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'Sharma ji ka ladka full marks' - Fans elated as Indian skipper Rohit Sharma scalps last wicket of Netherlands to win match for India

In a rare sight of experiments, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma tried 9 bowlers in the last league match against Netherlands, including him and Virat Kohli getting the wickets.

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Rohit Sharma (File Photo, Twitter)

Rohit Sharma (File Photo, Twitter)

Apart from being in the top 5 leading run-scorers of the ongoing ODI World Cup 2023, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma has also made his entry into the list of wicket-takers in the tournament. The special moment came for him in the recently concluded match against the Netherlands when he picked the last wicket of Dutch batter Teja Nidamanuru to finish things and win the match for India.

He also became the first Indian skipper in last years to score a half-century and scalp a wicket in an ODI World Cup match. Rohit bowled five balls of his first over in the second innings against the Netherlands and picked the crucial wicket of Teja Nidamanuru, conceding 7 runs in the 5 balls he bowled.

The video of this one wicket scalped by skipper Rohit Sharma is also making rounds on social media as soon as it was shared by a few users over X (formerly Twitter). It also attracted a lot of wholesome reactions from Indian cricket fans, especially ardent Rohit Sharma fans.

Hereโ€™s the video of Rohit Sharma scalping the wicket:

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Apart from picking one wicket for Team India, Rohit also scored a crucial half-century while opening the innings for his side, alongside his young mate Shubman Gill. The 36-year-old scored 61 runs off 54 balls, hitting 8 fours and 2 sixes, setting an amazing tempo for the middle-order of the Indian team.

Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill stitched an amazing partnership of 100 runs for the first wicket, playing a vital role in Indiaโ€™s massive total of 410 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in the allotted 50 overs, also supported by the two outstanding centuries scored by Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul, scoring 128 and 102 runs, respectively off just 94 and 64 balls.

Later, India bundled out the Netherlands on the score of 250 runs and won the match by a big margin of 160 runs to remain unbeaten in the nine league matches of their ODI World Cup 2023 campaign.

Hereโ€™s how fans reacted to Rohit Sharma scalping a wicket for India:

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