Rohit Sharma in ICC knockout games

The Indian Cricket Team will head into the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024 under the leadership of Rohit Sharma. Team India will face Ireland in the first group-stage game on 5th June 2024. The Men in Blues have experienced heartbreaks in their last 10 ICC tournaments. India were nearly invincible in the World Cup 2023 and were the ultimate favourites to lift the title but Australia went on to beat them in the Final.

Rohit Sharma's performances in the ICC events have always come under criticism but he has scored lots of runs. As BCCI announced India's T20 World Cup 2024 squad on Tuesday, we'll look at the skipper's stats in the ICC knockout games.

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India's wait for a ICC trophy has extended to a decade now as their last title came when India won the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. In this decade, they have played ten events but fell short each time. Therefore, to end this drought India must win the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024 and for that, Rohit Sharma has to perform his absolute best.

Rohit Sharma is the third-highest runs-getter in the ICC knockout matches

Rohit has scored 714 runs in 17 ICC knockout matches at an average of 44.62. His tally includes two centuries. Rohit is the third-highest run-scorer in ICC knockout matches. Virat Kohli (854), and Ricky Ponting (731) are ahead of him on the runs tally. 431 of 714 runs have come in the ICC Cricket World Cup and the ICC Champions Trophy knockout matches. His highest score of 137 came against Bangladesh in the 2015 World Cup quarter-final.

Rohit Sharma in the T20 World Cup knockout games?

The Indian skipper has amassed 161 runs in six knockout matches in the T20 World Cup at an average of 40.25. Rohit is the seventh-highest run-scorer in T20 World Cup knockout games (SR: 135.629).

ICC World Test Championship Final: 2021 & 2023

Rohit hasn't been good in the Test Championship Finals. He featured in the inaugural ICC World Test Championship final in 2021 where India lost against New Zealand. He scored 34 in the first innings and 30 in the second innings. He got decent starts in both innings but failed to convert. The same happened in the ongoing WTC Final 2023.

Pat Cummins sent him back to the dressing room for just 15 runs. In the second inning, he started pretty well but failed to extend the inning as Lyon trapped him LBW when he was batting at 43.

Rohit's overall record in ICC tournaments

Rohit has been brilliant overall in the ICC events over the years. He has scored 5,090 in 99 ICC event matches. His tally includes 14 centuries and 23 fifties. 

Every score of Rohit Sharma in the ICC Knockout matches:

• 8* vs AUS (T20 WC 2007)
• 30* vs PAK (T20 WC 2007
• 33 vs SL (CT 2013)
• 9 vs ENG (CT 2013)
• 24 vs SA (T20 WC 2014)
• 29 vs SL (T20 WC 2014)
• 137 vs BAN (WC 2015)
• 34 vs AUS (WC 2015)
• 43 vs WI (T20 WC 2016)
• 123* vs BAN (CT 2017)
• 0 vs PAK (CT 2017)
• 1 vs NZ (WC 2019)
• 34 vs NZ (WTC 2021)
• 30 vs NZ (WTC 2021)
• 27 vs ENG (T20 WC 2022)
• 15 vs AUS (WTC 2023)
• 43 vs AUS (WTC 2023)
• 47 vs NZ (WC 2023)
• 47 vs AUS (WC 2023)