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Rohit Sharma failed to play a big innings in the second ODI being played between India and England. Despite getting a good start, Rohit could not regain his rhythm and was out after scoring only 26 runs in 47 balls. His innings included only one four and one six.

Rohit Sharma’s innings was ended by England spinner Will Jacques. Will Jacques threw a flighted ball to Rohit, on which he tried to play a sweep shot. However, the ball hit the bottom of the bat and went into the air and wicketkeeper Jos Buttler took an easy catch.

Rohit Sharma was seen struggling to score runs

• The biggest thing in this innings of Rohit was that he was seen struggling to score runs continuously. Before getting out, he played 9 dot balls continuously and his timing did not look right from the beginning.
• During the match, Rohit also got a lease of life and on some occasions he escaped from close calls, but could not convert his advantage into a big innings.
• If we look at the statistics, Rohit Sharma played 29.1 percent false shots in his shots played in this match. That means, almost once in every three-four balls, his shot did not connect properly. This figure is quite unusual for him.
• Interestingly, this is only the second time after 2014 that Rohit Sharma has recorded a higher false shot percentage than this despite playing 40 or more balls in ODIs. This shows that the England bowlers kept them under pressure the entire time.
• Although India had a steady start, Rohit’s early dismissal is a big blow for the team. Now the middle-order batsmen will have the responsibility of building big partnerships and putting the team in a strong position.
• Before getting out, Rohit added 44 runs in 46 balls with captain Shubman Gill for the first wicket. At the same time, for the second wicket, he along with Virat Kohli made a brilliant partnership of 60 runs in 61 balls.

Rohit Sharma has scored three double centuries in ODIs

Rohit Sharma is the only batsman in the world who has scored three double centuries in ODIs. He played brilliant innings of 209 runs against Australia in Bengaluru in 2013, 264 runs against Sri Lanka in Kolkata in 2014 and an unbeaten 208 runs against Sri Lanka in Mohali in 2017.

India’s playing 11

Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dubey, Akshar Patel, Gurnoor Brar, Jasprit Bumrah and Prasidh Krishna.