Watch: Rohit Sharma presents Jacob Duffy a straight bat for Six into the stands of Indore

On 24 January 2023, team India locked horns with the Kiwis in Indore for the last and third ODI. The Men in Blue were looking to win the match to clean sweep another home series. While the visitors were looking to win the match to avoid that. However, Rohit Sharma failed to score big again in the first two matches.

So, fans were hoping for a better show from the Indian skipper in the last clash. Speaking of the match, Tom Latham won the toss and asked team India to bat first. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill came out to open the innings. During that innings, the Indian skipper hit a beautiful six straight down the ground and that video has now gone viral.

Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill managed another 100-run partnership in ODIs

Speaking of the video, the incident took place during the fifth over of India’s innings. Jacob Duffy was bowling while Rohit Sharma was batting. On the fifth delivery of that over, Rohit hit him straight for a six despite being nowhere near the pitch of the ball. It was an on-the-up shot from the batter that left the bowler stunned.

In this ongoing series, Rohit Sharma had some good starts. But, he failed to convert them into centuries or big hundreds. In the first match in Hyderabad, he scored 34 runs off 338 balls, including four boundaries and two sixes. Then, in the second match in Raipur, Rohit scored a quickfire 51 runs off 50 balls, including seven fours and two sixes.

In the third match, India again had a great start to the innings. Both Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma managed another 100-run partnership in ODIs. The Men in Blue scored 100 runs off 76 balls. They even crossed the 150-run mark in 17.5 overs without losing any wickets. Finally, Rohit Sharma managed to end his century drought in ODIs. He scored 100* runs off 83 balls while Shubman Gill was batting 99* runs off 71 balls.