Rohit Sharma is now in second place in the all -time list of batters with the most sixes in ODIs.© AFP
In the midst of criticism in his place in the game XI, Captain Rohit Sharma India gave a flying start in their 305-run pursuit against England in the 2nd ODI in Cuttack. Rohit skipped three huge sixes in the first six, with India's score that reads 47/0 under the lights in the Barabati Stadium. With his three sixes, Rohit's former West Indies captain Chris Gayle surpassed in the all time list of batters with the most sixes in one-day international. Before the game, Rohit was bound at 331 sixes with Gayle, who last played an ODI in 2019 but did not officially announce his retirement. Former Pakistani captain Shahid Afridi leads the list after he has beaten 351 Sixes in 398 games.
In the meantime, India was 48/0 in 6.1 overs when the game was stopped due to a problem with the spotlight in Cuttack. India needs 305 to take an indisputable 2-0 lead in series with three games.
Earlier Ben Duckett and Joe Root were half centuries to help England to reach 304 completely after the visitors had chosen to Bat. Duckett hit 65 out of 56 balls, while Wortel scored TOP with 69, before Liam Livingstone's 41-Run Blitz took the total last 300. But three run-outs in the last two overs saw England with a ball.
Rohit has come under heavy criticism since he did not shot the bat during the Border-Gavaskar trophy against Australia. He scored 31 points in five innings before he finished for the last match in Sydney.
In the midst of Rohit's Lean Patch with the bat, former India Batting Coach Sanjay Bangar Urgen Rohit not to analyze his technique or to surrender to excessive practice sessions.
“There has been a phase in his career where he did not score runs. Sometimes practicing too much is not useful. He can probably spend a little time alone and view the phase in which he enjoyed good success. View some videos and figure what His habits and routines were, “advised Bangar.
“Sometimes all those things turn out to be enormously beneficial if you have to regain your rhythm. You have to remind yourself what works for you. He should not be too desperate in his thinking,” he added.
The shape of Rohit is a great concern for India, where the Champions trophy is quickly approaching. Before the first match of India against Bangladesh on February 20, Rohit has the chance to exchange itself.
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