This is how Twitter reacted to Rohit's uppercut.
Rohit Sharma handed Team India the perfect start in the World Cup 2019 high-profile matchup against rivals Pakistan in Manchester on Sunday. The Indian opening duo of Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul broke Sachin Tendulkar and Navjot Singh Sidhu's 23-year-old record for the longest opening run partnership at a World Cup match against Pakistan at Old Trafford.
Rohit took on the Pak bowlers from the get-go more aggressively, while KL Rahul, on the other hand, played with a more calm approach. The opening pair added 136 runs for the opening wicket, while Rohit Sharma played a sensational inning of 140 runs off 113 delivers. Fans during the match witnessed Sharma playing an upper cut for six to a quick short delivery and it made them recall about a very special upper cut played by Sachin Tendulkar vs Pakistan in the 2003 World Cup.
People then took to Twitter to express their thoughts about the match:
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1. 'There's the upper cut!'
Sachin Tendulkar and Sehwag hit the same six at same spot against same opposition, against same opposition and yes in the world cup 2003.. Rohit just hit the same six in 2019 World Cup #IndiaVsPakistan #INDvsPAK #WorldCup2019 pic.twitter.com/Ym9IRm9Aty
— Ankush Sharma (@RoyalAnkush_) June 16, 2019
There's the upper cut! #RohitSharma is taking the legacy of that shot against Pakistan forward #IndiaVsPakistan
— Hemant Gaule (@hemantgaule) June 16, 2019
Sachin watching Rohit's cut. #INDvPAK pic.twitter.com/ByrvlnU0tv
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) June 16, 2019
2. Fans getting the throwback
Fans getting throwback is like: pic.twitter.com/4WlGmhDvhq
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) June 16, 2019
Worlc cup match. A Pakisthani fast bowler. An Indian opening batsman. Wide. Fast. Short. Upper cut. Six.
— Jithin Nazeer P C (@jithin_nazeer) June 16, 2019
Is it 2003 or 2019 ? #IndiaVsPakistan #RohitSharma #WorldCup2019
Rohit and Sachin's shots. #IndvsPak pic.twitter.com/f3rgXbpMYR
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) June 16, 2019
3. 'Sachin looking at a mirror!?'
rohit sharma completes century and suddenly i saw sachin moves in him RT for sachin and like for rohit sharma #IndiaVsPakistan #CWC2019 #RohitSharma #sachinopenagain pic.twitter.com/kFHC68AVVM
— kapil singh mewad (@kapilmewad) June 16, 2019
Brilliant from @ImRo45 , one of his finest innings. That late-cut six reminded me of Sachin Tendulkar's late-cut 6 in Centurion at #cwc03. Hope he gets a double hundred #INDvPAK #RohitSharma #CWC19 #MenInBlue
— Rahul Baral (@rahulbaral10) June 16, 2019
Sachin after seeing Rohit Sharma's upper cut -#IndiavsPakistan . pic.twitter.com/IDuGVXYiWF
— NeeraJ. (@AjeebPrani) June 16, 2019
Hasan is no Akhtar, Rohit is no Tendulkar but that upper cut...#INDvPAK#CWC19 pic.twitter.com/nSGVFLLBG6
— Suneer (@suneerchowdhary) June 16, 2019