WATCH: Rohit Sharma Takes a Stunner to Dismiss Martin Guptill

The vice-captain of India, Rohit Sharma took a brilliant catch at the square-leg boundary do dismiss the dangerous-looking, Martin Guptill. The incident took place in the ongoing first T20I between New Zealand and India at the Eden Park in Auckland.

The Indian captain, Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to field first. Guptill, along with his opening partner, Colin Munro got off to a flying start by targetting Shardul Thakur early in their innings. They didn’t leave any of the bowlers in the powerplay.

However, the hosts surpassed the 50-run mark in merely 4.3 overs as both the openers started hitting all over the park, adding 68 runs in the first 6 overs. In the eighth over of the match, Kohli brought all-rounder Shivam Dube who successfully broke the opening partnership of 80 runs.

On the fifth ball of the over, Dube bowled a short ball where the opener, Guptill tried to hit a pull shot but he mistimed the ball while hitting. As a result, he couldn’t find enough room for himself to generate some power. Rohit Sharma, who was fielding at the boundary line, grabbed the ball.

But the India opener lost his balance due to the momentum of the ball. However, with a brilliant presence of mind, Rohit tosses the ball into play. After that, he jumped back and took it easily. With this, India somehow put a break in New Zealand’s free-flowing scoring.

New Zealand ended up scoring 203 for 5 after their allotted 20 overs with the help of Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor’s quickfire fifties.

Here is the video of Rohit Sharma stunner

India have arrived in New Zealand after a successful home season which includes T20I series wins against Bangladesh, West Indies, and Sri Lanka, and the ODI series wins against West Indies and Australia. On the other hand, New Zealand recently faced a loss against Australia. This is the first meeting between them since the 2019 World Cup semifinal, where New Zealand won by 18 runs.