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 MoreIND vs PAK: Rohit Sharma will be eyeing to carry his form forward in the high-octane India vs Pakistan ODI World Cup 2023 game. The Indian captain has recently shattered major milestones and eyes another one.
"I don't believe in psychological advantages. What happened in the past, is past. Both teams will start as favourites, both are equally better. We need to do well and carrying the momentum forward is important," Rohit Sharma said ahead of the Pakistan game in Ahmedabad.
India skipper Rohit Sharma went past Chris Gayle to hit most sixes in international cricket in the game against Afghanistan. He now has 556 maximums to his in his career while Gayle had smacked 553 sixes at the international level. Rohit is expected to add a lot more sixes to his tally in World Cup.
Team India has started its campaign on a high in the World Cup 2023. The hosts have managed to win both their matches - against Australia and Afghanistan. In both matches, India chased down totals of 200 and 273 registering wins by six and eight wickets respectively.
Rohit Sharma smashed a 63-ball hundred and Virat Kohli registered an unbeaten 55-run knock to help India chase the 273-run target against Afghanistan in just 35 overs. Jasprit Bumrah also bowled his career-best World Cup spell to restrict Afghanistan from scoring a 300-plus total in Delhi.
Jasprit Bumrah bowled his best-ever World Cup spell to restrict Afghanistan to 272 runs while bowling first and then Rohit Sharma scripted a record-laden century in just 63 balls to help India chase the target with right wickets remaining.
Rohit Sharma smashed his seventh ODI World Cup century to break Sachin Tendulkar's all-time record for most centuries and also surpassed the legendary Kapil Dev in the record for the fastest ODI World Cup hundred by an Indian cricketer.
Rohit Sharma smashed a 30-ball fifty against Afghanistan while chasing a 273-run target against Afghanistan and also added four sixes to break Chris Gayle's all-time record for most sixes in international cricket.
There are a lot of changes compared to the last week in the latest ICC rankings with World Cup 2023 in progress at the moment. Rohit Sharma is dropped out of top 10 after a failure in the game against Australia. However, Kohli and Rahul have gained points after their match-winning knocks.
Rohit Sharma's team walked the talk with a sensational rescue job resulting in a win against Australia in India's opening match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. India were 2/3, which was worse than what Rohit had hoped for the middle order to do the job in 2021 when he took the captaincy.
After restricting Australia to 199 runs, India lost their first three wickets - Ishan Kishan, Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer on ducks to suffer an embarrassing collapse. India previously lost both openers on duck 40 years ago during the 1983 World Cup in England.
India and Australia are fighting it out at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai in their opening World Cup game. After restricting Australia to just 199 runs, India have got off to a horrible start with the bat losing their batters for a duck.
Rohit Sharma surpassed the former great Mohammad Azharuddin to become India's oldest cricketer to lead the team in the ICC World Cup 2023 when he took the field against Australia at Chennai's MA Chidambaram Stadium on Sunday.
The 2023 edition of the Cricket World Cup could be the biggest and probably the most important given the future of the format it is played hinges so much on its success. It starts off where it left in London four years ago, England vs New Zealand, just that the venue this time is Ahmedabad.
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma attended the Captain's Day event in Ahmedabad and participated in a World Cup photoshoot at the Narendra Modi stadium where he met The Great Khali.
Rohit Sharma was flabbergasted by a reporter's question during the World Cup captains' meet in Ahmedabad. The question was so bizarre that even Babar Azam, the Pakistan captain who understands Hindustani language couldn't stop himself from laughing at Rohit's response.
The much-awaited ODI World Cup is all set to commence on October 5 and just a day before, the ICC has released the latest ODI rankings. Apart from Rohit Sharma, two other Indian batters Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill are in the top 10. Mohammed Siraj continues to be at the top of the rankings
Rohit Sharma talked about the mantra for winning an ICC championship after the completion of the India vs Australia ODI series. India registered a thumping 2-1 win over the mighty Aussies in their final ODI assignment ahead of the World Cup at home.
Team India ran out of fuel losing seven wickets for 53 runs as Australia won the third and final ODI of the series by 66 runs. This was Australia's first win after five consecutive losses in the format as they denied India of a historic whitewash.
Nepal's Dipendra Singh Airee and Kushal Malla broke the T20I records of India's veteran allrounder Yuvraj Singh and the incumbent India captain Rohit Sharma. Nepal beat Mongolia in the first match of the men's cricket competition in Group A in the ongoing Hangzhou Asian Games.
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