Rohit Sharma and big tournaments: how good is Rohit at ICC events?

Whenever India lost any big tournaments like the World Cup or Asia Cup questions arise about the performance of Indian players and the most we talked about is Rohit's performance in the events. In this article, we will analyze the stats and records of Rohit Sharma in big tournaments including the Asia Cup.

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2007 T20 World Cup

Starting with the 2007 T20 World Cup, in which Rohit played his very first game at the world cup stages. He hasn't got much chance in the tournament, playing 4 games in which he added 88 runs in 3 innings with a highest score of 50*. Rohit maintained a strike rate of 146 in the tournament. However, he played a crucial knock of 30 runs off 16 balls in the finals of the event which eventually helped India to lift the trophy in the inaugural edition.

2009 T20 World Cup

Coming to the 2009 edition of the grand T20 event, Rohit aggregated 131 runs in 5 innings with an average of 32 and a strike rate of 122.43. He also registered a fifty which is his highest score in this edition of the tournament.

2010 T20 World Cup

Next year, Rohit again represented India in the mega event where he aggregated 84 runs in 2 innings with an average of 84. He hasn't got much chance again as his highest score in this event was 79*and also the only half-century in this event.

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2012 Asia Cup

In 2012, Rohit Sharma played in the Asia Cup in which, he got only two games. In those two innings Rohit managed to score 72 runs while Kohli was the highest run-scorer of that particular edition with 357 runs in the event.

2012 T20 World Cup

In the same year, Rohit played in T20 World Cup, in which Hitman registered 82 runs in 4 innings with and average of 41 and a strike rate of 130.16. He has also recorded a fifty which is also his highest score (55*) of this edition.

2013 Champions Trophy

In 2013 Champions Trophy, Rohit Sharma was the fourth highest run-getter while Dhawan was at the top. Rohit managed to score 177 runs in 5 innings with an average of 35.40 and a strike rate of 76. Rohit has also recorded two half-centuries in this edition of the tournament. The Indian skipper scripted a highest individual score of 65 in this edition.

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2014 Asia Cup

In 2014 Asia Cup, Rohit registered 108 runs in 4 innings at an average of 36 and a strike rate of 77.69. Meanwhile, Rohit has also recorded a half-century (56) which is also his highest score of this edition.

2014 T20 World Cup

In 2014 T20 World Cup, Rohit registered 200 runs in 6 innings at an average of 40 and scored with a strike rate of 123.46. In this edition, Rohit has registered two half-centuries with a highest score of 62 in this edition.

2015 ODI World Cup

In 2015 ODI World Cup, Rohit ammased 330 runs in 8 innings at an average of 47.14 and a strike rate of 91.66. Rohit also registered 2 half-centuries and one century in the 2015 world cup and recorded a highest score of 137.

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2016 Asia Cup

In 2016 Asia Cup, Hitman recorded 138 runs in 5 innings, with an average of 27.60. Moreover, Rohit has registered one half-century and scored 83* runs against Bangladesh in the finals which is one of the finest innings of his cricketing career.

2016 T20 World Cup

In 2016 T20 World Cup, Rohit Sharma aggregated 88 runs in 5 innings, with an average of 17.60 and a strike rate of 107.32. One of Rohit's worst performance in ICC events came this year as he failed to score a single half-century.

2017 Champions Trophy

Coming to the 2017 Champions Trophy, Rohit ammased 304 runs in 5 innings at an average of 76 and a strike rate of 86.85. Moreover, he recorded two half-centuries and one century. His highest score was 123* in this edition of the tournament. He also ranked at second in scoring the most runs in this edition.

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2019 ODI World Cup

In the 2019 ODI World Cup, Rohit was at his peak form, he scored the most runs in that edition while smoked 5 centuries in this single edition. Rohit aggregated 648 runs at an average of 81 and a strike rate of 98.33. Besides scoring five centuries Rohit also registered one half-century in this edition. His highest score was 140 in this edition.

2021 T20 World Cup

In 2021 T20 World Cup, Rohit registered 174 runs at an average of 34.80 and a strike rate of 151.30. He also added two half-centuries in this edition.

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2022 Asia Cup

In the Asia Cup 2022, Rohit ammased 133 runs in 4 innings at an average of 33.25 and maintains a strike rate of 151.14. Rohit also recorded a half-century in this edition.

Now in the latest edition of the T20 World Cup, Rohit's performance was not up to the mark. In 6 innings Rohit only scored a single fifty while added only 116 runs with an average of 19.33 and a strike rate of just 106.

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So, according to us Rohit's performance in big events like ICC and Asia Cup was bit off upside down. Rohit failed to perform in some crucial games while also played some valuable knocks in many editions.

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