Rohit Sharma라이브 바카라 Journey From An Average Middle-Order Batter To A Fine Test Opener

Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from Test cricket and bid farewell to a splendid career which was divided into two distinct halves.

He did not have a great run in the initial part and struggled to cement his place in the middle-order. There were flashes of brilliance but they were followed by long periods of very average and poor returns. Rohit had a Test average of less than 40 for the first 27 matches of his career.

However, in almost similar fashion to his transformation in 50-over cricket, his fortunes in Test cricket also changed dramatically when Rohit was pushed to open for the country.

From the Visakhapatnam Test of 2019 till the Dharamsala Test of 2024, Rohit – the Test batter averaged 50 and was not only one of the premier openers in the world but also the leading batter for India in the format.

The Period Of Struggle

Rohit had a brilliant start to his Test career with two hundreds in his first two appearances for India – against the touring West Indies in Kolkata and Mumbai - but then witnessed a sudden dip in his numbers. It was not untilfour more years had passed that Rohit registered his third ton –against Sri Lanka in Nagpur in November, 2017.Overall, he scored just 1585 runs in his first 27 Tests at an average of 39.6. Rohit had a high Failure Rate of almost 50% in this period which lasted from his debut in November, 2013 till the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne in 2018.

Rohit had a very poor record outside India scoring just 816 runs in 18 away Tests at an average of 26.3. He did not have a hundred outside the country. Although, already a modern great in limited-overs’ cricket, Rohit – the Test batter – was at the crossroads of his career and time was running out for him in the format.

The Transformation – Rohit The Test Opener Was Born

The 2nd of October, 2019 was a landmark day for Rohit and it unleashed a new avatar of him in Test cricket. Pushed to open the innings for India, for the very first time in the format, Rohit made it count and how! He smashed a ton in both the innings of the series opener against South Africa in Vizag, becoming the sixth Indian batter to achieve the unique feat. The stunning performance gave rise to Rohit Sharma – the Test opener – and started a new chapter for India in red-ball cricket.

The Domination As Test Opener

From the Vizag Test in October, 2019 till the end of the home series against England in Dharamsala in March, 2024, Rohit – the Test opener – rose to new heights in the format and was amongst the premier top-order batters in the world! He was the leading run-scorer amongst all openers in this time-frame and piled on 2552 runs in 32 matches at an average of 50.03 with nine centuries and 7 fifties.

Amongst the 15 openers who scored at least 1000 runs in a minimum of 10 Tests played in this period, only Dimuth Karunaratne (52.4) had a higher batting average than Rohit during this period. No opening batter recorded more tons than Rohit라이브 바카라 9 in these four and a half years.

Timing & Context Of Performances

Rohit라이브 바카라 rise as a Test opener coincided with a troubled time for the Big 3 of India in the format. Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane had a poor run in 2020 and 2021 and the onus was on Rohit to do the bulk of the scoring for India.He did not disappoint. His 161 off just 231 deliveries against England in Chennai in 2021 (India were 0-1 down in the series) is widely rated amongst the greatest hundreds by any batter on Indian soil.

Rohit played 20 Tests at home in this period and hammered 1633 runs at an average of 54.43 and strike rate of 65.4. No Indian scored more runs than Rohit at home in this time-frame. The rate at which he scored his runs was significant as not only did it demoralized the opposition bowlers but also created enough time for the Indian bowlers to bowl the opposition out twice.

The Overseas Transformation

The big change in Rohit – the Test batter – came in his overseas performances. He scored 919 runs in 12 Tests at an average of 43.76 with two centuries and five fifties away from India in this period. From his opening partnership with Shubman Gill in Brisbane and Sydney to his 83 in the massive win at Lord라이브 바카라 to finally recording his first overseas hundred – in the Oval Test of Sept. 2021, Rohit the opener grew in stature and contributed to some of India라이브 바카라 most significant victories during this period.

Rohit suffered a major slump in his last eight Tests and could muster just 164 runs in 15 innings at an average of 10.93. These included two home Tests against Bangladesh, three against New Zealand and as many away Tests in Australia.

However, the most significant achievement of Rohit – the Test batter -was his ability to raise his game in his new avatar as opener in one of the more challenging times for the Indian top-order between 2019 and 2024. Rohit scored tough runs under pressure from the most difficult batting position in Test cricket when some of the big-wigs failed in the middle-order.

And that was his biggest legacy to Indian Test cricket!