Tag: Rohit Sharma

Dubai: Indian batsman Rohit Sharma, who became the first player to score a century in each innings of his maiden Test as an opener, on Monday jumped to a career-best 17th position in the ICC Test Player Rankings. Rohit, who now has five centuries from 28 Tests, gained a whopping 36 slots after his knocks […]

Ranchi: India opener Rohit Sharma has added yet another feather to his cap by becoming the batsman to hit the most number of sixes in a Test series. During the ongoing three-Test series against South Africa, Rohit has so far hit 17 sixes and has surpassed Shimron Hetmyer’s tally of 15 which came during the […]

Ranchi: Rohit Sharma continued his sensational run as a Test opener with his third hundred of the series, allowing India to regain control of the proceedings after a top-order collapse in the third and final game against South Africa here on Saturday. With India reduced to 39 for three, Rohit (117 batting off 164 balls) […]

Ranchi: There was no stopping the Rohit Sharma juggernaut as the ace India opener notched up his maiden Test double hundred in the third and final Test against South Africa here at the JSCA Stadium on Sunday. Rohit finally departed for 212 from 255 balls with the help of 28 fours and six sixes. He […]

New Delhi: Stand-in India skipper Rohit Sharma on Friday gave the hosts an injury scare ahead of the first T20I against Bangladesh after he was hit on the thigh during practice session at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Rohit, who was getting throwdowns from batting coach Vikram Rathour and Sri Lanka’s Nuwan Seneviratne at the nets, […]

New Delhi: India’s stand-in skipper Rohit Sharma on Sunday reclaimed the top spot in the list of highest run-scorer in T20 internationals during the first T20I against Bangladesh at the Arun Jaitley Stadium here. Rohit has been trading the top spot with Virat Kohli for some time now and it was the latter who was […]

New Delhi: Wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim scored a brilliant half-century as Bangladesh registered their first ever T20I victory over India here on Sunday. In what was the 1000th T20 international, Bangladesh came out with an all-round performance as they defeated India by seven wickets at the Arun Jaitley Stadium to take 1-0 lead in the three-match […]

Rajkot: Skipper Rohit Sharma made it a memorable 100th T20 International blending grace with brutality in his 85 off 43 balls as India cantered to a series-levelling eight-wicket victory over Bangladesh here on Thursday. Chasing an easy target of 154 on far better track compared to Feroz Shah Kotla, Rohit showed the gulf in class […]

Nagpur: The returning Yuzvendra Chahal has once again proved his worth in the middle overs, India’s stand-in captain Rohit Sharma said on Saturday and lauded the leg-spinner’s ability to outthink batsmen. Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav were left out of the T20 series against the West Indies and South Africa after the 50-over World Cup. The […]

New Delhi: It almost looked like Bangladesh would run away with the third T20I in Nagpur on Sunday and with it register their maiden series win over India as Mohammad Naim and Mohammad Mithun looked to be in cruise mode. With dew not helping matters, skipper Rohit Sharma handed the ball to pacer Deepak Chahar, […]

Indore: Opener Mayank Agarwal grinded a below-par Bangladesh bowling unit with a career-best second double hundred as India buried the visitors under a deluge of runs on the second day of the opening Test here on Friday. Agarwal’s third Test hundred, 243 off 330 balls, formed the cornerstone of India’s 493 for 6, which gave […]

Kolkata: A fit-again Bhuvneshwar Kumar on Thursday made a comeback to the Indian teams for the upcoming ODI and T20 series against the West Indies while captain Virat Kohli returned after skipping the T20s against Bangladesh. All-rounder Shivam Dube earned his maiden ODI call-up weeks after making his T20 debut against Bangladesh. Ace seamer Mohammed […]

Kolkata: Bangladesh won the toss and India everything else against a ball they are not acquainted with on the first day of their maiden Day/Night Test, the quality of contest spectacularly failing to match the manic pre-match hype. First, the Ishant Sharma-led Indian pace unit terrorised the visitors, bundling them out for 106 in just […]

Adelaide: Australian opener David Warner feels Rohit Sharma can surpass West Indies legend Brian Lara’s record 400 not out in a Test match. “Yeah, look, I think it’s about the person himself. We’ve got long boundaries, it is quite difficult at times. When fatigue sets in, it’s very hard to try hard and throw your […]

Mumbai: KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma and skipper Virat Kohli struck explosive half-centuries to power India to a mammoth 240 for 3 in series-deciding third T20 against West Indies here on Wednesday. West Indies decision to bowl first backfired as Rahul (91 off 56 balls; 9×4, 4×6) and Rohit (71 off 34 balls; 6×4; 5×6) conjured […]