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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Rohit Sharma is all set to reach another milestone in international cricket. Rohit, who will lead the Men in Blue in the 3rd and final T20I against Bangladesh on Sunday.
Rohit Sharma didn't hide his irritation over the constant criticism of Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant ahead of the third and final T20I against Bangladesh.
Rohit Sharma became the second Indian after Harmanpreet Kaur to play 100 T20Is for India on Thursday.
Rohit Sharma also said that good timing, and not big muscles, is what is essential to hitting the kind of massive sixes that he strikes.
Virender Sehwag reckons that Rohit's scoring rate is unmatchable and even regular skipper Virat Kohli can't show such consistency when it comes to scoring at the pace at which Rohit scores.
With a sensational and blazing 85, Rohit Sharma, India's stand-in skipper for the series at home, helped India script an emphatic eight-wicket win and subsequently level the series at 1-1.
India's stand-in skipper for the three-match series against Bangladesh, Rohit Sharma, took centre stage in the home team's emphatic eight-wicket win in Rajkot in the second T20I with his blazing 85.
Chasing a modest 154 for victory, Rohit Sharma looked in his imperious best from the get-go as he hit six fours and six sixes to take the tie away from the visitors single-handedly.
India beat Bangladesh by 8 wickets in the second T20I in Rajkot and Shikhar Dhawan thanked the fans after the game for their support.
Rohit Sharma played with the same XI in the second T20I in Rajkot and also slammed a 43-ball 85 to help India win by 8 wickets.
After the match, Rohit revealed that he was well aware of the pitch so he just tried to hit the ball throughout his ferocious innings.
Such was Rohit's dominance during the 118-run opening stand that it managed to overshadow Shikhar Dhawan's (31 off 27 balls) wretched form.
Rohit, India's stand-in captain for the ongoing Bangladesh T20 series, became the second Indian from his country to play 100 T20I internationals.
Team India skipper Rohit Sharma lost his calm following a blunder from the third umpire on Soumya Sarkar's dismissal.
Rohit Sharma becomes the second Indian player, and first men's cricketer from the country to reach the 100-T20I mark.
Captain Rohit Sharma slammed 85 runs as India chased down the moderate target of 154 in just 15.4 overs to level three-match series 1-1.
India will have to play their best game to level the series against Bangladesh in Rajkot after losing the first T20I in Delhi by 7 wickets on Sunday.
Last Sunday, Bangladesh beat India by seven wickets in the series opener, chasing down a modest target of 149 with ease. It was their first victory over India in the shortest format.
Rohit is currently the top-scorer in this format with 2452 runs with regular skipper Virat Kohli second in the list with an aggregate of 2450 runs.
Stand-in India captain Rohit Sharma said that India are trying out new players in T20Is because in other formats they have a settled squad.
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