"Lovely batting from Rohit, certain switch has been flipped since 2022" - Fans hail Indian skipper for sparkling half-century vs SL in 2nd ODI

Team India skipper Rohit Sharma played another scintillating knock in the second ODI against Sri Lanka in Colombo on August 4. The 37-year-old led India's run-chase in style, reaching his half-century off just 29 deliveries.

It was Rohit's second consecutive half-century after a 47-ball 58 in the tied opening encounter at the same venue. However, much like the first ODI, he could not convert it to a three-figure score and was dismissed for 64 off 44 balls.

Yet, his knock that included five boundaries and four maximums provided India a blazing start of 97/1 in their run-chase of 241. During his essay, Rohit also overtook former captain MS Dhoni to become India's fourth all-time leading run-scorer in ODIs.

Rohit is currently on 10,831 runs at an average of 49.23 and a strike rate of 92.29 in 264 ODIs.

Fans on Twitter hailed Rohit for another sparkling batting display in the powerplay with the following reactions:

"Lovely batting from Rohit, cerain switch has been flipped since 2002," one fan wrote.

Fans continued to praise Rohit for his dominant batting display with one writing:

"Rohit is in Sehwag 2008-11 phase...peaking in both tests and ODIs."

"Two back to back half centuries for rohit sharma, man in red hot form," wrote a fan.

"On turning pitches, Rohit is India's best batsman currently," a fan tweeted.

Team India collapse after Rohit Sharma's blistering start

Team India were off to a sensational start against Sri Lanka in the second ODI, thanks to Rohit Sharma's spectacular half-century. After throwing away a similar start of 75/0 in their run-chase of 231 in the opening ODI, the Men in Blue were at it again.

On this occasion, India started even better to reach 97/0 in the 14th over, before losing skipper Rohit. However, his dismissal led to two quick wickets of Shubman Gill and Shivam Dube as India slipped to 116/3 in the 18th over.

Jeffrey Vandersay, coming in for the injured Wanindu Hasaranga, was the wrecker-in-chief as he picked up all three wickets in an outstanding spell of leg-spin bowling.

Yet, his biggest breakthrough came when he trapped Virat Kohli LBW for 14 to reduce India to 123/4 in the 20th over.

With an unassailable 1-0 series lead in the three-match affair on the line for both teams, the game hangs in the balance with Axar Patel and Shreyas Iyer at the crease.