Rohit Sharma Fail, IND vs ENG: Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, the Indian team made a great debut in the 3 -match ODI series against England. The first match between the two teams was played on Thursday (6 February) at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur. The Indian team won this match by 4 wickets in 38.4 overs.
The Indian team has won this match, but there is still a big tension for the team management. This is the poor form of captain Rohit. Hitman is constantly seen flops. His bat looks very silent.
Only 166 runs scored in the last 16 innings
In Nagpur ODI, captain Rohit played 7 balls, but could make run 2. Pakistani -origin fast bowler Saqib Mahmood caught Rohit out by implicating Rohit in the trap of his Inswinger ball. The Indian team also has to play the Champions Trophy in the same format after the ODI series against England. In such a situation, Rohit’s poor form remains a major cause of concern.
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Rohit still has 2 ODIs in this series, in which he can get back his great form. He has a very poor performance in some of the last few innings. Captain Rohit has scored just 166 runs in the last 16 innings of the three formats. During this time his average was 10.37, which is very bad.
In the last 16 innings, captain Rohit’s score has been 6,5,23,8,52,52,8,18,11,3,6,10,3,9,2. During this time, captain Rohit has been able to put only a fifty. He has been able to score 20 or more in these 16 innings only 2 times.
Gill-Srees-Sksaksk played a brilliant innings in Nagpur
In Nagpur ODI, the England team set a target of 249 runs. In response, the Indian team lost 6 wickets and took the match in 38.4 overs. Shubman Gill froze the match winning fifty in a smokey style. He missed a century. He scored 87 runs off 96 balls. During this, 14 fours hit.
While Akshar Patel played an unbeaten innings of 52 runs off 47 balls. Gill and Akshar had a partnership of 108 runs off 107 balls. Earlier, Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill had a brilliant partnership of 94 runs for the third wicket.
Shreyas was dismissed for 59 runs off 36 balls. Shreyas hit 9 fours and two sixes in his innings. No bowler could leave the impression from England. Adil Rashid and Saqib Mahmood took 2-2 wickets. While Jofra Archer and Jacob Bethel got 1-1 success.
India-England playing-11 in Nagpur ODI:
England team: Ben Docket, Phil Soult (wicketkeeper), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jose Butler (Captain), Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethel, Bridan Cars, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid and Saqib Mahmud.
Indian Team:Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammed Shami.