Even though Indian opener Rohit Sharma was full of talent since the beginning of his international career, the Maharashtra batsman discovered the best way to channelize his ability when he was promoted up the order in the Indian cricket team. In the backdrop of India’s second Champions Trophy title in 2013, Rohit found his form continued to impress in the ODI series against Australia. The right-handed batsman scored two centuries, including 209, only the third double in One Day International cricket. Following the remarkable outing, he didn’t just improve as a batsman but developed some leadership skills within his dynamic personality. In the Indian Premier League (IPL), Rohit remains the most successful skipper as he has led Mumbai Indians to the title thrice in the cash-rich league. Under the captaincy of Rohit, Mumbai have lifted the IPL trophy in 2013, 2015 and 2017.
Read More"Quite happy with how things went. Pretty much got what we wanted from the game. Like I said at the toss, it was important to get used to the conditions. New venue, new ground, drop-in pitch, important to get used to it and we managed pretty well," Rohit said after the match.
Aaron Jones smashed 94* off just 40 balls as USA opened their account in their maiden T20 World Cup appearance against Canada in Dallas while Real Madrid won the Champions League for record-extending 15th time beating Dortmund. Here's a look at the top 10 trending sports stories on June 2.
A fan invading the pitch breached the security to meet his idol, Indian captain Rohit Sharma, during the T20 World Cup 2024 warm-up match against Bangladesh. However, the fan faced the worst consequence he could, being pinned to the ground by the New York Police at the Nassau County Stadium.
The co-hosts United States and their neighbours Canada will clash in the T20 World Cup 2024 curtain-raiser clash in Texas on June 1 while the Indian cricket team will kick off its campaign against Ireland in New York on June 5.
Kuldeep Yadav was the leading wicket-taker in ODI cricket in 2023. The left-arm wrist spinner bagged 49 wickets in 30 ODI matches for India in the calendar year and was included in the ICC ODI Team of the Year 2023.
Rohit Sharma leads the strong 15-member Indian squad in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 starting on June 1. The Men in Blue are drawn in Group A and will kick off their campaign against Ireland at New York's Nassau County International Cricket Stadium on June 5.
Former India opener Wasim Jaffer has suggested a rather innovative batting order for the T20 World Cup for the Men in Blue. Jaffer reckoned that India might be able to fit all three of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma with the skipper demoting himself to the middle order.
Ahead of the ninth edition of the T20 World Cup, the ICC has released the final standings in terms of batting and bowling rankings. With no T20I played since January, Indian batters are stuck in the rankings while Pakistan and England players have benefited.
India skipper Rohit Sharma is only one of the two players to feature in all T20 World Cups until now. He will be playing his ninth mega event in the shortest format and is on the verge of breaking quite a few all-time records this time around.
The ninth edition of the T20 World Cup is set to commence on June 1 in the West Indies and the USA. However, ahead of the tournament, most of the teams will be involved in the warm-up matches. Team India will also play one warm-up matches before their opening game on June 5.
Rohit Sharma is going to lead India in his third major ICC white-ball tournament as captain. He led India to a semifinal finish in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022 where they suffered a 10-wicket defeat at the hands of England in Adelaide.
After scoring 20 runs against England in the second T20I match at Birmingham's Edgbaston, Pakistan's white-ball cricket team captain surpassed Rohit Sharma in the list of players with the most runs in T20Is and is inches away from replacing Virat Kohli at the top.
The 17th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has proved to be game-changing for Rajasthan Royals batter Riyan Parag. He has been exceptional this season batting in the middle-order and has more often bailed the Royals out of trouble. But what record he can create in IPL 2024?
After two months full of IPL action, the focus is slowly shifting to international cricket with T20 World Cup on the horizon. England and Pakistan will face each other in the first T20I of four-match series starting from May 22 and the captains of both teams are chasing personal milestones.
Rohit Sharma, the Indian captain and former Mumbai Indians skipper, has lashed out at the broadcaster for being intrusive and airing his private conversation despite asking them not to record the same. The said incident happened before Mumbai Indians' final league stage game in IPL 2024 on May 17.
"Our season didn't go according to plan. We blame ourselves for this because we made too many mistakes during the season. We lost many games that we should have won, but that's the nature of the IPL," Rohit said after MI's match against LSG.
Mumbai Indians ended a forgettable campaign in the 2024 edition of the IPL with their 10th loss of the season as Lucknow Super Giants won the clash by 18 runs. Following MI's wooden spoon finish, head coach Mark Boucher spoke in detail about his and Rohit Sharma's future at the franchise.
BCCI introduced the impact player rule ahead of the 2023 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The impact player has made a lot of difference especially in the ongoing season but Rohit Sharma had said that it is detrimental to the development of all-rounders.
Mumbai Indians are facing Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens in their second last match of the tournament. Rohit Sharma is not named in the Playing XI for MI's reverse fixture against KKR yet again.
India have included four spinners in their 15-member squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup. Skipper Rohit Sharma revealed in the press conference that he always wanted those many spin bowlers in the squad given the conditions in the West Indies.
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