Mumbai: Rohit Sharma has absolutely owned the record books in World cricket this year. 2019 has been Rohit Sharma’s year. The attacking, talented batsman has conquered and dominated world cricket with his batting exploits this year. The format of the game doesn’t seem to have any impact on his performance. Be it ODIs, T20Is or Tests, Rohit has been India’s best batsman overall even surpassing the unsurpassable Virat Kohli.
No one has registered more hundreds than Rohit’s 9 in 2019. He is followed by Kohli (6). Only Tendulkar (12 in 1998), Kohli (11 each in 2017 and 2018) and Rahul Dravid (10 in 1999) have registered more international hundreds for India in a calendar year than Rohit’s 9 in 2019.
No one has hit more 4s (201) and 6s (66) than Rohit this year. In fact, his 66 sixes in 2019 are the second-highest in a calendar year for any batsman in world cricket. Interestingly, the top three positions on this count belong to Rohit he smashed 74 sixes in 2018 and 65 in 2017! Astounding numbers.
The leading run-scorer in the 2019 World Cup in England with tally of 648 and record five hundreds, 500-plus runs in his first Test series as opener against South Africa and a big statement in T20I cricket as India build their squad for back to back World Cups in the format.
He is the leading run-getter in the world and has amassed 2061 runs in just 38 innings at an average of 55.7 and strike rate of 89.56 this year. It is the first time in his career that Rohit has scored in excess of 2000 runs in a calendar year and the 21 st time such a feat has been achieved by an Indian batsman.
He is the 7th Indian batsman to score 2000-plus runs in a single year in international cricket. Rohit’s exploits this year include 9 hundreds and 8 fifties. More significantly, India has won 13 of the 17 matches in which Rohit has scored 50-plus in an innings in 2019.
In terms of runs per innings (min. 1000 runs), Rohit is second only to Steven Smith in 2019 that is how good and devastating Rohit has been when he has opened for India.
T20 cricket:
No one has hit more sixes in T20I cricket history than Rohit’s 115! Also, overall, only Yuvraj Singh (63.89%) has scored a higher percentage of his runs in boundaries (4s and 6s combined) for India than Rohit (62.67%).
Two characteristics have defined Rohit’s T20I career – his ability to score big runs and the rate at which he scores them. Rohit is the highest scorer in T20I cricket history with 2537 runs in 92 innings. No one has scored more hundreds in the format than Rohit’s 4.
What is remarkable is that in 19 of the 22 matches when Rohit has scored 50 or more in a T20I India has been victorious in 86.36% of the matches showcasing what a big match-winner he has been for his team. His contribution in winning cause is even better than Virat Kohli.
Just for perspective, the corresponding percentage for Virat Kohli is 72.73% (16 of 22 matches). In fact, Rohit has the second-best Win percentage for 50 plus scores in T20I cricket history.
Overall, since 2018, his strike rate of 144.01 has been the highest for all Indian batsmen and amongst the highest in the world for a top-order batsman. Rohit has been in scintillating form in international cricket in 2019 and has been the best batsman this year.
Test cricket:
Rohit started to open in Test cricket in 2019 and 500-plus runs in his first Test series as opener against South Africa and a big statement.
529 runs, 4 innings, 3 hundreds, one double hundred. Back to back hundreds in the first test as an opener.
The number of sixes hit by Rohit Sharma in the recent three-match Test series against South Africa is by far the most ever hit in a Test series. He deposited the ball a breath taking 19 times into the stands.
A World T20 at sights next year, Hoping Rohit to continue his supreme form into 2020 and helping India bring back the World T20 in Australia.
But before the year 2020 gets underway, team India will play West Indies at home in an ODI and T20 series starting from 6th December.
Test cricket:
Rohit started to open in Test cricket in 2019 and 500-plus runs in his first Test series as opener against South Africa and a big statement.
529 runs, 4 innings, 3 hundreds, one double hundred. Back to back hundreds in the first test as an opener.
The number of sixes hit by Rohit Sharma in the recent three-match Test series against South Africa is by far the most ever hit in a Test series. He deposited the ball a breath taking 19 times into the stands.
A World T20 at sights next year, Hoping Rohit to continue his supreme form into 2020 and helping India bring back the World T20 in Australia.
But before the year 2020 gets underway, team India will play West Indies at home in an ODI and T20 series starting from 6th December.
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