Last Updated: January 21, 2023, 13:39 IST
Rohit Sharma had a ‘brain fade’ moment at the toss for the second ODI between India and New Zealand from Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium in Raipur on Saturday.
After calling correctly and winning the toss, Rohit froze and seemingly forgot what he and his side wanted to do first.
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He took a few seconds, mumbling to himself, to finally declare that India would be bowling first as a bemused Kiwi skipper Tom Latham looked on surprised.
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Fans on social media had a field day with memes, here’s a selection:
Rohit thinks that today he has to lose the toss, he never wins the toss again and again— GOLDEN ERA ❤ (@Abhi_23_96k) January 21, 2023
Typical Rohit Sharma at toss today. — Harshit Srivastava (@harshit_srvstv) January 21, 2023
Rohit ko pata ii nahi tha ki ball na bat laee …..aise karke 20 sec ke liya soch soch te — Pratik Chowdhury (@PratikRs45) January 21, 2023
Rohit forgot what he wanted to do, bat or bowl— Russell Muscle (@Russell_Muscle_) January 21, 2023
Rohit Sharma forgets what the team have decided to do after winning the toss! He gets there in the end and India opt to bowl #INDvsNZ #RohitSharma— Ritesh Sharma (@Ritesh_Sharma11) January 21, 2023
Areh bhai Rohit ..Forgets what the team decided to do after winning the toss and finally decides to bowl first!Such a character !
— Souvik 45© (@SouvikPurkaya16) January 21, 2023
What if Jammy Sir told Rohit to bat first though and he forgot and took this decision of bowling— Udit (@udit_buch) January 21, 2023
Rohit Sharma, after the bizarre ordeal, spoke to Ravi Shahtri, saying: “I forgot what we wanted to do, had plenty of discussions with the team about the toss decision, just wanted to challenge ourselves under difficult conditions, but we’ll bowl first.”
“Was a good test for us, knowing that the wicket would get better to bat on and that was the challenge in front of us. Bracewell batted well, but we bowled well in the end and won the game. There was a bit of dew during the practice sessions, but we’ve heard from the curator that it will not play a role on game days. We batted first in Hyderabad, we wanted to bowl first here, same team,” he added.
India have a 1-0 lead in the three-match series after beating New Zealand by 12 runs at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
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