Rohit Sharma in ICC knockout games

The Indian fans were waiting to see their skipper, Rohit Sharma leading from the front in the final of the ICC World Test Championship against Australia at the Oval but it didn't go as planned. Rohit started brilliantly but the opposition skipper, Pat Cummins got the better off Rohit early in the game. His Indian Premier League season with Mumbai was not that great but his recent numbers in Test cricket were pretty promising. The situation was different and Pat Cummins gave the early breakthrough by picking a huge wicket. Let's see Rohit Sharma's other performances in the ICC Knockout games for India.

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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 eight events but fell short each time. Therefore, to end this drought India's skipper Rohit needed to step up with his bat but he failed big time.

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

Rohit has scored 562 runs in 14 ICC knockout matches with an average of 46.83. After the two innings against Australia in the WTC Final, the total score is now 620 runs in 16 innings. His tally includes two centuries. Rohit is the seventh-highest run-scorer in these matches. Ricky Ponting (731), Sachin Tendulkar (682), Virat Kohli (620), Kumar Sangakkara (597), and Sourav Ganguly (580) are ahead of him on the runs tally.

337 of 562 runs have come in the ICC Cricket World Cup and the ICC Champions Trophy knockout matches. He is among the 19 players who have scored more than 300 runs in these 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. Overall, Rohit is the seventh-highest run-scorer in T20 World Cup knockout games (SR: 135.629).

ICC World Test Championship Final: 2021 & 2023

Rohit 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 innings, 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 is the third-highest run-scorer in these big events. He has scored 4,259 in 88 ICC event matches. His tally includes 13 centuries and 20 fifties. Rohit Sharma is only behind Joe Root (5,013) and Kohli (4,503) and they are the only batters with 4,000-plus runs.

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)