Rohit Sharma

The Brilliance of Rohit Sharma: A Saga of Centuries and Knockout Triumphs

Rohit Sharma is the most successful captain in the entire campaign of Word Cup as he led team India into the finals without a single loss. He has proved his batting skills too in this tournament by scoring 550 runs with scoring 1 Century and 3 Half-centuries with an average of 55. Sharma has provided a good start to the scoreboard of the team that has lifted the pressure away to play great innings for further batsmen. He will be the major player to watch in the knockout matches of the tournament. Here are Rohit Sharma records at knockout matches.

Rohit Sharma

SN Format Runs Balls Opposition Ground Year
1 T20I 8* 5 Australia Durban 2007
2 T20I 30* 16 Pakistan Johannesburg 2007
3 ODI 33 50 Sri Lanka Cardiff 2013
4 ODI 9 14 England Birmingham 2013
5 T20I 24 13 South Africa Dhaka 2014
6 T20I 29 26 Sri Lanka Dhaka 2014
7 ODI 137 126 Bangladesh Melbourne 2015
8 ODI 34 48 Australia Sydney 2015
9 T20I 43 31 West Indies Mumbai (Wankhede) 2016
10 ODI 123* 129 Bangladesh Birmingham 2017
11 ODI 0 3 Pakistan London (The Oval) 2017
12 ODI 1 4 New Zealand Manchester 2019
13 Test 34 68 New Zealand Southampton 2021
14 Test 30 81 New Zealand Southampton 2021
15 T20I 27 28 England Adelaide 2022
16 Test 15 26 Australia London (The Oval) 2023
17 Test 43 60 Australia  London (The Oval) 2023
18 ODI 47 29 New Zealand Wankhede, Mumbai 2023

 

Since he first appeared in the 2007 T20 World Cup, his performance has been enhanced especially in ICC Knockout matches. He has played 18 Innings in which he has scored 2 centuries and a total of 667 runs at an average of 44.46  by the strike rate of 88.29. 

 

Centuries In Knockout Matches:

Rohit Century

Rohit Sharma has played a very crucial role in all the knockout matches for India, he even scored 2 centuries in knockout matches. Both the centuries were scored in different tournaments but against the same opponent, Bangladesh. He has scored 137 runs in ODI World Cup 2015 in Melbourne, and 123* runs in the 2017 Champions Trophy at Birmingham.

Now Team India has reached the final of World Cup 2023 with their exceptional gameplay, and it will be played between India and Australia on 19 Nov 2023. 

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