Rohit Sharma-The Carnage King

The true justice to the amazing talent Rohit Sharma possess is by scoring huge runs and he has been doing it for a while now. His batting prowess is like fish to water. Ever since the turnaround in his carrier in 2013 his batting graph has elevated drastically. But from 2017 he has been at the peak of his powers. The imperious form he has been saw him amassed 2894 runs at an average of 67.3 with 13 tons only a notch behind Captain Virat Kohli. The ICC ODI Batsman rankings refect that too. The Indian team Captain and the Deputy at No.1 and No.2 respectively.

Once he gets past a hundred the buzz of a double hundred starts looming around.Such is his dominance and his conversion rate after he gets past three digits. People are happy when a batsman scores a hundred with Rohit the expectations go beyond. No wonder why India’s batting have performed so good everywhere they played.  

Rohit has scored 1130 runs in 21 innings in World Cup and Champions Trophy matches at an average of 62.77 and strike rate of 88.97. He has registered 4 hundreds in these matches indicating he brings out the best in him on the big stages.

Recently Rohit Sharma at the top of the order  in ODI surpassed 6000 runs and became the fastest to do so leaving behind some legends of the game. Rohit completed 6000 runs as an opener in 121 innings the record was prior held by Hashim Amla with 123 innings even he left behind the Great Sachin Tendulkar who completed the feat in 133 innings.

Such has been the domination of Rohit Sharma in world cricket. No wonder why India’s batting is at the safest hands. and he sits atop of an elite list of of legendary players.

Already Rohit has five World Cup centuries in his career and he sits atop of an elite list of of legendary players- only Sachin Tendulkar (6) has more. Sangakkara and Ricky Ponting are the only other players to have scored five.

Tendulkar also has the record for the most runs scored at a single World Cup; 673 at 61.18, made across 11 innings in 2003.

Sharma already has 544 runs at 90.66 after just seven innings at this year’s tournament. He has the possibility of playing one more group stage match and two finals to make the 130 runs required to break the record.

Sharma currently sits 32nd for most World Cup runs ever with 874 at 67.23. That average, however, is greater than all 31 players ahead of him on the chart.

Rohit has been in sublime form in this world cup, Team India will hope he continues his form throughout the campaign.