Making sense of the double-edged sword called ‘retired out’
It was a routine Wednesday night — inasmuch as a Wednesday night with India playing a Twenty20 International can be routine — until it wasn’t.The series had been won and lost. In Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s comeback to the 20-over scheme of things internationally in India’s final engagements before the T20 World Cup, the hosts had taken a winning 2-0 lead over Afghanistan. Kohli had missed the first game due to personal reasons while Rohit had been dismissed without scoring in both victories, run out in the first match in Mohali and bowled in the next in Indore.For both, 17 January 2024 was an important date – their last T20I before the World Cup in the Americas. Kohli was dismissed for a first-ball duck, one of four wickets India lost in the PowerPlay. At 22 for four with 93 deliveries...
