Rohit Sharma's stint as full-time Indian captain has started off very well as Rohit registered 9 consecutive bilateral series win on Sunday, September 25. Except for the Asia Cup 2022 failure, Rohit and his men put on a brilliant show with wins against New Zealand, West Indies, Sri Lanka, England, and Australia.
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Just after the 2021 T20 World Cup in UAE, the captainship of team India was handed over to Rohit Sharma from Virat Kohli. However, since the beginning, Rohit has recorded nine straight series win. The wins include Test, ODI, and T20I series be it home or away.
In November 2021, New Zealand toured India, in which Hitman was made the permanent captain of the Men in Blue. India outplayed the Kiwis while registering a clean sweep of 3-0 in the T20I series. While, in the next series of West Indies, India thrashed them 3-0 in both ODIs and T20Is.
Maintaining the winning streak in bilateral series, Rohit led India in a T20I and Test home series against Sri Lanka at home. The result was the same as India managed to grab both the series 3-0 in T20Is and 2-0 in Tests.
In the next month, India toured England for 3 T20Is and as many ODIs. India returned back with a win (2-1 ODIs & T20Is) in both series. Then India toured West Indies under the leadership of Rohit Sharma and won the five-match T20I series 3-1.
Rohit Sharma recorded 9 consecutive bilateral series win
The latest series victory came against the current T20 world champions Australia. Losing the first T20I, Rohit-led India managed to bounce back in the series winning it by 2-1 in the end. So, with this victory, Rohit Sharma has now registered 9 consecutive bilateral series victories while registering 33 wins in T20Is as Indian captain.
The next assignment for the Rohit-led side is against South Africa starting on September 28, Wednesday. The series includes 3 T20Is and 2 ODIs. Soon after the SA series, India will fly away to Australia for the much-awaited T20 World Cup 2022.
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N.B: Last Updated on 25/09/2022.