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Rohit Sharma has scored 780 runs in ICC Knockout games
The Indian Cricket Team won the Final of the T20 World Cup 2024 under the leadership of Rohit Sharma. Team India defeated South Africa in the final by 7 runs to clinch the title for the second time. 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. India were unbeaten in the T20 World Cup 2024 too and finally they broke the jinx by winning an ICC title.
Rohit Sharma's performances in the ICC events have always come under criticism but he has scored lots of runs. It's time, we look at the Indian skipper's stats in the ICC knockout games.
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India's wait for a ICC trophy extended to a decade now as their last title came when India won the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. But, India finally won the T20 World Cup 2024 and Rohit Sharma led the team from the front, scoring 257 runs in the 2024 edition of the World T20.
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Rohit Sharma is the second-highest runs-getter in the ICC knockout matches
Rohit has scored 780 runs in 21 ICC knockout matches which includes two centuries. Rohit is the second-highest run-scorer in ICC knockout matches. Virat Kohli (939) is only ahead of him on the runs tally. 431 of 780 runs have come in a total of 9 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 227 runs in eight knockout matches in the T20 World Cup.
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
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Rohit has been brilliant overall in the ICC events over the years. He has scored 5,347 in 107 ICC event matches. His tally includes 14 centuries and 26 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)
- 57 vs ENG (T20 WC 2024)
- 9 vs SA (T20 WC 2024)