Twitter Reactions: India amass 195 on the back of Rohit Sharma’s brilliance

The first T20I at Eden Gardens in Kolkata was comprehensively won by India, the home team, by five wickets. However, the match turned out to be a low scoring affair. The second encounter in Lucknow definitely hasn’t turned out to be low-scoring as India racked up 195 runs against the Windies courtesy of opening batsman Rohit Sharma, who was brilliant with the willow in hand. Dhawan and Rohit make hay The Windies won the toss and had no hesitation to field first on a wicket which looked good for batting. However, the decision backfired to a large extent as Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan got their team off to a blistering start with an opening partnership of 123 runs from 84 deliveries. They didn’t blaze off initially and saw off the opening burst from fast bowler Oshane Thomas. However, they picked up gradually and put on 49 runs in the first six overs. The duo went from strength to strength and kept finding the boundaries with sheer ease. Khary Pierre, who was impressive in his debut in Kolkata, was taken for 49 runs and was carted for three boundaries and as many sixes. In the first 10 overs, the Men in Blue had the Windies by the scruff of their necks. Rohit notches his fourth T20I ton Windies got their first breakthrough when Dhawan went for a slog sweep off left-arm spinner Fabian Allen only to be caught by Nicholas Pooran at long leg. The fielder fumbled a wee bit but managed to hold on to the leather. Rishabh Pant was promoted to bat at number three, but he couldn’t make an impact as Pierre got his consolation wicket, caught by Shimron Hetmyer in the deep. However, Rohit carried on in his own merry way and kept peppering the boundaries, much to the agony of the visiting team. The Nagpur-born cricketer eventually racked up his fourth century in the format off merely 58 balls with the help of eight fours and seven sixes. KL Rahul played a short, yet blistering hand of 26 from 14 deliveries with a couple of fours and a six to propel the home team’s score. Here are the Twitter reactions Congrats @ImRo45 for a record fourth T20I 💯 #Hitman made a large ground look small with his exceptional strokeplay 👏 @BCCI pic.twitter.com/1mrLvB8OQA — MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj) November 6, 2018 Highest scores for India in T20Is: 118 Rohit Sharma v SL, Indore, 2017111*Rohit Sharma v WI, Lucknow, 2018110*KL Rahul v WI, Lauderhill, 2016106 Rohit Sharma v SA, Dharamsala, 2015#INDvWI — Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) November 6, 2018 Most centuries: Tests – Sachin Tendulkar (51)ODIs – Sachin Tendulkar (49)T20Is – Rohit Sharma (4)#IndvWI — Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 6, 2018 Could’ve been a little smarter since he’d hit a four previous ball. But liked the fact that he’s put team before self. https://t.co/ertORjj7ua — Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) November 6, 2018 First International batsman to 4 T20 Centuries, the only one to 3 ODI Double Tons…@ImRo45 is the white-ball Superman #IndvSWI — Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) November 6, 2018 Rohit Sharma – The Talent India needed and deserved. #INDvWI — Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) November 6, 2018 Rohit Sharma: Most ODI 200s – 3Most T20I 100s – 4 Legend of limited-overs cricket! #IndvWI — Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 6, 2018 Brilliant from the captain @ImRo45 well played. — Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) November 6, 2018 .@ImRo45's DIWALI BONANZA! 😍😍😍 Hitman becomes the first batsman to hit 4 T20I tons 🙌#CricketMeriJaan #INDvWI pic.twitter.com/kCOOUbsff8 — Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) November 6, 2018 Rohit Sharma becomes the first captain to score two centuries in T20Is. Most centuries in T20Is: 4 – ROHIT SHARMA*3 – Colin Munro #INDvWI — Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) November 6, 2018 Most 100s in T20 Internationals: 4 Rohit Sharma *3 Colin Munro2 B McCullum/ C Gayle/ E Lewis/ G Maxwell/ M Guptill/ KL Rahul/ A Finch #INDvWI — Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) November 6, 2018 Exemplary hitting on a not so easy pitch…Terrific 100 #RohitSharma #INDvsWI — …. (@ynakg2) November 6, 2018 Fourth T20i Ton. Second as a captain. First man to do so. Well played, Rohit Sharma. #IndvWI — Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) November 6, 2018 11 runs in the first three overs. Not a single boundary. And then Windies decided to introduce spin for ‘some’ reason. 38 runs in the next three. Thank You ☺️ #IndvWI — Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) November 6, 2018 Team India at the moment is blessed with a Top3 of Dhawan Rohit Kohli in limited overs…80% matches are being finished by them…Ultimate domination — …. (@ynakg2) November 6, 2018 Rohit Sharma has to just remember from which side of the bed he got up today & make sure he repeats that on every match day.#INDvWI — PhD in Bakchodi (@Atheist_Krishna) November 6, 2018 Congratulation #RohitSharma @ImRo45 for setting world record in scoring four centuries in T20i and overtaking @imVkohli to become highest Indian run-getter in T20i. We are all proud of you. #Lucknow #INDvsWI — Rajat Sharma (@RajatSharmaLive) November 6, 2018 Lucknow curator – We won't see a high scoring game for sure. Rohit Sharma –#IndvWI pic.twitter.com/wDIQ80xmg9 — Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) November 6, 2018 Rohit Sharma can score hundreds for fun. I mean, how can he make batting look so easy? Isn’t it ridiculous? #RohitSharma #INDvWI — Madhav Sharma (@HashTagCricket) November 6, 2018 Get the latest Cricket News and updates, Match Predictions, Fantasy Cricket Tips and lots more on CricTracker.com.

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Twitter Reactions: India amass 195 on the back of Rohit Sharma’s brilliance

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