I didn't compare him with Rohit because you commented about balls. Ya 41-50 are for hitting but when he gets out who else is there to score?
Even Pant played his 1st match with less int exp compared to Karthik but played well.
Maybe he was sure to hit a couple of runs or afraid about bhuvi getting out by Rahman who took 2 main wickets already. MS got out and after that bhuvi and Shami scored 1 run each and got out.
He got 3 wickets in that over and total he took 5 wickets