Rohit Sharma cracked his fourth international century in the shortest format of the game.
West Indies cricketer Kieron Pollard (L) reacts as Indian bowler Jasprit Bumrah (C) celebrates his dismissal by taking a catch off his own bowling. (Photo: AFP)
Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team outclassed West Indies by 71 runs in the second T20 International match of three-match series on Tuesday. The second T20I match between India and West Indies was played at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee International Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. With the win, India had taken the unassailable lead of 2-0 in the ongoing series.
Batting first, and riding on stand-in skipper Rohit Sharma’s explosive century, India posted a mammoth total of 196 runs in front of Windies to win. During Windies’ innings, an awkward incident took place in the 11th over when Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah was bowling.
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In the fourth ball of the 11th overs, Bumrah completely beat Kieron Pollard as the Windies batsman gave a top-edge to the ball. Seeing the opportunity Bumrah ran towards the ball to catch it. However, Pollard, who was then almost under the ball took his hand off from the position which created a block vision for the Bumrah from taking the catch. Though Bumrah completed the catch, he was furious with Pollard’s antics.
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Meanwhile, on Tuesday, Rohit Sharma cracked his fourth international century in the shortest format of the game and in the process became the only batsman to achieve this feat.
Indian bowlers Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav each took two wickets.
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