Rohit Sharma Posts Emotional Tweet After Successful Run In 2019
Published - 24 Dec 2019, 01:40 AM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 06:33 AM
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Rohit Sharma has been the ultimate star performer for India this year without any doubt. Rohit Sharma made waves in the three-match ODI series against West Indies. He chipped in with vital contributions of 36, 159 and 63 runs respectively and was adjudged the player of the series for his aggregate score of 258 runs.
Ahead of the ODI series, Rohit Sharma failed miserably in the first two encounters as he got out for cheap scores of 8 and 15 runs respectively. However, he returned to his prime at his Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai by scoring his 19th half-century.
The dashing opener thumped a 34-ball-71 with the help of 6 fours and 5 sixes and ended the year on a high. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli ended this year as joint highest run-scorers in T20Is as both the world-class players are tied at 2,633 runs each. The fans couldn???t have asked for a better visual treat from Rohit Sharma as the latter raised his bar this year and touched the pinnacle of success when it mattered the most.
Rohit Sharma posts emotional tweet:
After having one heck of a year, Rohit Sharma took to social media to thank his fans for supporting behind the Men in Blue. ???What a way to finish the year. I???ll take most of that year what we did as a team and personally too. Thankful to all fans of the game for getting behind the team and supporting. Now time to get ready for the next set of duties,??? Rohit Sharma wrote.
What a way to finish the year. I???ll take most of that year what we did as a team and personally too. Thankful to all fans of the game for getting behind the team and supporting. Now time to get ready for the next set of duties ?
Rohit???s tweet came a day after India ended the year on a high with a 2-1 ODI series win against West Indies. Recalling his rich vein of form in 2019, Rohit Sharma recently told the media reporters, ???There???s an exciting year coming up. I understand my batting really well??? In fact, even better now??? But I want to play within my limits. Knowing the game plan I want to execute is very important.???
After playing a fearless brand of cricket, Rohit Sharma has been finally rested for the forthcoming T20I series against Sri Lanka. However, he is expected to make a return for the ODI series against Australia. Shikhar Dhawan, who missed cricketing action due to an injury is all set to make a comeback and will open the innings with KL Rahul who has been in scintillating form.
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India and Sri Lanka will lock horns in T20I series and ODI series. The upcoming T20I series will start at Guwahati on January 5 while the second and third game will be held in Indore on January 7 and Pune on January 10 respectively.
India squad:
Virat Kohli (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Navdeep Saini, Shardul Thakur, Manish Pandey, Washington Sundar, Sanju Samson.
