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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Punjab Kings (PBKS) won the toss and elected to bowl in their Indian Premier League match against Mumbai Indians (MI) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Friday. While MI have gone in unchanged from the last match, PBKS replaced Murugan Ashwin with fellow leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi.
Mumbai Indians made one change, bringing in spinner Jayant Yadav in place of pacer Adam Milne. Delhi made two changes, bringing in Amit Mishra and Shimron Hetmyer while leaving out Chris Woakes and Lukman Meriwala.
Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bat in their IPL match against Sunrisers Hyderabad here on Saturday. For SRH, Virat Singh, Abhishek Sharma, Mujeeb ur Rahman and Khaleel Ahmed got their first game of the season. MI, on the other hand, included Adam Milne in place of Marco Jansen.
The BCCI on Thursday announced the annual central contracts for the period stretching from October 2020 to September 2021. India skipper Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah have been retained in the A+ category and will receive Rs 7 crore annually.
Royals Challengers Bangalore (RCB) won the toss and elected to field against Mumbai Indians (MI) in the opening match of the Indian Premier League, 2021.
Indian captain Virat Kohli opened the innings with Rohit Sharma in the fifth and final T20I of the series against England. The duo shined on the night as it added 94 runs for the first wicket, with Rohit scoring 64. Kohli remained unbeaten on 80.
The five-match T20I series will begin from March 12 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. All the five games will be played at the same venue.
Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul will open India's innings in the first T20I against England at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Friday with Shikhar Dhawan starting on the bench as a reserve opener, confirmed India skipper Virat Kohli.
India vice-captain Rohit Sharma expects Hardik Pandya to contribute substantially with the ball in the T20 series, having seen him do "everything he could" to get back to his best following a back surgery that kept him away from bowling regularly in international cricket.
With Rohit Sharma coming in as opener, the Indian team will have to make a choice between Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul at the top. The Indian squad also has the Mumbai Indians duo of Ishan Kishen and Suryakumar Yadav to bolster the middle-order along with an in-form Rishabh Pant.
Indian captain Virat Kohli and vice-captain Rohit Sharma are among the top run-getters in T20Is. While Kohli remains only 72 runs shy of 3000-mark, Rohit is closely following him with 2773 runs in T20Is.
Rishabh Pant's attacking style of batting has the Indian team management's mandate as long as he gets the "job done" more often than not and people should cut him some slack when there is an odd failure, feels senior batsman Rohit Sharma.
Rohit Sharma remained unbeaten but he continued to lose his batting partners, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane as India reached 80/4 at the end of the first session.
Irfan Pathan predicted that the Virat Kohli-led side will defeat England in the 4th Test and book a place in the World Test Championship (WTC) final at the Lord's.
India registered only their second Test victory inside two days, overhauling a meagre target of 49 against England in the day-night third game to take an unassailable 2-1 lead in the four-match series here on Thursday.
India opener Rohit Sharma notched up his 7th Test hundred to put his side in the driver's seat against England at Chepauk. Rohit brought up his first hundred against England before Ashwin starred in both the departments to guide India to a comprehensive victory at Chepauk.
Having watched Joe Root slay the Indian spinners in the first Test, it was like a ready reckoner for Rohit, who had prepared well during the last two training sessions.
A sublime 161 (off 231 balls) by Rohit Sharma and his 162-run partnership with Ajinkya Rahane (67) helped India reach 300 for six wickets on the first day of the second Test against England at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Saturday.
India opener Rohit Sharma reached the three-figure mark on Saturday as he scored his seventh Test hundred in the second Test against England at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Rohit, who had not managed to notch up a hefty score in the last few innings, reached his ton after lunch to stabilize India's innings on Day 1.
Rohit Sharma has been facing ire of cricket experts and fans alike for a poor run of form since recovery from the injury that caused him to miss the limited over series in Australia and the first two Test matches. Upon his return, the Indian vice-captain has just managed 147 runs in his last six innings with a top score of 52.
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