New Delhi. Rohit Sharma is captaining the ODI World Cup for the first time. Team India has performed brilliantly so far under the leadership of Rohit in the World Cup 2023. The team has won all its five matches played so far and is on top of the points table with 10 points. India have so far defeated Australia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh and New Zealand. The team will face England in the next match on October 29 in Lucknow. Talking about the tournament, Rohit has given the Indian team a fast start in every match except the first match. Rohit’s game resembles that of Virender Sehwag in the 2011 World Cup. At that time, Sehwag was giving Team India a fast start. The team last won the World Cup in 2011. In such a situation, is there a chance to win the World Cup in 2023?
Rohit Sharma has so far scored 311 runs in 5 innings at an average of 62 in the 2023 World Cup. Scored a century and a half century. The strike rate is 133, which is excellent. He has also hit 17 sixes, the most so far. 131 runs is the best performance. Now if we talk about the 2011 World Cup, Virender Sehwag scored 380 runs at an average of 48 in 8 innings. The strike rate was 123. That means Rohit has gone ahead of Sehwag in terms of fast batting.
Could not open the account in the first match
Rohit Sharma could not even open his account against Australia in the first match of World Cup 2023. In the second match, he played a brilliant innings of 131 runs off 84 balls against Afghanistan. In which 16 fours and 5 sixes were hit. The strike rate was 156. The team had achieved the target of 273 runs in just 35 overs. Then the Indian captain gave a flying start against Pakistan as well. Rohit scored 86 runs in 63 balls at a strike rate of 137. Hit 6 fours and 6 sixes.
A half-century missed, but the attitude didn’t change
Rohit Sharma certainly didn’t score half-centuries against Bangladesh and New Zealand, but he didn’t give up his aggressive attitude. Rohit scored 48 runs in 40 balls against Bangladesh and 46 runs in 40 balls against New Zealand. Rohit and Shubman Gill have shared 182 runs at an average of 61 as the opening pair in 3 matches so far. Twice he had 50-plus runs. Middle order batsmen are also taking full advantage of getting a good opening.
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At number-1 in terms of strike rate
Rohit Sharma is the batsman with the best strike rate from Team India in the year 2023. This year he has scored 969 runs in 20 ODI innings at an average of 54. Scored 2 centuries and 7 half centuries. The strike rate is 117. He has hit 98 fours and 53 sixes. Shubman Gill has scored 1325 runs at a strike rate of 104, Virat Kohli has scored 966 runs at a strike rate of 104 and KL Rahul has scored 708 runs at a strike rate of 86. Team India will expect similar batting from Rohit Sharma in the upcoming matches as well. Team India needs to win only 2 of the remaining 4 matches to qualify directly for the semi-finals.
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Tags: Rohit Sharma, Team India, Virender Sehwag, World Cup 2023
First published: October 23, 2023, 13:35 IST