Happy Birthday Rohit Sharma: India’s ‘Hitman’ Turns 33
NEW DELHI: As a result of the ace cricketer Rohit Sharma turns 33 on Thursday, let’s go down the memory lane and relive the three double tons scored by the precise-handed batsman throughout the ODI format.
Rohit, popularly known as the ‘Hitman’, made his ODI debut on June 23 in 2007.
209 vs Australia, Bengaluru, 2013
Batting first, Rohit was gradual off the mark and he took his time in developing the innings. Nonetheless, as shortly as he acquired the scheme of points, Rohit started to go after the spin bowlers and in a short time went earlier the 100-run mark. After reaching his century, he shifted gears and went on to convey up his first double century in ODIs. He went on to play a knock of 209 off merely 158 balls. This innings helped India publish 383 runs on the board, and the difficulty helped the side win the match by 57 runs.
264 vs Sri Lanka, Kolkata, 2014
Rohit went on to achieve 264 runs off merely 173 balls in direction of Sri Lanka on the Eden Gardens, Kolkata and this knock stays the easiest ranking by any batsman throughout the 50-over format so far. The 32-year-previous was given a reprieve when he was merely on a ranking of 4 runs, and the batsman went on to make the most of of it as he scored 260 further runs to make the Sri Lankan bowlers toil on the sector.
208 vs Sri Lanka, Mohali, 2017
Batting first, Rohit Sharma went on play a knock of 208 runs off merely 153 balls to take the Males in Blue’s ranking to 392/4. The appropriate-handed batsman’s innings was studded with 13 fours and 12 sixes. This effort helped India win the match by 141 runs.
Inside the 2019 Cricket World Cup, Rohit Sharma accomplished the occasion as the easiest run-scorer after registering 648 runs from merely 9 matches at a imply of 81.00.
By way of the occasion, he had moreover grow to be the first batsman to achieve 5 centuries in a single model of the World Cup.
Rohit, who’s now the vice-captain of the ODI crew, has carried out 224 ODIs, 108 T20Is and 32 Exams so far.
Right here is how wants poured in for the dashing Indian batsman on his birthday: