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Rohit Sharma

Even though Indian opener Rohit Sharma was full of talent since the beginning of his international career, the Maharashtra batsman discovered the best way to channelize his ability when he was promoted up the order in the Indian cricket team. In the backdrop of India’s second Champions Trophy title in 2013, Rohit found his form continued to impress in the ODI series against Australia. The right-handed batsman scored two centuries, including 209, only the third double in One Day International cricket. Following the remarkable outing, he didn’t just improve as a batsman but developed some leadership skills within his dynamic personality. In the Indian Premier League (IPL), Rohit remains the most successful skipper as he has led Mumbai Indians to the title thrice in the cash-rich league. Under the captaincy of Rohit, Mumbai have lifted the IPL trophy in 2013, 2015 and 2017.

Rohit Sharma

Don't know what the management or BCCI or selectors want: Kohli's childhood coach Rajkumar
Cricket | Dec 12, 2021, 04:03 PM IST
Ganguly was recently quoted as saying that the selectors were in no mood to have separate captains in T20Is and ODIs as it would cause confusion in the team.
India tour of South Africa: Rohit Sharma sweats it out in nets ahead of SA series
Cricket | Dec 11, 2021, 05:34 PM IST
Rohit has also been named the new vice-captain of Team India in Tests, replacing Ajinkya Rahane. So, the upcoming South Africa tour will be huge for him.
We couldn't have had two white-ball captains: Ganguly on Rohit replacing Kohli as ODI skipper
Cricket | Dec 09, 2021, 07:13 PM IST
Ganguly said the selectors felt that multiple leaders in the white-ball format would lead to confusion and that's why the Chetan Sharma-led committee suggested that it's better to have one leader.

Quality that Virat has as batter and leader is required in our team: Rohit Sharma
Cricket | Dec 09, 2021, 06:13 PM IST
Rohit feels that a captain's job is 20 per cent on the field and rest at the planning stage where he would like his men to be prepared for the worst, keeping crunch situations in major ICC event encounters in mind.
Beginning Of End: Kohli refuses to step down, BCCI cracks whip, opts for proven leader in Rohit
Cricket | Dec 08, 2021, 10:46 PM IST
The BCCI, it is learnt, waited for the last 48 hours for Kohli, who has already relinquished T20 captaincy, to voluntarily step down from ODI leadership as well but he did not. By the 49th hour, losing the position to Rohit Sharma was simply 'fait accomplish'.
Rohit Sharma takes over ODI captaincy from Virat Kohli, replaces Ajinkya Rahane as Test vice-captain
Cricket | Dec 08, 2021, 10:10 PM IST
The All-India Senior Selection Committee has picked an 18-member squad for the upcoming 3-match Test series against South Africa starting from 26th December 2021. Rohit Sharma has been named as ODI & T20I captain.

SA Team Selection: Virat's ODI captaincy, Ishant's place in Test, back-up No. 3 up for discussion
Cricket | Dec 05, 2021, 08:54 PM IST
India are supposed to play three ODIs in South Africa and the biggest question now is whether the country needs two white ball captains which can potentially lead to a clash of ideas.
ICC Test Ranking: Rohit only Indian batter in top 5 ahead of Kohli; Iyer enters batting chart
Cricket | Dec 01, 2021, 04:07 PM IST
Off-spinner Ravichandra Ashwin also held on to the second spot among bowlers; pacer Jasprit Bumrah slipped one place to the 10th position.
IPL 2022 Retention Highlights: Full list of retained and released players by eight IPL teams
Cricket | Nov 30, 2021, 11:16 PM IST
IPL 2022 Retention Live Updates: Follow Live Updates from the IPL 2022 Retention deadline day as all eight IPL teams will declare their list of players that they have retained for IPL 2022 at 9:30 PM on November 30.

IND vs NZ: Rohit credits Indian spinners after 3-0 series win
Cricket | Nov 21, 2021, 11:29 PM IST
The newly-appointed T20 captain says Ashwin, Axar and Chahal performed well whenever given the opportunity.
IND vs NZ 1st T20I: Win did not come easy, was great learning for our guys, says Rohit
Cricket | Nov 17, 2021, 11:28 PM IST
Suryakumar Yadav (62) and Rohit (48) starred with the bat as India chased down 165 to defeat New Zealand by five wickets in the first T20I of the three-match series here at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.
IND vs NZ 1st T20: Rohit backs Kohli's return to Team India's T20 team
Cricket | Nov 16, 2021, 06:57 PM IST
The new Team India's T20 captain says his team will be stronger once Kohli returns after the break.

IND vs NZ 1st T20: India to begin new journey under Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid
Cricket | Nov 16, 2021, 01:04 PM IST
India will aim to press the reset button for the 2022 edition under new captain Rohit Sharma and an illustrious head coach in Rahul Dravid, starting with the 1st T20 against New Zealand on Wednesday.
IND vs NZ: Rohit to skip entire Test series, Kohli opts out of 1st game
Cricket | Nov 11, 2021, 11:23 PM IST
India's newly-appointed T20 captain Rohit Sharma is set to be rested from the two-match Test series against New Zealand while Virat Kohli will miss the opening match.
Rohit Sharma to lead against New Zealand in T20Is, Kohli rested, Hardik axed
Cricket | Nov 10, 2021, 11:56 AM IST
The new-look team also has IPL's highest run-getter Ruturaj Gaikwad and top wicket-taker Harshal Patel in the squad of 16 along with Venkatesh Iyer, who is seen as a potential all-round replacement for the injury-ravaged Hardik Pandya.

T20 World Cup 2021: Decision making can go wrong when you are on road for long time, says Sharma
Cricket | Nov 04, 2021, 12:11 PM IST
Rohit earned the 'Player of the Match' award for his 74 in India's 66-run victory over Afghanistan on Wednesday.
IND vs AFG T20 WC: Rohit says putting big total was important for net run rate
Cricket | Nov 03, 2021, 11:55 PM IST
Following India's big 66-run win over Afghanistan, which reignited India's slim hopes of reaching the semi-finals, vice-captain Rohit Sharma said it was important to put a big total on the board and win by a big margin.
T20 World Cup: Rohit set to lead in New Zealand T20s; Kohli's captaincy future uncertain
Cricket | Nov 02, 2021, 03:31 PM IST
The possibility of outgoing T20 skipper Kohli losing his ODI captaincy is strong.
IPL: Hardik Pandya unlikely to be retained by Mumbai Indians; Rohit, Bumrah, Pollard set to stay
Cricket | Oct 28, 2021, 06:16 PM IST
Colourful all-rounder Hardik Pandya is likely to be sent back into the IPL auction pool by Mumbai Indians as the five-time champions are more or less sanguine about the players who are in their retention list for the 2022 season.
T20 World Cup: Rohit returns to form as India outplay Australia in final warm-up
Cricket | Oct 20, 2021, 08:01 PM IST
The sixth bowler's slot remained a worry as even Virat Kohli rolled his arm over going into the tournament proper.