Team India captain Rohit Sharma began from where he left off as he scored a sensational half-century against Sri Lanka in the first ODI in Colombo on Friday, August 2. Rohit scored 58 runs off just 47 balls and gave the Men in Blue a fabulous start.The veteran opener made his intentions clear upfront as he danced down the track and smashed Asitha Fernando for a six to open his account. He scored seven fours and three sixes in his enterprising innings.Fans on X (formerly Twitter) were delighted to see Rohit play all his shots and get India off to a flier.One user wrote:"Rohit Sharma might have retired from T20I format, but he didn’t forget to play like T20I.""Rohit Sharma is just timeless . Setting up the India chase for his country . Looks like a canter . Team player #RohitSharma #SLvIND," wrote another.Another user opined:"WELL PLAYED, ROHIT 👏 58 runs from just 47 balls, given a great start for India in the run chase, Captain lead from front. 🔥"Here are some of the other reactions:Sri Lanka claw their way back into the game after Rohit Sharma's blitzSri Lanka finally got rid of Rohit when the latter tried to play a slog sweep and missed it completely, getting trapped in front off Dunith Wellalage's bowling. The Indian captain didn't review the decision as the delivery was too full to play the slog sweep.Having already lost the wicket of Shubman Gill, the Men in Blue promoted Washington Sundar to No.4 but that experiment didn't last long as he departed for just 4. Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer are consolidating the Indian innings at the time of writing.