Feel terrible for Rohit Sharma and Attapattu after the Indian skipper was fired

In the Super 4 encounter on September 12th, India faced a formidable challenge from Sri Lanka as they were dismissed for a total of 213 runs. The Indian batsmen found it challenging to negotiate Sri Lanka's spin attack, ultimately succumbing to all-out batting failure at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Dunith Wellalage and Charith Asalanka, with their spin prowess, wreaked havoc upon the Indian batting lineup, marking a historic moment in Indian cricket as they witnessed an all-wicket fall to spin for the very first time.

Former cricketing legends Marvan Atapattu and Sanjay Manjrekar engaged in an insightful discussion regarding the dismissal of Captain Rohit Sharma on Star Sports. Both expressed their views on Sharma's dismissal, with Marvan Atapattu conveying his empathy for the captain, considering him somewhat unlucky at that particular moment. On that fateful delivery from Wellalage, the ball maintained an unusually low trajectory and crashed into the stumps, catching Rohit Sharma in a rather unfortunate manner. 

Marvan Attapatu commented, "I am lost for words. I feel for him, feel very sorry for him. Any batsman around the world would have played the shot the same way," highlighting the challenging nature of the delivery and how Rohit Sharma's response was well within the norms of batting technique.

Sanjay Manjrekar, on the other hand, applauded Wellalage's bowling strategy, particularly the length at which he delivered the ball against Rohit Sharma. Manjrekar credited the young bowler for placing the ball in a position that made Rohit uncomfortable, neither permitting a decisive forward nor backward movement from the batsman. He emphasized that in such situations, batsmen anticipate the ball to bounce consistently, but unfortunately for Rohit, it kept unusually low. Manjrekar believed that credit should be given to the bowler rather than finding faults with the batter, acknowledging the skill exhibited in Wellalage's delivery.

Despite the challenging conditions and Rohit Sharma's dismissal, he managed to register his third consecutive half-century on that day, along with crossing the monumental milestone of 10,000 ODI runs as a batsman. India's total of 213 runs in tricky conditions was orchestrated through crucial contributions from players such as KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, and Axar Patel.