The Indian cricket workforce, led by skipper Rohit Sharma, embarks upon a brand new journey as they get the Asia Cup 2023 marketing campaign underway in opposition to Pakistan on September 02. Rohit would understandably be underneath the highlight, having led the India workforce to Asia Cup triumph as soon as already, in 2018, and in addition for the template he himself seems to supply within the match. If the 2018 version of the Asia Cup is any reference, Rohit might look to proceed his ‘Bradman-esque’ document within the continental occasion.

When it involves the ODI model of the Asia Cup, Rohit has a mean of 46.56 as a batter. But, as a batter with the captaincy position, Rohit averages a whopping 105.66. He attained this common within the 2018 Asia Cup, scoring 317 runs in 5 innings.

Rohit has a number of extra milestones in sight. He is closing on 10,000 runs in ODI, he’s 163 runs away from the milestone. He will develop into the fifteenth participant in ODI to attain 10000+ runs and the sixth Indian participant.

He has a strike-rate of 100+ in each 2022 and 2023 up to now whereas in between 2007 and 2021 he had struck at 100+ solely as soon as. (In 2018)

He can also be closing in on 300 sixes in ODI- he’ll develop into the third participant to hit 300+ sixes in ODI and the primary Indian participant.

Also, the 36-year-old has hit 534 sixes and is now 20 sixes away from holding the document of most sixes in worldwide cricket.

Coming to the 2023 version, there can be loads of deal with Rohit and his possible opening companion Shubman Gill who has additionally been in wonderful type within the 50-over format.

Team India opening pair has one of the best common (63.4) in ODI since 2022 and solely 2 groups in ODI have a mean of fifty+ in the identical interval.

The pair of Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill have a mean of 85.4 and have had 2 hundred+ partnership and 4 fifty+ partnership in ODI since 2022.

India have used 9 totally different opening pairs in ODI since 2022 by which the opening pair of Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill have scored the 2nd most runs for India. The high spot is held by the pairing of Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma however the former was overlooked for the Asia Cup.