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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Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal, the Indian cricket team has urged the people of the country to come out in large numbers and cast their votes in the upcoming general elections.
After the attack, Indian skipper Virat Kohli shared his condolences to the Bangladesh team and others who got affected by the incident.
Rohit Sharma was trolled on Twitter following his dismissal in the fifth and final ODI against Australia at the Feroz Shah Kotla on Wednesday.
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Former captain Sourav Ganguly is tied with Sharma in terms of innings (200) but the Mumbaikar edged out the Kolkata Prince by two matches on the list.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni has now hit 217 sixes from 341 ODIs for India.
Dhoni achieved the feat in the 2nd T20I against Australia in Bengaluru. and surprisingly, Rohit Sharma was one six short of reaching 350 sixes as well but did not play in the match.
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The middle-order batsman now sits at sixth position amongst all-time leading scorers in T20s with Chris Gayle leading the charts with 12,298 runs.
During the final few minutes of the game, Virat Kohli was seen talking to his gun-bowler Jasprit Bumrah regarding the field settings.
Skipper Kohli is back after a well-deserved three-week break and will be keeping a keen eye on the likes of Rishabh Pant and Vijay Shankar, two players who are strongly tipped to make the elite list.
Pujara, his national teammates Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah were nominated for the Sportsman of the Year (Team Sport) award, along with Indian football captain Sunil Chhetri.
The stumper from Tamil Nadu also singled out Dhoni for some special praise saying that he had learnt a lot from the legend over the years.
Kohli joined a number of present and former cricketers in condemning the attack while sending condolences to the families of the martyrs.
Shane Warne wants India to experiment with their top-order in the upcoming home series against Australia, starting February 24 with the first T20.
India would look to experiment less and pick the same set of players, who they are backing to go to the World Cup in England later his year.
The Indian skipper dropped four places to be jointly 19th with Zimbabwe's Hamilton Masakadza.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly said that Virat Kohli along with Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma should be India's top three as that is their strong point.
India lost the third and final T20I at Hamilton by 4 runs to lose the three-match T20 series against New Zealand 2-1.
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