asked India to bat first and openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan gave team a decent start at top. Sharma, in particular, played some nice shots in innings but re was one shot that he played which made everyone go in awe.
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Ind vs Aus: Rohit Sharma plays a tennis forehand shot
Rohit Sharma hit six boundaries in his 42-run kck, but shot that caught eye was tennis forehand shot. Kane Richardson came to bowl in 13th over of game and it was in second ball of his over Rohit punished a delivered which was bowled at a good length. opener came out of his crease and slapped ball to boundary BCCI released foot to make fans have a look at shot, which y termed as 'Tennis shot'.
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Ind vs Aus: Rohit Sharma dismissed by Adam Zampa
Rohit Sharma's innings came to an end in 3rd ball of 15th over when he was dismissed by Australia leg spinner Adam Zampa LBW. Things got worse for India after Sharma took DRS check, which upheld Zampa’s dismissal. As a result, India lost its only review.
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Ind vs Aus: KL Rahul puts India in commanding position
KL Rahul scored 80 runs in 52 balls as India finished ir innings at 340-6. Rahul's kck comprised of 6 boundaries and 3 sixes. Apart from Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan (97 runs), Rohit Sharma (42 runs) and skipper Virat Kohli (78 runs) also contributed with bat.
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17:46 IST, January 17th 2020