Indian captain Rohit Sharma who smashed a fifty during the T20 World Cup 2024 match against Ireland, has retired hurt after feeling some discomfort in his arm. After bundling Ireland for 96 runs at Nassau County, Rohit Sharma opened the innings to ensure a quick victory for the side.
He scored 52 runs on 37 runs and left the field before the start of the 11th over. He also crossed 4000 T20I runs and also completed 1000 runs in T20 World Cup.
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Coming to the match, India won the toss and opted to bowl. Paul Stirling and Andrew Balbirnie opened the innings while Arshdeep Singh opened the bowling attack. With their dismissal in a single over for 2 and 5 runs respectively, Lorcan Tucker and Harry Tector came to bat. But with a dangerous spell from Hardik Pandya and Bumrah, Tucker and Harry Tector were sent out for 10 and 04 runs.
Curtis Campher tried to pick up the phase in the match but was sent back to the dugout by Hardik. With the dismissal of Dockrell by Siraj for 3 runs, Ireland lost 6 wickets for 46 runs.
Delany scored 26 runs on 14 deliveries and tried to bring back the side into competition. But with his run out, Ireland’s middle order completely shattered. With Joshua Little‘s 14 runs in the low order, Ireland scored 96 runs losing all 10 wickets in 16 overs.
With the target of 97 runs, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli opened the innings where the latter was dismissed by Mark Adair for one run. By the end of the power play, India scored 39 runs. Rishabh Pant joined hands with Rohit Sharma to cross the 50-run mark in the match. By the end of the 10th over, India scored 76 runs losing only one wicket.
With Rohit Sharma’s retirement hurt, Suryakumar came to bat and was sent back to the dugout for 2 runs by Benjamin White. Rishabh Pant scored an unbeaten 36* runs helping the side to win the match by the 13th over.
