The ongoing round of the Vijay Hazare Trophy has been the talk of the town with the presence of two of the biggest stars of Indian cricket at present, former Indian captains Virat Kohli and .
Rohit Sharma has turned up for Mumbai’s match against Sikkim, while Kohli is playing for Delhi against Andhra Pradesh.
This article sheds light on the attacking century that Rohit Sharma scored while opening the batting for Mumbai in pursuit of a target of 237 set by Sikkim.
Rohit Sharma Hits Magnificent 155 off 94 balls in Vijay Hazare Trophy
The Knock
Rohit Sharma, who was named in Mumbai’s Vijay Hazare Trophy squad a few days ago, started the innings in an attacking manner, something which was on display during the 2023 ODI World Cup, and got the opposition bowlers under pressure.
He was severe against the bad balls and made full use of them by dispatching them into the boundary, which released the pressure from Angkrish Ranghubanshi, who opened the batting with Rohit and provided him good support by scoring 38 runs off 58 balls.
Raghuvanshi, holding one end, allowed Rohit to continue playing an attacking game, which made an already below-par total look within Mumbai’s reach
This was Rohit’s 37th ton in List A cricket, including 33 hundreds, which the right-hander has scored in ODI cricket so far
The former Indian captain holds the record for the highest individual score of 264 in ODI cricket as well, which came against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens in Kolkata in 2014, a match which India ended up winning comfortably in the end
Interestingly, the above-mentioned score is also the third-highest individual score in the history of List A cricket as well.
The Performance
Rohit Sharma, who returned to the Vijay Hazare Trophy after quite a while, continued where he left off in India’s last ODI assignment against South Africa as he scored a half-century in the series opener and followed it up with another half-century in the final game.
Rohit was involved in a couple of century partnerships in the games in question, which proved to be a vital one in the end, as India won both the games
The only batter to score three double hundreds in ODI cricket added 161 for the second wicket with Virat Kohli in the first match and 155 for the opening wicket with Yashasvi Jaiswal in the decider in Visakhapatnam.
The thing that stood out in both innings was the different style of play that Rohit adopted, with him being watchful at the start in the first game and taking the aggressive route in the other.
The Preparation
Rohit will now feature in India’s next ODI assignment against New Zealand at home, scheduled to begin from January 11.
The right-hander will look to put on a similar performance in that particular series as well, to be in good rhythm for the matches to come, including the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League, expected to start from March.