Indian National Cricket Team captain of all format Rohit Sharma has done a great job leading the way in the ongoing five-match Test series against the Ben Stokes-led England national cricket team at home.
After facing a defeat in the first Test match, Rohit Sharma guided his team to three consecutive wins to register another victory in the Test series at home. The fifth Test between the teams is currently underway at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala and Rohit Sharma is once again doing an exceptional job as a pacer and batsman.
The Indian captain has received praise from various quarters for his fantastic captaincy in the Test series and has also made important contributions with the bat for his team. Under the leadership of Rohit Sharma, Team India became the first team to declare an innings against England in their Bazball era and also became the first team to win a Test series against England under the Ben Stokes-Brendon regime. McCullum.
Meanwhile, with his fifty in the Dharamsala Test, Rohit Sharma has achieved a great feat by becoming the 10th Indian captain to enter the 1,000-run club in Test cricket. Rohit, who is the fourth highest run-getter in the current series, did not start well and posted a series of low scores. However, he improved his game in the fourth and fifth Tests and helped India win.
Overall, Rohit Sharma scored 349 runs in 9 innings at a good average of 43.62 against England. He has also criticized one century and two half-centuries in the series.
Here is the list of Indians with more than 1000 Tests as captain:
Virat Kohli – 5,864 runs
MS Dhoni – 3,454 runs
Sunil Gavaskar – 3,449 runs
Mohammed Azharuddin – 2,856 runs
Sourav Ganguly – 2,561 runs
MAK Pataudi – 2,424 runs
Sachin Tendulkar – 2,054 runs
Rahul Dravid – 1,736 runs
Kapil Dev – 1,364 runs
Rohit Sharma – 1,039 runs
Rohit Sharma joins Babar Azam, MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli on the elite list
The Indian captain also made it to a historic list of captains as he became the sixth player in cricket history to score 1000 runs as captain in all three formats of the game. Before Rohit, players like MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Kane Williamson, Faf du Plessis and Babar Azam had achieved the feat.
1000 runs as captain in all formats:
MS Dhoni
Virat Kohli
Kane Williamson
Faf du Plessis
Babar Azam
Rohit Sharma
Coming back to the Dharamshala Test, after packing England out for 218 on Day 1, the Indian openers batted well and stitched a century partnership. On the first day, India were 135/1 in 30 overs with Rohit Sharma (52) unbeaten in the middle along with Shubman Gill (26).
Notably, Kuldeep Yadav and Ravichandran Ashwin played a key role in defeating England by a low score. Kuldeep, who took a 5-wicket haul, has thrived under Rohit’s leadership in all three formats.
Zaheer Khan highly praised the exceptional performance of the left arm wrist spinner. Speaking at Colors Cineplex, Zaheer stated that Kuldeep Yadav made the batsmen look clueless.
“I won’t say no if you want to give him even 15 or 20 because it was such a day for him. You should be praised if you make such a contribution on the first day of a match as a spinner. The English batsmen had no idea if the ball was going in, going out or straighter.”
“If you are not even able to realize that as a hitter, you will definitely have problems whether there is pitching help or not. “Kuldeep caused that kind of problems for England batsmen.”added the former India pacer.
