In the first ODI match between India and England at The Kennington Oval on 13th July, Indian captain Rohit Sharma meets a cute little 6 years old girl Meera Salvi who got hit by his six.
Here’s the social media post in which Rohit Sharma himself goes to check out the girl. The photo was tweet on 13th July and captioned Nice gesture by the Indian Captain.
Meera Salvi, a six year old girl in crowd was hit on the back by a six by #RohitSharma . Game temporarily halted to see whether girl had sustained any injuries. Girl received medical care, and match continued. Rohit took her father's phone no. Team England gifted her a Jersey. pic.twitter.com/Hi20JYhjAi
— ROHIT Era™ 🇮🇳 (@TheRohitEra) July 14, 2022
Rohit Sharma was playing in fine form and in the fifth over of India’s innings, the captain hit his trademark pull and hook shot which struck one of his beautiful fans.
After the incident, the game was paused for few minutes and the medical team of England cricket squad approached to the young girl and checked whether she was alright or not.
For the sake of girl’s happiness, the outstanding batsman gifted a chocolate and took his father’s phone number. Also the England team gifted her their team’s Jersey in which she was looking drop dead gorgeous.
Check out the tweet posted on 14th July below, in which the cute angel had wore a Jersey and cap
The posts won the hearts of many Indian and England people and many Indian fans of Rohit Sharma was praising his sweet gesture.
In that match, talented Rohit Sharma was back in his element and scored 76 runs including 5 sixes and 7 fours.
The Hitman became the first Indian batter to hit 250s sixes in One Day Internationals. He’s the only player in the cricket world who have scored three double centuries in One Day Internationals.
His respect has increased more after seeing his kind behavior towards the young girl, and do you know that he’s also a supporter of animal welfare campaigns.
What About The Match?
India defeated the English players by 10 wickets in the first ODI on Tuesday.
Team India earned this empathetic win just because of duo Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan who scored 111 runs in just 18.4 overs without losing a single wicket.
Shikhar Dhawan had made 31 runs and he was not out whereas Rohit Sharma smashed 76 runs.
Team India won the toss and choose to bowl, Mohammad Shami scored 3 for 31 and Jasprit Bumrah took 6 for 19.
But, superb Virat Kohli was unable to play due to groin strain and Arshdeep Singh also stayed on the sidelines due to abdominal pain.
After this won, now the scoreboard reads 1-0. This was team India’s first win now let’s see will they able to maintain this victory in the upcoming two ODIs or not.
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