After having restricted Pakistan to 237, the Indian openers saw off the new ball and so bulldozed their way to their respective centuries. whereas Dhawan took the initiative early on, captain Rohit hit his straps as the innings moved on.
Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma Celebrates when grading a century (100 runs) during the one day international (ODI) Asia Cup match between Pakistan and India at the dubai International Cricket Stadium(AFP)
Sarfraz Ahmed won the toss and selected to bat. Nothing else went right for him or his team in the entire match after the initial 5 minutes. Rohit Sharma and team place in an emphatic performance and slammed the door shut on Pakistan. Such was the relative ease of the victory that in no purpose during the chase did Pakistan seem to have any type of fight left.
He completed his 19th ODI that was additionally his maiden century against Pakistan. it was also his second century as Indian captain and apparently, the primary ever century by any skipper at the dubai International stadium.
Rohit went past the scores of mohammed Azharuddin and Sachin Tendulkar and registered the second-best score by an Indian captain against the arch-rivals. only MS Dhoni with 113* is ahead of him.
The right-hander breached the 5000-run mark because the Indian opener throughout his innings and is just the fourth Indian opener to reach this milestone.
Rohit additionally crossed 7000 ODI runs throughout his innings and became the fifth quickest batsman in the history of ODI cricket to achieve this feat.
His career has been on the upward swing ever since he was promoted to open the batting for India and since 2013, he averages upwards 50.
“Nothing is simple (talking concerning the pulls for six). I’ve extremely worked hard on those kind of shots. once it comes off it really looks nice and I’ve gotten out a few times playing such shots. I back myself to play those shots. It’s necessary to put pressure on bowlers. they need one of the nice bowling attacks. Taking nothing away from their bowling and that they have troubled us in the past. therefore it’s necessary to know the importance of the new ball and play accordingly,” he said in the post-match presentation.
