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.
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Team India skipper Rohit Sharma spoke in detail about the selection policy, art of handling players who are dropped and his captaincy style.
Rohit Sharma is set to lead India in the upcoming World Cup. But he was the one who had to bear the brunt in the 2011 World Cup when he was left out of the World Cup squad.
Rohit Sharma was in beast mode in the 2019 ODI World Cup. He smashed 648 runs in nine innings, including five hundreds.
Asia Cup is set to commence on August 30 with the match between Pakistan and Nepal. The tournament in the ODI format is happening for the first time since 2018 and India had won the tournament beating Bangladesh in final.
Virat Kohli is featuring in the ODI Asia Cup for the first time since 2014 while Rohit Sharma took part in the 2018 edition of the tournament and led India to title beating Bangladesh in final.
Former India cricketer Virat Kohli had posted a story on Instagram after clearing the yo-yo test. He also revealed his score (17.2) in the story and that has reportedly upset the top brass in the BCCI.
Virat Kohli revealed his Yo-Yo test score of 17.2 on Thursday (August 24) as all cricketers successfully completed tests at Alur ahead of the Asia Cup 2023.
Vikram lander, India's Chandrayaan 3 moon mission successfully landed on the moon's south pole, making them the first country to do so as congratulatory messages for the ISRO scientists and whole of India flooded social media. The Indian team in Ireland also celebrated the successful moon mission.
"I'm someone who likes to find the gaps and keep getting those boundaries, and he's someone who likes to hit sixes," Gill added.
Rohit Sharma will be leading Team India for the first time in a home ODI World Cup in October-November having missed out on the tournament narrowly in the 2011 World Cup.
Team India skipper Rohit Sharma spoke in detail about his side's experimentation and the players being open to bat anywhere in the squad announcement press conference ahead of Asia Cup 2023.
BCCI has announced the 17-member squad for Asia Cup 2023. The tournament is set to commence on August 30 while India play Pakistan in their opening game on September 2.
The Indian selectors, head coach Rahul Dravid and captain Rohit Sharma will have a selection meeting on Monday. The Asia Cup squad and the World Cup team can be named after it.
The new chairman of the senior men's selection committee Ajit Agarkar will be in Delhi for the meeting while captain Rohit Sharma will attend via a video conference.
Virat Kohli has scored 613 runs in just 10 ODI innings in Asia Cup history at an average of 61.30 with three hundreds so far and needs only 35 runs to surpass MS Dhoni's runs tally in tournament history.
Yashasvi Jaiswal after getting out for just one on his debut in the third T20I made it count in his second game with an unbeaten 84 helping India level the series 2-2. Jaiswal, along with his opening partner Shubman Gill stitched a 165-run opening stand in the fifth T20I.
Yashasvi Jaiswal became India's youngest opener to score T20I fifty as he smashed 84* runs against West Indies in the 4th T20I.
"The Indians have still not been able to work out their final combination for these major events," Sarfaraz Nawaz added.
India skipper Rohit Sharma has shared his thoughts on India's long-standing issue of the No. four batting slot in ODI cricket. India are sweating over Shreyas Iyer's injury, who had almost made the slot his own in ODI cricket before getting injured.
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