New Delhi: Axar Patel missed on a sensational hat-trick after skipper Rohit Sharma dropped a sitter on slips during India’s Champions Trophy 2025 opener against Bangladesh on Thursday. In what would have been his maiden hat-trick in the ICC Champions Trophy for India, Rohit made a horrific blunder on the fourth delivery of the ninth over being bowled by Axar.
After Mohammed Shami gave India couple of breakthroughs in form of Soumya Sarkar (0) and Mehidy Hasan Miraz (5) and Harshit Rana displayed his amazing bowling skills to dispatch skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto (0) back to the pavilion, left-arm orthodox Axar, was brought in as a change bowler in the ninth over and he was quick to deliver with couple of wickets in the second and the third delivery putting India in command.
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Axar gets two in two
Axar bowled a beautiful ball to get rid of Tanzid Hasan, who was well set on 25 and then returned in the next ball to get rid of Mushfiqur Rahim on a duck. Both the balls were almost similar where the batters gave an outside edge directly into the hands of wicketkeeper KL Rahul. For the fourth ball of the over, which was a hat-trick ball, two slips and a leg slip were kept in place for new Bangladesh batter Jaker Ali.
Axar bowled a marginally outside off stump ball which Ali tried to defend but ultimately ended up giving an outside edge which went straight into the hands of skipper Rohit, who was placed in the first slip, but he committed a blunder of dropping the catch. The Indian skipper looked visibly frustrated after his mistake cost Axar a sensational hat-trick. Rohit was quick to apologise to the bowler.
Meanwhile, Indian bowlers produced sensational bowling skills to put Bangladesh in a precarious position in the match being played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma dropped an easy catch costing Axar Patel a sensational hat-trick during the Champions Trophy 2025 match against Bangladesh on Thursday. Cricket Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
