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The Times of India
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Sahil Malhotra | TIMESOFINDIA.COM

Like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, too, a master of his own demise

BRISBANE: Australia captain Pat Cummins was off for a mini victory lap and the celebration, with some spot hops, even got Mitchell Marsh going as the hosts saw the back of Rohit Sharma. The Indian captain dragged himself off the field and left his gloves in front of the dugout before entering the dressing room.

It was his fourth consecutive failure on Australian soil and the right-hander never looked comfortable against Cummins who was in the middle of a fantastic spell in the morning session. Ball-after-ball, the seamer kept pinging the good-length spot and made subtle use of different angles to keep the batter guessing. With Rohit on strike, a short-ball was not too far away either and the Australian captain fired one in the 24th over.

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