India vs South Africa: Indian captain Rohit Sharma is known for his tapori style. This style of Rohit was also seen in the World Cup 2023 match against South Africa. Rohit did not miss his special comment on Ravindra Jadeja’s insistence on taking DRS.
With the help of Virat Kohli’s 49th century, 326 runs were put on the board against South Africa in the important match of World Cup 2023 at Eden Gardens. Mohammed Siraj got the big wicket of Quinton de Kock in the very first over, after which Mohammed Shami and Ravindra Jadeja destroyed South Africa’s batting on a difficult pitch for batting. In the end, Team India won the match by a huge margin of 243 runs.
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Appeal on Jadeja’s ball
DRS Time Rohit Sharma & Ravindra Jadeja 🥰 #SAvsIND #INDvsSA #CWC23 pic.twitter.com/LUPQh2B1pI
— Nadeem Zaidi (@Nadeem_8110) November 6, 2023
Heinrich Klaasen tried to sweep the ball of Ravindra Jadeja in the 13th over of South Africa’s innings. The ball dodged his bat and hit the pad and a strong appeal for LBW was made. Bowler Jadeja was fully confident that the batsman was out. He started insisting on DRS from Rohit Sharma. Whereas wicketkeeper KL Rahul was not looking very excited.
Rohit’s special comment
Indian captain Rohit Sharma is very famous for his Tapori style special comments and one-liners. This form of Rohit has been seen from the press conference to the field. Before taking DRS, Rohit said – He is a batsman b*. After saying this, Rohit indicated for DRS. This statement of Rohit came in the stump mic. Even Harsha Bhogle, who was doing the commentary, could not stop laughing. DRS came out in favor of the Indian team and Klaasen had to return.
what happened in the match
Playing first after winning the toss, the Indian team scored 326 runs for 5 wickets. Virat Kohli played an inning of 101 runs. Shreyas Iyer scored 77 runs. Captain Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja played fast innings with a strike rate of more than 150. South Africa’s innings was reduced to just 83 runs. Jadeja dismissed 5 batsmen.