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Xtra Time Web Desk: Rohit Sharma's dismal campaign in the ongoing ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 continued as he failed to get going in the ongoing game against Afghanistan in Barbados. The India opener scored 8 runs off 13 balls and was dismissed by left-arm pacer Fazalhaq Farooqi in the third over.

The onus was on captain Rohit Sharma to lead from the front and give the team a good start in the crucial game but he failed to live up to the expectations and flopped with the bat for the third game in a row.

The right-handed batsman had started his campaign on a good note by scoring a match-winning fifty against Ireland. However, he has not been able to impress with the bat since then. In the second game against Pakistan, Rohit Sharma was out for only 13 runs before being dismissed for 3 against USA.

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Fortunately for India, the captain's failure did not cost them big as they went on to win against Pakistan and USA to book their place in the Super 8s. After the two failures, all eyes were on Rohit Sharma for the ongoing game after he won the toss and opted to bat first. However, he could not justify the decision and was out for a single-digit score.

In the third over, Farooqi unleashed a slower delivery on the fuller side on the stumps, Rohit planted his front leg and looked to smoke it down the ground but he miscued it completely off the toe end of the bat. Rashid Khan ran from the mid on and moved forward, he settled under it and took a good catch to send back the opposition captain.

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With this, Fazalhaq Farooqi once again did the trick with a slower delivery and got a wicket early on in the innings. He celebrated this wicket with the iconic you can't see me celebration of John Cena.

This is the 8th time, Rohit has succumbed to left arm pacer in T20s in 2024.