WATCH: Rohit Sharma shows his frustration after dropping the catch that would have given Axar Patel a hat trick

Axar Patel induced the edge of Jaker Ali on the very first ball but Rohit Sharma dropped the catch and the spinner failed to get his hattrick.

WATCH: Rohit Sharma shows his frustration after dropping the catch that would have given Axar Patel a hat trick

Rohit Sharma showed his frustration (Via X)

The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is already underway. India were playing their first match of the tournament against Bangladesh. The Men in Blue are not travelling to Pakistan and will be playing all their matches in Dubai. In this match, Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and elected to bat first.

India were in the driver’s seat right in the first half of the match with five early wickets. Axar Patel picked two wickets in two balls in the form of Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Tanzid Hasan. He was on a hat trick and got the edge of Jaker Ali on the very first ball.

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On the fourth ball of the ninth over, Patel tossed the ball outside off and induced the edge of Ali’s bat on a defensive shot, but captain Rohit Sharma dropped a sitter in the slips. The Indian captain was livid after missing the catch and thumped the ground with his hands to show his frustration after missing the catch.

Sharma also apologized to Patel with folded hands for missing a sitter, as hattricks don’t come easy and Patel would have got a hattrick on the very first over of the spell in the opening match of India in the Champions Trophy. The drop proved costly for India as Ali stitched together a partnership of over 100 runs with Towhid Hridoy.

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Team India suffered a huge setback ahead of the Champions Trophy as their main bowler Jasprit Bumrah was ruled out with an injury. India have included five spinners in their squad, with three of them being all-rounders. So, they are definitely dependent on their spinners to provide them the breakthrough in the middle overs.

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