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 MoreRohit Sharma achieved a few milestones with the bat, however, he will be most satisfied with the result as a captain with the Indian team kicking off their T20 World Cup 2024 campaign against Ireland in New York. Rohit Sharma also became the most successful captain for India in T20Is.
Team India skipper Rohit Sharma, who breached the 1000-run mark in T20 World Cup history, achieved a few milestones during his 52-run knock against Ireland in the team's opening game of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 in New York on Wednesday, June 5.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma will be opening the innings alongside his predecessor Virat Kohli as the two senior pros reunited at the top in the side's opening fixture of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup against Ireland. Kohli had a sensational IPL 2024 opening the batting and hence India went that way.
Rohit Sharma didn't have a memorable outing in India's only warm-up game against Bangladesh at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. The India captain only managed to aggregate 23 runs in that game.
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The Indian team is set to kick off their T20 World Cup on Wednesday, June 5 against Ireland at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. India have retained quite a few players from their last squad in the T20 World Cup in 2022 but they are a few new and returning faces as well.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma got emotional speaking about the head coach Rahul Dravid in the pre-match press conference ahead of his side's first game in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024. Dravid confirmed that T20 World Cup will be his last assignment in charge of the Indian team.
Team India will start its campaign at the T20 World Cup on June 5 with the match against Ireland. They have been slotted in group A with Pakistan, Canada and United States being the other teams. But how is India's record against Ireland in T20Is? Her are more details...
"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.
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