Rohit Sharma lost his cool after Bhuvneshwar Kumar dropped a catch during the second T20I against West Indies on Friday at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Rohit kicked the ball in frustration after Bhuvneshwar dropped the catch.
The incident happened in the 16th over when Nicholas Pooran and Rovman Powell had scored crucial fifties to revive WI in the 187-run chase. Windies batter Rovman Powell played a stunning knock of an unbeaten 68 runs off 36 balls with 4 fours and 5 sixes. He almost brought his side to the brink of victory
while earlier Powell was gifted a lifeline by Indian bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar .
Bhuvneshwar delivered a short length delivery outside off and Powell tried to smash it over the long-on ,Powell was looking to play a pull shot but a big top-edge meant the ball skied with Bhuvneshwar Kumar rooting for the catch. However, the popped out of his hands, which infuriated Rohit as kicked the ball away only to gift the opposition an extra run.
As the game drew to a close, the 34-year-old Rohit could not hide his frustration after the drop catch as he kicked the ball in frustration and the West Indies batsmen ran for overthrow to give extra runs. Here is the video .
Earlier, India scored 186 runs for the loss of 5 wickets. Pant played an important role in taking India to this score. He scored 52 runs in just 28 balls. Along with this, Pant also made a quick partnership of 76 runs with Venkatesh Iyer. Iyer scored 33 runs in 18 balls. India posted 186 in 20 overs.
However, chasing 187, Nicholas Puran (62) and Powell took strong shots and kept the West Indies looking for their first win on the India tour. However, with 29 runs needed in the last two overs, Bhubaneswar and Hershal Patel lost by eight runs to keep the West Indies still close enough to keep them still. With this win, India took an irresistible lead of 2-0 in the three-match series . India won the match by 8 runs. It was also India’s 100th win in T20 International cricket.