India, Oct. 23 -- Rohit Sharma had scored only 8 runs after facing 28 of the first 36 deliveries of the Indian innings. More than 50% of those were either plays and misses or left alone. This was the fewest runs Rohit had scored in his first 20 balls since the 2019 ODI World Cup. The former Indian captain was in the middle of one of the most painful stays at the crease but he was not giving up. He was desperate to save his wicket. He even put in a big dive in the third over of the innings when there was a near mix-up with captain Shubman Gill.

What this did was put a lot of pressure on Gill at the other end. The India captain was not getting a lot of strike and the Indian innings was going nowhere and Gill felt he had to be the aggressor...