Bowled for the first time and took the wicket of Rohit Sharma, why did Umar Nazir still not celebrate? this is the reason

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|23-01-2025

After a long wait and curiosity, Team India captain Rohit Sharma finally returned to domestic cricket. Rohit, who was struggling with his poor form, took the field on behalf of his home team Mumbai but his return was the same as it was in the Test series against New Zealand and Australia. Rohit was out after scoring only 3 runs. As much as Rohit's failure is being discussed, the tall bowler Umar Nazir, who returned Rohit to the pavilion, is making equally headlines. Especially his not celebrating was surprising for everyone and now this bowler has also given the reason.

Umar spoiled Rohit's comeback

The group stage matches of Ranji Trophy returned from Thursday 23 January at the BKC ground in Mumbai, in which Mumbai is facing the team of Jammu and Kashmir. On the first day of the match, Mumbai batted first and this team full of great batsmen got bundled out for just 120 runs. Everyone's eyes were especially on Rohit Sharma, whose Test career is in danger. But the captain of Team India could not do anything amazing even in the first innings of Ranji Trophy.

Rohit, who returned to this tournament after almost 10 years, opened with Yashasvi Jaiswal. But this pair, who opened for Team India, also failed for Mumbai. Shortly after Jaiswal was out, Rohit also left. Rohit was out in exactly the same manner as he was dismissed by Australia's legendary fast bowler Pat Cummins last December. The difference was that this time the bowler was not an experienced and world cricket legend like Cummins, but the unknown face of Jammu and Kashmir was Omar Nazir.

That's why we didn't celebrate

This bowler, who was about 6 feet 4 inches tall, troubled Rohit a lot and then even got him out. But everyone was surprised that even after taking the wicket of a legendary batsman like Rohit, Umar or his teammates did not celebrate in any way. After the end of the day's play, this bowler gave a heart-winning reason. Umar said, “I did not celebrate Rohit Sharma after taking his wicket because I am a big fan of his. Taking his wicket is very special for me. “I was bowling to him for the first time.”

Dominated Mumbai's batting

Rohit's failure has once again raised questions on his red ball career, which already seems to be coming to an end. However, Rohit has a chance to make a comeback in the second innings. As far as the first day's play is concerned, not only Rohit but also international batsmen like Jaiswal, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer and Shivam Dubey failed. If experienced all-rounder Shardul Thakur had not played an inning of 51 runs in difficult times, the Mumbai team would not have been able to reach even 120 runs. Out of the top-6 batsmen of Mumbai, only Umar Nazir took 4 wickets. In response, Jammu and Kashmir had scored 174 runs after losing 7 wickets.

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