Who is Omar Nazir Mir? Who made headlines by sending Rohit Sharma to the pavilion

Sports Desk: Rohit Sharma's bat did not perform at all in Ranji Trophy 2024-25. Once again his fans got to see his flop performance. He could not show his magic even in the home series. He was shown the way to the pavilion by Jammu and Kashmir's Omar Nazir Mir. Since then he has come into the limelight. Now everyone wants to know who is going to get Rohit out?

Jammu and Kashmir's right-arm fast bowler Umar Nazir Mir dismissed Rohit Sharma for just three runs in the match against Mumbai on Thursday. Rohit had no answer to Umar's accurate bowling. Umar first bowled two consecutive maiden overs to Rohit and then gave great success to his team by dismissing him.

Who is Nazir?

Omar Nazir Mir was born on 3 November 1993 in Pulwama area of ​​Jammu and Kashmir. This 31-year-old fast bowler made his first class debut against Assam in 2013. In 2014, when Mumbai and Jammu and Kashmir clashed for the last time in the Ranji Trophy, Umar was also a part of that team. He took four wickets in the second innings of that match. This also included the wicket of the then team captain Suryakumar Yadav, who had played an inning of 115 runs. In that match, Jammu and Kashmir had created history by defeating Mumbai by four wickets. This was the only encounter between the two teams so far in Ranji Trophy. After that today a match is being played between the two.

Before this match against Mumbai, Mir has played 57 first-class matches so far in his career. This tall bowler has 138 wickets in his name. He has taken four and five wickets in an innings six times. His economy is 3.13. He has taken 54 wickets in 36 List A matches. He has 32 wickets in his name in 24 T20 matches. His best performances in the first class are 9 wickets for 116 runs in a match and 6 wickets for 53 runs in an innings. Talking about the match, Mumbai team captained by Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and decided to bat first.

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Poor performance of senior players

On the other hand, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer have also disappointed. The performance of all these batsmen was very poor in Ranji. In such a situation, seeing his form, Team India's management and coach Gautam Gambhir must have been in tension.

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