India might have lost the third and final one-day International against England that took place at the famous Lord’s cricket ground on Sunday, but it was a valiant effort by the visiting side where it came to the powers of the cricket bat. Even after they were tasked to chase a total touching nearly 390 runs, being asked to chase 388, to be precise, the Indian team gave it their all. They batted with guts and glory and finished within striking distance of touching what was from the beginning a sort of improbable ask.
Team India were led brilliantly by captain Shubman Gill who fired yet another fifty, with Virat Kohli scoring his personal best one day score of 74 at this heroic venue but the true batting honours belonged to a certain Rohit Sharma.
Just days and hours after plenty of rumours went about concerning the imminent fate or future of the batting legend Rohit Sharma with the same suggesting that the right hander may likely retire from the game after this recently concluded one dayer, Rohit Sharma fired up a cracking 138 off just 110 deliveries. There was a sense of occasion in this knock in that Rohit chose the perfect way to hit back at the rumours and that was in the form of the Hitman hitting back at something that was nothing really more than mere hearsay.
Sharma almost certainly gave it his all to guide India on the path of what was always a massive run chase. And in the aftermath of the final one dayer of this three-match series, his captain Shubman Gill offered his insights about the whole Rohit Sharma situation.
Captain Gill, who’s himself been in remarkable form having struck 2 fifties out of 3 contests, opened up on the subject of Rohit Sharma’s imminent future. He would remark, “Rohit has not told us anything that the Lord’s one dayer would be his last for India!” This, therefore, in a certain way offers clarity about the immediate future of the great Indian batter. That Rohit Sharma has been in some form and is still fully capable of launching missile like attacks onto his opponents was made evidently clear thanks to his remarkable recent century.
Not only did the former captain of the Indian team reach his tenth century in England, which happens to be the most amount of tons ever hit at the venue by a visiting batter, he also took his individual run tally in the country beyond 1600 international runs in the one day spectre. That is some evidence of us having a real class act with the bat.
He is hopefully targeting to play and win the next one day World Cup that is to happen next year in 2027. That’ll be, hopefully, the key thing on his mind.
