Watch- Rohit Sharma reveals what happened between him and the on-field umpire during IND vs AFG 3rd T20I

Apart from his batting, India captain Rohit Sharma is also known for coming up with comments that leave the fans in splits now and then. While he does not typically intend to deliver humorous comments, the nonchalant manner of his delivery rarely fails to bring a smile to the fans’ faces

Something similar took place when India were playing against Afghanistan in the third T20I in January. Rohit Sharma was having a poor outing in the series and was dismissed for ducks in the first two games of the three-match series. For those who don’t know, it was his first T20I series since the 2022 T20 World Cup.

While the fans were expecting the captain to hit the ground running in the shortest format of the game, he could not even open his account in the first two games. Unsurprisingly, he was desperate to get off the mark in the third T20I. The India captain was involved in a hilarious argument with the on-field umpire when the latter gave a leg bye after the right-handed batsman hit the ball for a four in the first over.

Rohit Sharma explains hilarious argument with umpire:

While Rohit was confident that he had hit the ball, the umpire believed there was no contact and signaled leg byes. The veteran batsman did not notice the umpire’s signal at that time and realized it only when he looked at the scoreboard after the end of the over.

“Arre viru, leg-bye diya tha second ball? Itna bada bat laga (Viru, did you give it as leg-bye? There was a good portion of bat on that.),” Rohit Sharma told the umpire.

On Tuesday (March 5), he opened up on the incident during the inauguration of the third edition of the Khel Mahakhumbh in Bilaspur district. He as well as India head coach Rahul Dravid attended the event. When asked about the argument, Rohit Sharma said:

“When you have registered two ducks, it is important to get that first run. The ball had hit the bat and gone to the boundary but the umpire probably didn’t see it and gave it leg byes instead. I don’t usually look at the scoreboard when I am batting, I focus more on the batting,” said Rohit Sharma.

“When the over ended, I just glanced at the scoreboard and it was showing Rohit Sharma still on zero. I thought, ‘But I hit a boundary, why is it still showing zero?'” he added,

Rohit Sharma taking about his Viral stump mic conversation during an event in Bilaspur 😭 pic.twitter.com/HkdyGJYcZ6

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