Watch – ‘Already mera do zero ho gaya hai’: Rohit Sharma to umpire after he mistakenly gives leg-bye boundary | Cricket News

NEW DELHI: In a hilarious incident during the third and final India-Afghanistan T20I, skipper Rohit Sharma was heard telling umpire Virender Sharma that his decision of giving thigh pad boundary instead of bat extended his wait of opening an account in the series.
Rohit, who was dismissed for ducks in the first two matches, guided Fareed Ahmad down the leg side on the second delivery of the match in what would have been his first runs of the series.But to his dismay the umpire signalled leg-byes leaving Rohit stranded on 0.
“Viru thigh pad diya kya pehla ball, itna bada bat laga hai bhai, already mera 2 zero ho gaya hai” (Viru, did you give the 1st ball as thigh pad, it clearly touched the bat. I already have two zeroes in the series).

Later, he led the team’s fightback from the front with a record fifth T20I century off 64 balls. He bailed India out from a precarious 22/4 with his superb knock.
Having made his return to T20Is after a hiatus of 14 months, Rohit went on to score his highest score (121 not out off 69 balls) in the shortest format. It was his first century in all T20 cricket since January 2019.
In India’s final T20I before the T20 World Cup, Rohit made a strong statement with a career-best knock, helping India to a score past 200 despite the early collapse. Rinku, meanwhile, finished unbeaten on 69, with three successive sixes to end the innings.
In the last over, an astonishing 36 runs were scored, including five sixes, propelling India to a total of 212/4.
The unbeaten partnership of 190 runs between Rohit and Rinku stands as the highest for India in men’s T20Is.