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From Wankhede to Oval: A look at Rohit Sharma's strokes that define career following the retirement of test retirement




Rohit Sharma, Indian captain and inclined Rohit Sharma, sought time in his 11-year test career after stroke and leadership struggles before the UK tour in June, which will launch the 2025-27 campaign of India's ICC World Test Championship (WTC). The upper and down nature of Rohit's career is a source of inspiration for many crickets and fans worldwide, the flexibility and determination of the world's beating, graphic hill opener and its elasticity and determination for 11 years. Over the years, 'Hitman' showed a tremendous transformation, range, a solid defense and a slope.

These came together to give some of the most iconic strokes to sports. Here are some strokes that define Rohit's career:

1) .177 West Indian Islands (2013)

In a perfect world, this match at the Wankhede Stadium, which pointed out the last international match of the Great Sachin Tendulkar, would be an excellent moment of moment to a star rising to carry the Indian jet from a Mumbai giant on its back. Rohit, who came to number six, smashed a bright 177 with 23 four and six and 301 balls and won the 'player of the match' in India's win.

India received 453 points in response to Wi's first inning and brought them together for 153 and won the game with an inning and 51 runs.

While Rohit struggled with consistency and adaptability to overseas conditions in the coming years, this stroke showed what happened at the summit of Rohit's forces.

2) .212 Against South Africa (2019)

In 2019, after years of inconsistency in the red ball jack, which surprised many people, Rohit was given the chance to open inning in the tests, and a position in which it was perfect in the white ball jack and broke a lot of records.

In Visakhapatnam, twin centuries later, after the 176 and 127 strokes, which started Rohit's test revival, he left himself behind in the last test in Hitman Ranchi and received 212 points. SA could not leave India behind in two Inning, which was combined with an inning and 202 running.

During this series, Rohit's competition won the 'player of the series' award for 532 runs in three matches, since there was no one at the level, and in a 132.25 mind average. He proved that this series was Rohit's best time as a stroke power in home conditions.

3) .161 Against England (2021)

Thanks to a Joe Root Masterclass, Virat Kohli was under pressure to protect his castle after he lost his first test in Pune. India could feel the pressure to come to Chennai. What if the serial is not won? He entered one of Virat's most reliable soldiers. Rohit, in a hard, spinny and a difficult Chennai field, where the pleats were fighting properly, produced a Masterclass of 161 in 231 balls to direct the bat to 329. Ravichandran helped Ashwin and Virat's fifty -one century to set India's 482 running targets, and Ashwin, Kuleep Yadav and Axar Patel tricue crushed England with 317 jogging. Although Ashwin took home the 'player of the match' for his versatile efforts, the star of the show was Rohit, who helped India to reach a solid first stroke after a total of 86/3 fell.

4) .127 against England (2021)

In 2021, the UK tour marked Rohit's best clock as a slope abroad. He has been criticized for a long time that he was the subject of ridicule and his small door and could not get a century score abroad and chose it as the Ovali Stage. While Following India's 99 runs, Rohit made a solid defense that could become a very good working material for enthusiastic cricketists and leave the blocking and delivery with unique technical skills. He received 127 points in 14 four and six to 256 balls and completed his mileage stone with large six against Moeen Ali. India walked towards 466, won a heavy leadership of 367, and brought England together for 210 to take ahead 2-1 in the series.

5) .120 against Australia (2023)

Returning runway, Rohit's patience, occasional explosions that attack the jack and a first -class opposition, a perfect jack game. After the Australian came together for 177 in the first Inning, Rohit showed great patience and sand, 120 running 212 brick bricks in the ball, 15 four and two six of them failed. Thanks to the fifties of Ravindra Jadeja and Axar, India pushed themselves to 400, and Australia didn't really heal this result and lost the game with a stroke and 132 run. The WTC was ready to grab the final place, and India reserves its tickets to the UK while protecting the Border-Gavascar cup.

In November 2013, Rohit tested against the West Indian Islands and continued to represent India in 67 tests. He scored 4,301 runs at an average of 40.57 with 12 centuries and 18 fifty. The highest 212 points arrived in 2019 during an unforgettable home series against South Africa. India finishes as the 16th highest runner in the longest format. Gardens, who had a test journey in 2013, started with an unforgettable 177 against the West Indian Islands in Kolkata.

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