India and Bangladesh are playing their maiden pink ball day-night test match at Eden Gardens and Rohit’s catch made the moment much more special.
India's cricketer Rohit Sharma (bottom) celebrates with his teammates after taking the catch of Bangladesh's cricket team captain Mominul Haque during the first day of the second Test cricket match of a two-match series between India and Bangladesh at The Eden Gardens cricket stadium in Kolkata on November 22, 2019. (Photo by Dibyangshu SARKAR / AFP)
India opener batsman Rohit Sharma, who has been in impeccable form, has always amazed the world cricket with his batting potential. But, it was the acrobatic skills of the 32-year-old that caught the limelight on Friday.
At the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, Rohit took an airborne catch to dismiss Bangladesh batsman Mominul Haque for a duck on the first day of the historic pink-ball Test match.
India and Bangladesh are playing their maiden pink ball day-night test match at Eden Gardens and Rohit’s catch made the moment much more special.
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Post the catch the fans went into a frenzy and several posts accompanied by pictures and video clippings of the catch started making rounds on internet.
See the catch:
Stunning Catch 🔥🔥 @ImRo45@mipaltan #IndiaVsBangladesh #INDvsBAN #rohit#PinkBallTestMatch #PinkBallTest pic.twitter.com/y0ZNPSMXc0
— Thavasi Raja (@thavasi07) November 22, 2019
“What a stunner by Rohit Sharma, Silently cementing his name as one of the best slip cathcher in world cricket,” said a user while posting the video.
What a stunner by @ImRo45 , Silently cementing his name as one of the best slip cathcher in world cricket.👏#RohitSharma #INDvsBAN pic.twitter.com/t5b0yMmFqs
— Debashish Kar (@imdebashishkar) November 22, 2019
Another fan posted the picture of Rohit leaping into the air for the catch and wrote: “Catch of the season by hitman..”
Catch of the season by hitman.. 🔥😍#PinkBallTest #RohitSharma pic.twitter.com/9sQVEoHz1x
— Rohit Sharma Fc™ (@imRAVIranwa45) November 22, 2019
” Amazing incredible unimaginable catch by Rohit Sharma at the slip,” remarked another.
Amazing incredible unimaginable catch by Rohit Sharma at the slip#INDvBAN #RohitSharma pic.twitter.com/2kRRy9FOKx
— Veer Phogat (@veerphogat18) November 22, 2019
One fan posted a picture of Rohit’s catch taken from another camera and gushed: “The ball caught by 2023 World Cup captain.”
A user wrote: “Gonna tell my kids that Ro-SuperHit-Sharma did everything for Team India and especially in 2019!! Dream year for Sharma.”
“Ro-Hit Sharma,” read one post.
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