Indian captain Rohit Sharma did not field on Day 03 of the fifth test in Dharamsala on England’s tour of India 2024.
Rohit Sharma skips fielding in Dharamsala test
Rohit Sharma suffered an injury in the final test of the series against England and skipped the fielding on Saturday. BCCI confirmed that the player is complained of stiff back during the first session on day 03 at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association in Dharamsala.
Jasprit Bumrah took charge of the side and opened the bowling attack along with Ravichandran Ashwin who bagged the wicket of England opener Ben Duckett.
It was the first time in the series that Rohit Sharma missed a play due to fitness issues. Despite injury concerns, Rohit Sharma has been part of the playing 11 over last weeks in the Test.
He smashed a century during the first innings of the match to push the total to 450+ scores for the hosts. The fans expect Rohit Sharma’s Injury to be a minor issue and to be fit for upcoming IPL 2024.
Coming to the match, England chose to bat first and scored 218 runs where Zak Crawley was the only scorer smashing 79 runs on 108 deliveries including 11 fours and one six. Kuldeep Yadav collapsed the England’s top-order batting line-up.
Duckett, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, and Ben Foakes are the other scorers of the first innings of the fifth test. Jonny Bairstow completed 6000 test runs at Dharamsala where he scored 29 runs. Kuldeep Yadav bagged five wickets while Ashwin became handy with his fourth test in his 100th test match.
England was sent out with 218 runs on the 58th over of the match. With a trail of 218 runs, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma opened the innings on day 01 in the fifth test.
Their partnership made 104 runs for the first wicket where Yashasvi Jaiswal smashed 57 runs on 58 deliveries before being dismissed by Shoaib Bashir.
Shubman Gill came to bat and scored 26* runs while Rohit Sharma scored 52* runs by the end of day 01. Resuming the match on day 02, Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma both scored a century.
with the dismissal of Rohit Sharma by Ben Stokes on his very first ball in the series, Shubman Gill was sent out with 110 runs by James Anderson.
Devdutt Padikkal smashed a half-century during his test debut. He scored 65 runs before being dismissed by Shoaib Bashir. The bowler dismissed Sarfaraz Khan for 56 runs.
With Dhruv Jurel and Ravindra Jadeja dismissed for 15 runs each, Ashwin was sent out on a duck. Kuldeep Yadav scored 30 runs while Jasprit Bumrah was sent out with 20 runs.
India finally scored 477 runs losing all 10 wickets in the first innings. With a trail of 259 runs, England started their second innings where the side suffered three dismissals for 36 runs.
After scoring 39 runs, Jonny Bairstow was sent out with by Kuldeep Yadav. England lost wickets at regular intervals as they scored only 141 runs for eight wickets at the time of writing. Ashwin had a five wicket haul in the match while Bumrah bagged two wickets.
