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'Blowing A Fuse Like He Did' - Ex India Batter Reacts On Rohit Sharma Fuming Over Gill

image-lrbpxprcRohit was left fuming over Gill after run-out in 1st T20I vs AFG (AP Photo)

Rohit Sharma's brash anger upon being run-out on his own call in the first T20I against Afghanistan would've resulted in extra pressure on young turk Shubman Gill, believes former India player Rohan Gavaskar, who reacted to the skipper's moment of frustration with his opening partner. 

Gill was caught watching the mid-off fielder for an extra split second after Rohit hammered the ball and sprinted for a single. Even as the veteran reached the other end, the inexperienced player stood his ground, resulting in a horrific run-out and forcing Rohit to make the long walk back on only the second ball of the innings with a duck. 

Rohit took a moment and yelled at Gill in disappointment with the 24-year-old, who didn't trust his captain's call enough and perhaps endured a brain-fade in watching the fielder too long rather than running straight for the batting end in a quick single. 


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Gavaskar was surprised to see the usually calm and unfazed Mumbaikar lose his temper in the heat of the moment and said it would've created pressure to perform in the mind of Gill, who is under scrutiny for an unsatisfying start to his T20I career. 

"It was a walkable run," Gavaskar told Cricbuzz. "Let's not forget Rohit Sharma is a kind of a person, forget captain, who doesn't get angry that often. He is very cool, calm and collective. Now, as a younger player when you see your captain who is normally at equilibrium, blowing a fuse like the way he did, then you are thinking 'Man I've got to do something special'." 


"The ball has gone behind the non-striker. Rohit has hit the ball, it's his call. As a non-striker, you've got to trust your partner. 9 times out of 10, the throw won't be at your end. The fielder at mid-off and mid-on will pick up the ball and have a shy at the bowler's end. The striker is running at the danger end." 

"The mistake that Shubman made was that he was watching the ball and kept looking at the fielder. He had no idea where Rohit was until he was right next to him," he added. 

Gill, who was initially not due to play the first T20I, got his chance only because of an untimely injury to left-hander Yashasvi Jaiswal and appeared in his elements for a brilliant cameo of 23 off 12 balls before he was stumped off a googly by Mujeeb Ur Rahman.