IND vs ENG: Rohit Sharma returns to form

IND vs ENG: Indian captain Rohit Sharma made a big bang in the second ODI match being played against England in Cuttack. Rohit Sharma scored a half-century in a quick fashion while chasing England's 304 runs.

Ankush Pandey Ankush Pandey
Feb 9, 2025 - 14:42 Updated: Feb 9, 2025 - 14:48
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IND vs ENG: Rohit Sharma returns to form
IND vs ENG Rohit Sharma returns to form

IND vs ENG: The fruit of patience is sweet and who can know this better than Rohit Sharma. Rohit Sharma, who has been facing bad form for almost 6 months, has done the feat with the bat, which the fans were waiting for a long time. In the second ODI against England, Indian captain Rohit Sharma said goodbye to his bad form by hitting a brilliant half-century. Rohit, along with Shubman Gill, started the Indian innings in a rapid style. On the strength of Rohit's explosive batting, India's score crossed 50 runs in just 7 overs. After 2 overs, Rohit completed his half-century. Rohit hit a fifty in just 30 balls, which is his third fastest half-century in ODIs. In this half-century innings, Hitman hit 5 fours and 4 skyscraper sixes.

Rohit Sharma's fastest half-century in ODIs (in terms of balls)

  • 27 vs Bangladesh, Mirpur 2022
  • 29 vs Sri Lanka, Colombo RPS 2024
  • 30 vs Afghanistan, Delhi 2023
  • 30 vs England, Cuttack 2025
  • 31 vs Australia, Rajkot 2023

Rohit scored his 58th half-century in his ODI career. With this, he surpassed Rahul Dravid in terms of scoring the most runs in ODI cricket. Rohit has now become the 10th batsman in the world to score the most runs in ODIs. At the same time, Rahul Dravid has dropped out of the top-10 in the club of batsmen with the most ODI runs.

Batsmen who scored the most runs in ODI cricket

  • Sachin Tendulkar- 18426 runs
  • Kumar Sangakkara- 14234 runs
  • Virat Kohli- 13906 runs
  • Ricky Ponting- 13704 runs
  • Sanath Jayasuriya- 13430 runs
  • Mahela Jayawardene 12650 runs
  • Inzamam-ul-Haq- 11739 runs
  • Jacques Kallis- 11579 runs
  • Sourav Ganguly- 11363 runs
  • Rohit Sharma- 10920 runs
  • Rahul Dravid- 10889 runs

Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill took Team India's score to 127 runs in just 16 overs. In this way, both of them made the record of the highest century partnership in ODI since 2023. Since 2023, both batsmen have shared a 100-run partnership six times in ODIs.

Most century partnerships in ODIs since 2023

  • 6 - Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill (27 innings)
  • 5 - Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (24 innings)
  • 4 - Kusal Mendis and Sadeera Samarawickrama (23 innings)
  • 4 - Max O'Dowd and Vikramjit Singh (28 innings)