Indian captaincy Rohit Sharma has received strong criticism after his stubborn decision contributed to India’s loss at the hands of Pakistan by five-wickets in the recent Asia Cup 2022 IND vs PAK thriller
India endured an embarrassing five-wicket defeat to longstanding rivals Pakistan in the ongoing Asia Cup 2022 Super 4 clash.
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Asia Cup 2022 Super 4 clash IND vs PAK match highlights, Pakistan beats India by five-wickets following poor performance and Rohit Sharma’s stubborn captaincy
Rohit sharma should learn some basics of international captaincy from The GOAT #KingKohli #INDvPAK pic.twitter.com/oFG5gdBEUR
— Ammar (@its__ammar) September 4, 2022
Rohit Sharma's reaction to Asif Ali's dropped catch by Arshdeep Singh 👀#PAKvIND #Asiacup2022 #RohitSharma pic.twitter.com/0Y1hn1qrtw
— News Core India (@NewsCoreIndia) September 4, 2022
The battle of cricket Supremacy has begun again!
🏆 Asia Cup 2022
🏏 Pakistan Vs India
🔢 Super 4
🏟️ Dubai Stadium
🕖 7PMThe arch-rivals will fight it out in the desert for the second time in the last Eight Days.#INDvsPAK2022 #AsiaCup2022 pic.twitter.com/IabKTOHgTF
— Hamza Jamal🇵🇰 (@HHJamal17) September 4, 2022
The tense match was held at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday, September 4. It was the same venue where both teams began their Asia Cup campaign a week ago.
Asia Cup 2022 Super 4 Clash IND Vs PAK Match Highlights
Mohammad Rizwan set up a strong run chase for Pakistan with an impressive half-century. However, as the game neared its end, some poor fielding besides other factors led to India’s loss against Pakistan.
None of the Indian bowlers were in control as the balls flew all over the place, allowing Pakistan batters to score runs freely.
Former captain, Virat Kohli scored a half-century to help India post a total of 181 for seven despite losing so many wickets in the middle stages.
India featured a disappointing display of fielding standards as Arshdeep Singh put down a simple catch off the bowling of Ravi Bishnoi, which gave Asif Ali a life line.
Ali made the Indian bowlers pay by smashing them for 16 runs in just eight deliveries. This helped the men in green to take revenge against Rohit Sharma’s side.
Rohit Sharma’s Stubborn Decision
Fans have criticised Indian captain Rohit Sharma’s captaincy after he kept on playing with Hardik Pandya and Yuuzvendra Chahal despite the all-rounder leaking runs on all sides. The Indian team also ended up failing to keep the over rate in check which saw them have to keep an extra fielder inside the circle.
Rohit had the choice to bring in Deepak Hooda in the middle stages when Mohammad Nawaz, a left-handed batter, came into the middle. However, the 35-year-old captain’s reluctance cost India a win. Rohit has also struggled to get going with the bat on a string of occasions now with his lofty starts failing to translate into a mammoth score.
Team India will now take on Sri Lanka on Tuesday, September 6 at the same venue. The Men in Blue desperately need a win to keep their hopes up for a place in the finals of the ongoing Asia Cup 2022.
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