Rohit Sharma: Team India's Sri Lanka tour is over.

After showing a good performance in the T20 series, the team in blue jersey was completely defeated in the ODI series. Rohit and company had to face a 2-0 defeat in the 3-match ODI series. Even though India's performance was poor, captain Rohit Sharma made everyone happy with his batting. Meanwhile, a former Pakistani player has also praised the Hitman.

Pakistani player praised Rohit

Former Pakistan bowler Mohammad Zahid, while talking on Basit Ali's YouTube channel recently, has praised Indian captain Rohit Sharma.

He has described Rohit as the best batsman of the present time. He has also praised his performance against fast bowlers. Zahid said,

“Rohit Sharma is the best batsman in the world at the moment, he plays fast bowlers really well – I have never seen him having trouble against fast bowling, he is very talented, he is a God gifted batsman, he picks up the length really quickly.”

Created a ruckus against Sri Lanka

37-year-old Rohit Sharma showed a tremendous performance in the ODI series against Sri Lanka.

He was the top run scorer of the series. He scored 157 runs in 3 matches at an average of 52.33 and a blistering strike rate of 141.44, which also includes 2 half-centuries. He was also the only batsman to score more than 1 fifty in this series. After Rohit, the second highest run scorer for India was Axar Patel, who scored 79 runs.

Retired from T20

After leading India to the T20 World Cup 2024 title, captain Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from T20 Internationals.

However, looking at his performance in the tournament, it seemed that he still has a lot of cricket left in him. He scored 257 runs in 8 matches at an explosive strike rate of 156.70 and an average of 36.71. During this, 3 half-century innings also came from the Hitman's bat.