How Rohit Sharma used his spinners as the trump card in Champions Trophy
In the final hour of New Zealand’s innings on Sunday, Rohit Sharma had the opportunity to hammer the spin nail down fully on the opposition to the last possible inch. An Axar Patel injury situation towards the end of the middle overs meant the Indian skipper had to factor in a couple of extra overs from the wobbly pace grid of Shami and Hardik Pandya at the death on the day. Though the left-arm spinner bowled another, Rohit held back Axar’s last two overs, perhaps because he had to play a crucial role with the bat at No. 5 too.The death overs yielded 79 runs, 58 of which came from five overs of pace. Despite the dawdle against spin for the majority of the innings, New Zealand had about enough to salvage a fight. Rohit’s marginal miss on a 40/40 of spin could have reared its head on another...
