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 MoreMohammed Shami was benched for the first four games during the ODI World Cup 2023. He got his first opportunity to play against New Zealand at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) Stadium in Dharamsala.
Ravichandran Ashwin made his international debut under the leadership of MS Dhoni and played a sizeable number of games under Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma's captaincy.
Rohit Sharma won his first ICC tournament as captain in 2024 as the Men in Blue defeated South Africa in the final of the Men's T20 World Cup by seven runs. On the other hand, Dhoni won three ICC tournaments as captain.
Team India's red-ball captain Rohit Sharma has aggregated 700 runs in the ongoing ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 cycle. He averages 46.66 with the willow in hand and has amassed three centuries and as many fifties.
England made a strong comeback with in-form Joe Root smashing his record-equalling Test century in the first innings of the second Test match against Sri Lanka at Lord's. Root also surpassed the star Indian cricketer in the elite list of players with the most international centuries.
Amidst a hectic international schedule, team India is enjoying a break at the moment with no matches scheduled. The likes of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and others were last involved in a bilateral ODI series against Sri Lanka away from home earlier this month.
Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan are the fourth-most successful opening pair in the history of ODI cricket. The dynamic pair aggregated 5148 runs for the Men in Blue in 115 ODIs at an average of 45.55 and struck 18-century and 15 half-century stands.
Former India head coach opened up on India's T20 World Cup winning campaign in West Indies earlier this year. It was his last assignment as the head coach of the team. He was at the helm when the team lost to Australia in the final of ODI World Cup at home last year.
Team India is scheduled to play only three more ODIs before the Champions Trophy to be played next year, for now, in Pakistan. ICC has identified a window from February 19 to March 9 2025 for the tournament and all eyes are on India's preparations for the competition.
With two Test matches - Pakistan vs Bangladesh and England vs Sri Lanka - starting today (August 21), ICC has released the latest rankings in the format. Joe Root is sitting on top in the batting rankings but Babar Azam is likely to challenge him in the coming days.
"Bowlers have to do the hard job and are not hiding behind a bat, they’re not hiding behind a flat wicket. We’re right in the firing line. When we lose a game, it’s usually the bowlers who are blamed. So it’s a hard job," Jasprit Bumrah said.
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have already retired from T20Is and now only be focusing on Test cricket and One Day Internationals (ODIs). Rohit is leading the team in ODIs and the red-ball format.
India's domestic season is set to get underway with the Duleep Trophy this year from September 5 and several of India's centrally contracted players are set to feature. Rishabh Pant is set to make his comeback to the longest format with this tournament.
India's Rohit Sharma finished the three-match ODI series as the leading run-getter. The right-handed batter scored 157 runs in three games at an average of 52.33 and a strike rate of 141.44. He scored two half-centuries in the series.
IND vs SL: Opener Avishka Fernando top-scored with 96 runs and Kusal Mendis added crucial 59 to help Sri Lanka post a challenging total of 248 while batting first in the third and last ODI match against India in Colombo.
India and Sri Lanka are fighting it out in the third and final ODI of the series. India are chasing 249 runs to win the game and level the series and their skipper Rohit Sharma was crucial for the visitors. He got out scoring 35 runs but levelled Gayle in huge record.
Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, and Mohammed Siraj are the only three players from India who are a part of the top 10 in the latest ICC ODI bowling rankings. Keshav Maharaj of South Africa is the top-ranked bowler in ODIs with 716 ratings.
The third and final ODI between India and Sri Lanka is being played today and the hosts have a rare chance to win the series against the men in blue for the first time since 1997. Meanwhile, India will be looking to level the series and avoid the loss.
India will take on Sri Lanka in the three-match ODI series decider after losing a game and tying the other. Indian batsmen haven't been able to negate Sri Lanka's spin threat as despite a good start in the two matches, the middle-order has collapsed to nearly lose both of them.
India lost to Sri Lanka in the second ODI of the three-match series on Sunday (August 4). Rohit Sharma and his men couldn't chase down 240 with Jeffrey Vandersay spinning a web against them. He picked up six wickets for just 33 runs to leave India reeling.
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