Watch: Captain Rohit Sharma Frustratingly slams the ground three times after dropping an easy catch, denies Axar Patel a hat trick
The Indian Team, under the leadership of Rohit Sharma, are currently taking part in the ICC Men's Champions Trophy 2025 where they are taking on Bangladesh in Dubai in their opening encounter of the tournament. Bangladeshi skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and asked the Men in Blue to bowl first.
This decision didn't prove to be a good one as the Indian bowlers completely dominated the opposition batters in the powerplay itself, dismissing five Bangladeshi batters. While the duo of Harshit Rana & Mohammad Shami dealt with the top-order batters, spin bowler Axar Patel took care of two middle-order batters in consecutive deliveries.
The 29-year-old, who was bowling the ninth ball of the inning, had a great chance to pick up a hat-trick. He first dismissed opening batter Tanzid Hasan as he knicked the ball straight to wicketkeeper KL Rahul behind the stumps. After this, on the very next ball, he got the crucial scalp of Mushfiqur Rahim, who came in to bat at number five and went back to the pavilion immediately after getting caught by Rahul.
Axar had a brilliant opportunity of picking up a hat-trick on the fourth delivery of his over, and he got the edge of the batter too but Indian skipper Rohit Sharma dropped the easy catch and denied Axar a well-deserved Hat-trick. Jaker Ali tried to hit the ball towards the cover region but the ball hit his bat and went towards the Indian Captain but he wasn't able to complete the catch.
Rohit, frustrated with himself, slammed the ground three times with his right hand after dropping a sitter and quickly apologized to the left-arm spinner after committing a huge mistake.
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The left-arm spinner though, wasn't mad at his captain and instead saw the funny side as he burst out in laughter after seeing the reaction of his skipper. And it wasn't just Axar, social media users also shared memes & jokes related to Rohit and his dropped catch.
The left-arm spinner will now be hoping to pick up more & more wickets for the Men in Blue as they look to make a winning start in the ICC Men's Champions Trophy 2025. Nevertheless, the two quick scalps picked up by him have also justified the faith & trust shown in him by Team India's management to include him in the Champions Trophy squad.