Rohit Sharma was involved in a small heated moment with skipper Virat Kohli in the ongoing 3rdODI against New Zealand. The incident involved in the opening over of the second innings when India came out to field after batting first and setting a target of 330 runs.
Kiwi openers Martin Guptill and Colin Munro decided to start with a bang in an attempt to ease the pressure of chasing a 330+ total. Their aggressive intention was in display very quickly as Munro went after Bhuvneshwar Kumar and began taking on him, hitting a six and couple of boundaries off the 3rd, 4th and 5th deliveries respectively after taking over the strike from Martin Guptill.
This attacking approach had some effect on Kohli & Co. having already conceded 19 runs, and the effect of it was witnessed in the following delivery. Munro drove a slightly shorter length delivery straight to Kohli in the covers region. The batsmen jetted off for a quick single and Kohli decided to target the stumps with a quick throw.
Unfortunately, he missed his aim, and no back-up player was standing at the opposite side. Rohit Sharma was the closest standing in the mid-wicket region, but he could simply not cut short the quick throw from Kohli. The overthrow eventually ran away from an extra four runs which left Rohit completely miffed for a couple of seconds as he tried to point out that there was no one standing to back-up his throw.
Kohli made an apologising face to accept his mistake.
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Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli Rip Through New Zealand
The two had a great time together earlier in the innings as they effectively kept the Blackcaps bowlers at bay with the help of their aggressive 220 runs stand for the 3rd wicket.
Both stuck centuries and laid the perfect platform for India to set a challenging 338 runs target for the opposition to chase at the Green Park Stadium, Kanpur in the series decider.
After a poor start where Shikhar Dhawan was removed for just 14 runs, Sharma and Kohli took the proceedings and went on to dominate the bowlers for a good number of overs.
Sharma, in particular, looked very aggressive and it seemed he was on course to reach another double century. Unfortunately, he could not as he was dismissed at the score of 147.
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Kohli took charge after his dismissal and took India past the 300 run mark. On the personal note, he too fully capitalised on the good batting wicket and hammered his 32nd ODI ton and also went past the 9000 runs mark.
The middle order did an ordinary job, however, as they failed to provide the late burst of runs which was required to take the total past the 350 run mark. MS Dhoni was the only significant contributor with 25 runs off 17 deliveries to his name. Kedar Jadhav also tried his bit by contributing 18 runs off just ten balls.