Replying to an above-par score for 369 runs by the hosts Australia, India needed the openers Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma to come good. The Gabba pitch was offering a lot of bounce to the tall Australian quicks but Pat Cummins drew an outside edge of Shubman Gill with a full-length delivery.
On the other hand, Rohit was looking in sizzling touch as he was quick to pick the length of balls and he successfully negotiated the early burst of Cummins, Starc and Hazlewood. He got off to a good start and was batting brilliantly against Nathan Lyon as well, but a lofted shot cut short his stay at the crease as the opener wasted yet another eye-catching start.
A lot was riding on Rohit’s shoulder if India were to retain the Border Gavaskar Trophy and putting all the stakes in context, netizens on Twitter agreed that Rohit made a mess of his start and a wonderful start to make it count and cement his place in the playing XI.
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