WATCH: Rohit slammed for turning his back on Arshdeep in last over vs Sri Lanka

Indian captain Rohit Sharma was slammed by netizens for turning his back on young pacer Arshdeep Singh during the last over of the game against Sri Lanka.

The Lankans handed a defeat to Team India by six wickets and virtually knocked them out of the Asia Cup. India's chances in the competition now depend on the other teams.

The 23-year-old Arshdeep has faced a lot in the past few after he dropped Pakistan's Asif Ali's catch in the 18th over of the match, which proved to be costly as Asif almost finished off the match in the next over.

Despite dropping the catch, he bowled a brilliant last over where he only had seven runs and dismissed Asif. Yesterday, he was thrown the ball in the last over with only 6 to defend. The opposition this time was Sri Lanka.

The veteran pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar leaked runs in the 19th over, just like the game against Pakistan, to make matters nearly impossible in the last over, but still Arshdeep executed brilliant yorkers but couldn't save the runs. 

During the last ball of the match, Rohit Sharma was seen almost turning his back on Arshdeep when the youngster appeared to suggest something to his captain
The video of the incident has spread like wildfire on Twitter. Rohit was visibly under a lot of pressure to get the field right and was spotted having long chats with all the bowlers, including Arshdeep, during the match. Still, on this particular occasion, the Indian captain was perhaps not ready to listen to what Arshdeep had to say.

Rohit's gesture did not go down well with the netizens who were furious with the India opener.

Here are a few reactions

Abay bat to suno bicharay ki pic.twitter.com/KBJkEIXD01

— samia (@samiaa056) September 6, 2022

Had dhoni was there instead of Rohit, He might have given him (Arshdeep) a hug and surely taken his pressure off completely. Things would have gone differently for India. Ms was the best leader india ever had. https://t.co/2YbulhrTis

— Nibraz Ramzan (@nibraz88cricket) September 6, 2022

Arshdeep bowls beautifully in the death overs, gave us a hard time too. He's a youngster, has barely played 10 games, needed support the most especially after a hard match against Pakistan where he did his best but still got so much hate. Rohit doesn't deserve to be a captain. https://t.co/wfqt3RjCcG

— Esha (@theshabbasi) September 7, 2022

Feel so bad for Arshdeep man. He's going to get so much unnecessary abuse and Rohit's arrogance will be the reason for his downfall https://t.co/sLtLGavI7A

— 🍔 (@burgerwh0r3) September 6, 2022

Very uncomfortable with that Rohit Sharma's reaction to Arshdeep and those comments of him on asking young players for answers.

That hurts my head more than the loss yesterday

— Rocky Indian (@iamdilseindian) September 7, 2022

This is utterly disappointing how Rohit Sharma ignored Arshdeep, rather than backing him up to stimulate his confidence. #INDvsSri #INDvsSri2022 #INDvsSri #Rohitsharma #AsiaCupT20 #arshdeepsingh #India pic.twitter.com/7Vq8shLrsY

— Ausaf Alam (@ausafalamkhan) September 6, 2022