BGT | Twitter amused at Rohit's reprimand of fearful Jaiswal at short leg caught on stump mic

12/26/2024

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Keeping your fielders on their toes when the opposition is running rampant is an underrated aspect of Test match captaincy but one Rohit Sharma excels at. The Indian skipper was at it again when commanding young gun Yashasvi Jaiswal in the Boxing Day Test at the MCG in his typical fashion.

Australia got off to a great start in the Boxing Day Test with both openers, debutante Sam Konstas and Usman Khawaja scoring half centuries. Having finally gotten rid of Khawaja, India wanted to pile on the pressure and added a forward short leg. Yashasvi Jaiswal was handed the responsibility of doing so but according to his skipper he was not doing a stellar job.

The stump mic picked up on the conversation as Rohit, who hails from Mumbai, told his Mumbai teammate in a proper Mumbai tone to look alive during the game. “Neeche bethke reh. Jab tak ball khelega nahi, uthne ka nahi. Neeche bethke reh (Stay in the crouching position. Till the batter hits his shot, do not get up. Stay in the crouching position),” Rohit told Jaiswal with a proper Mumbai swag.

The Twitterati picked up on the assignment of duties and had a few words of their own.

Classic Rohit

— DJ Sinha (@sdj374531)

Idle

Rohit is saying that Yashasvi Jaiswal will sit idle until he plays
— Manohar Siyag (@ManoharSiyag58)

Over

Why's everyone overreacting. This is pretty much a winnable match if Jaiswal,Pant steps up and Rohit gets injured
— 🏆 | It's home (@VinisauceJr)

Support

Bhai u always support Rohit

After gill kya huwa 🤣🤣🤣🐍
— SK BOY (@sk78boy)

Big

Rohit sharma is so big.

Everyone wants to take his name for their reach.

I can understand

You too can send your tips via twitter
— Raj (@ImRaj_tweets)

Really

rohit is clueless
— hello (@ieateggwhites)

WTH!

Me yahi soch rha hu

Bc 51 overs me se he has bowled 15 already...

Wtf is wrong with rohit

Tham ja bc
— Priyank Gaur (@PriyankGaur1302)

Kuch kro

Rohit bhay khuch kro
— ऋतिक (@was_ritik)

Weird

You took Washington Sundar in the team, and more than 50 overs done, still not given him an over to bowl. What kind of weird captaincy is this from Rohit Sharma?
— Patriotic Indian 🇮🇳 (@Modi26052014)

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