Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma once again had a huge mix-up, but this time it was the latter who got runout and it raised a huge number of questions. It can be considered as the most horrendous runout after the runout fiasco between Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja in the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 final. Before coming to the conclusion, know what happened on the last ball of the 23rd over. Richardson bowled a short-pitched delivery to Kohli who punched it towards point, skipper Steven Smith was present there and he dived to save the ball from going towards the boundary. What happened next turned the match in Australia’s favour.
Smith saved the ball and threw it towards Mathew Wade in one quick motion. By then, Kohli had called Rohit for a quick single. On seeing that Smith had fielded the ball and is throwing it towards the striker’s end, Kohli went running back. But, Rohit did not get the signal. On realising that he was on the wrong end, Rohit rushed back to the non-striker’s end. On the other hand, Smith was signalling Wade to throw it towards the non-striker’s end. Richardson caught hold of the ball and took the bails off before Rohit could make it home.
The runout changed the dynamic of the match as Rohit got out for 65 runs from 55 balls when the score was 135 for 2. Kohli got out soon after leaving India in deep trouble. Twitterati were not happy with Kohli as they held him responsible for the runout.
Here are a few tweets-
Rohit Sharma be like pic.twitter.com/WtZSvu45C3
— Shivani Chaudhary (@i_m_Shivani_) September 28, 2017
“What will you do if Rohit Sharma start scoring runs?”
Virat Kohli : pic.twitter.com/KbD03h5gHk— Rohit Sharma (@imWrong45) September 28, 2017
Rohit Sharma supporters spotted outside Virat Kohli’s hotel room…#AUSvIND #INDvAUS #Dhoni pic.twitter.com/fEhEmIrBEm
— Ser Rohit Sharma (@ImRo450) September 28, 2017
Rohit Sharma to Virat Kohli in the dressing room…#AUSvIND #Dhoni pic.twitter.com/0gbznsHHS6
— Ser Rohit Sharma (@ImRo450) September 28, 2017
Rohit Sharma to Virat Kohli pic.twitter.com/qPhlEayMW3
— Papa ka Para (@ChomuChikna) September 28, 2017
12th man for Australia. Kohli
Dhoni Pandya Rohit Sharma Jhadhav Manish Pandey #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/KZN5dl1E2D— Ms Rathore (@msrathore07) September 28, 2017
rohit sharma reaction after getting run out.. pic.twitter.com/yq699Ykkxs
— ⓢⓐⓒⓗⓘⓝ (@daringbazzz) September 28, 2017
@BCCI Bowlers se darr nahi lagta sahab Kohli se lagta hai : Rohit Sharma 😀 #INDvAUS
— hasibur rahaman (@deadman_hasib) September 28, 2017
Whenever Rohit Sharma gets involve in a Run Out..#IndvAus pic.twitter.com/xQkaasu3am
— Rahul Sharma (@CricFreakRD) September 28, 2017
Rohit and kohli batting .
Rohit sharma : Ye zarur run out karaega!
Next ball rohit run out ”
#INDVsAUS2017# pic.twitter.com/62yh4FkmNH— Hardik More (@hardikmore525) September 28, 2017
Rohit Sharma to Virat Kohli after getting runout..
#INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/b2AsmYCsc0— Kaju Katli (@MonkNxtDoor) September 28, 2017
#INDvsAUS
Kohli was Ravindra Jadeja of the match and Rohit Sharma was Hardik Pandya.
You know what I mean.— Chintan Miyani (@ChintanMiyani) September 28, 2017
@IAmVKohI agar aap rohit sharma ki tarah out hote to kitni galiya dete rohit ko.
— Naveen Kumar Jain (@NaveenJainLax) September 28, 2017
Rohit sharma to @coolfunnytshirt pic.twitter.com/MyG7rPcRA8
— ⓢⓐⓒⓗⓘⓝ (@daringbazzz) September 28, 2017
Well ROHIT SHARMA be like – HUME TOH APNOO ne LOOTAAAAA…
— Rohan Waghmare (@RohanWa12039113) September 28, 2017
#RohitSharma – #ViratKohli – Run out
An awesome threesome #INDvAUS— UltimateVictoryKing™ (@UltmtVictryKing) September 28, 2017
@pr_akash_raj Rohit Sharma ( run out by Virat Kohli) Run-65, Balls -55, 4s-1, 6s-5 #INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/VWjtIFMbCN
— Sachyn96SD (@sachyn96) September 28, 2017
India lost the match by a margin of 21 runs as they kept losing wickets at the ending stages of the game and Australian bowlers bowled in right areas. Australia ended their drought of wins overseas and ended Kohli’s win-marathon of 9 wins on the trot.
