Rohit Sharma made a blunder on the field in the India vs. Bangladesh match. With Axar Patel on a hat-trick, the Indian captain dropped what was a regulation catch at first slip. Rohit was embarrassed by himself. He slammed his fist into the ground in anger to let his frustration out and then apologised to Axar for making such an error.
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It would have been a historic moment. The all-rounder would have been the first spinner to take a hat-trick in ICC events and just the second bowler to take a hat-trick in the ICC Champions Trophy. As expected, Rohit was asked about the dropped catch after India won by 6 wickets. The opener jokingly said that he might treat Axar with a dinner on February 21 to ask for his forgiveness.
“I may take him to dinner tomorrow (on dropped a catch that would’ve given Axar a hat-trick). That was an easy catch. I should have taken that catch, the standards I have set standing in the slips, but these things happen,” Rohit Sharma said after the India vs. Bangladesh match.
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Axar Patel doesn’t sweat over missed hat-trick either
Naturally, Axar too was disappointed. But like Rohit mentioned, the all-rounder also brushed things off by saying such things happen in cricket.
“A lot happened (about the hat-trick). I didn’t know if it (Tanzid Hasan wicket) was out, but KL (Rahul) appealed, and it was out. Then, I got the second wicket (Mushfiqur Rahim). The third one, when the edge was found, I thought I got my hat-trick. It was an eventful over. I started to celebrate, and then I saw it (Rohit Sharma dropping the catch). I didn’t react and just came back. Everyone makes mistakes,” Axar Patel had said after the first innings.
