Nidahas Trophy: Rohit Sharma biography | India Cricket news

Lovers of the cricket sport will admit the Rohit Sharma is synonymous with talent. Born Rohit Gurunath Sharma on April 30th, 1987 in Bansod, India, the 31-year-old pro cricketer has had to work hard to be at the top of the game when it comes to cricket. His career as a cricket player has not been all that smooth but it is marred by stints of frustrations to himself, to the teams and even to his fans. It has been a typical rollercoaster career. India Sports News it was not until 2013 when things cooled off for him when a promotion to the open inning in ODIs came calling. This move came with instant success for Rohit as he was in great form in the Champions Trophy which was even made better with his amazing performance in the ODI series match versus Australia where he scored a whopping 209.


Rohit was later taken for trials with Test team where he really impressed by being the fifth player to score centuries during the first two innings as a batsman. Rohit, later on, that year went to break records by keeping the highest score ever with 264 off 173 when they played Sri Lanka. During his career as a pro cricket player, Rohit has played for several teams including the Indian National Team, India Greens, The Indian U-19 team, and Mumbai Crickets.

Rohit has been just selected to be the captain of the Indian team in the Nidahas Trophy this month with the designated captain Virat Kohli given some time to rest. The selection has come as a result of Rohit's impressive form in the recent past which has seen him tipped to win the Man the of the Series title. The speculations are justified since if you look at the stats, Rohit has a huge advantage: India Cricket news

Best Scoring Rate: This is one stat that Rohit has no competition. He is the only batsman with a rate the is above 170 in the whole of the T20Is. His strikes were at 171.5 per ball. His closest challenger, Colin Munro (NZ) was at 163.9
Best Boundary Frequency: On average, Rohit was striking either a 4 or a 6 for every 3.6 balls. This is the best stat by far when compared to all the other players in the series
Best ODI Batman: Rohit skills as a batsman has proven key time and time again to the Indian national team. He is only bettered by countryman and captain Virat Kohli who scored a total of 1460 runs. Rohit was just a close second with an impressive 1293 runs which averages at 71.83 double with a 99.46 strike rate.


Batting Pair of the Year: The combination of Rohit and Kohli must be a match made in heaven, having both scored 846 runs averaging 94 on a 6.4 per over rate. 

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