'Thoda Time Liya Karo': Fans Take Dig at Rohit Sharma After Early Dismissal Against South Africa in 1st Test

Team India were off to a rough start in the opening Test against South Africa on boxing day as the side’s skipper and opening batter Rohit Sharma lost his wicket cheaply after just making five runs off just fourteen deliveries.

Rohit was caught by Nandre Burger in the deep off Kagiso Rabada’s bowling as he pulled the ball straight down the fielder’s throat early in the game.

One fan posted an image mocking the Indian skipper’s disappointing performance in oversees Test with a caption that read, “Rohit Sharma wagon wheel every OS test tour”

Another fan posted a meme with a sarcastic comment following his cheap dismissal.

One fan posted an update that read, “Rohit Sharma bro thoda time liya karo it’s test cricket.”

Another post read, “Rohit Sharma got out on a Single digit score after 30 test innings”

One post enumerated how Protea pacer Rabada has troubled the Indian skipper, “Rohit Sharma’s average against Rabada: – Tests: 17.3 – ODIs: 26.2 – T20Is: 26 – On average, Rabada takes approximately 5.3 overs to dismiss Rohit”

Another post gave an account of Rohit’s last 9 Test innings in South Africa, “Rohit Sharma in SA Tests 14, 6, 0, 25, 11, 10, 10, 47, 5 Average : 14.22*”

One fan shared a post that read, “Rohit Sharma is the Greatest Puller of World Cricket and he got out on pull shot. – This is very rare sight in Cricket.”

India also lost the wickets of Yashasvi Jaiswal, and Shubman Gill early on in the game as Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer were in the middle trying to steady the Indian innings against the Proteas on Day 1.