When he wasn’t hitting big runs, people hit him mercilessly left, right, and center. He was regularly ridiculed for not breaking the three-digit mark.
The former Indian captain turned ship but his successor, Rohit Sharma, said he is the only man to have achieved the ODI double 100 three times, and in the last 18 months he has recorded 100. Is not …
The Indian captain’s final international century came on 2 September 2021 during a friendly against England at the Oval. Since then, the right-hander has lost a ton in his last 50 innings in all three formats.
It’s taken years for a player like him, but surprisingly not many people criticize him as harshly as when Kohli went through the same thing. Rohit’s inability to turn his start into a big deal is a concern because it’s the second-longest streak of his international career under 100 goals.
Rohit set that undesired record in his third ODI against Sri Lanka at Thiruvananthapuram. There, too, he squandered a solid start, throwing away wickets after his stunning 49-ball 42.
In response to the Indian captain’s disappointing record, former Indian opener Gautam Gambhir argued Rohit deserved the same kind of criticism Kohli received when he failed to score hundreds. .
The cricketer-turned-commentator argued that people should be just as tough on the Indian captain as his conversion rate was the worst in his year or so.
I think we should talk to him in the same room as when Virat didn’t score 100 in the last three and a half years. Fifty innings in international cricket is a lot, so we should be just as tough on Rohit Sharma, Gambhir said on Star Sports’ post-match show.
It’s not that he didn’t hit 100 in the series, that’s what he lacked in Rohit’s game at the last World Cup, but he’s one. He hit a big 100 before. , this time it looks good. He added, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma stand out and Virat got it back, Rohit Sharma needs to get it back at least before the World Cup. World Cup.
With India hosting the ODI World Cup later this year, fans are hoping that his two glamors will be at their best.