The new phase has now started in Indian cricket. Shubman Gill was made the captain of India’s ODI team on October 4 (Saturday) in place of Rohit Sharma. Shubman Gill’s first assignment will be Australia tour starting from October 19, where he will take command of the Indian team in the three -match ODI series.
Rohit Sharma had already retired from T20 International and Test cricket. In such a situation, they are available only to play in ODI format. Rohit’s captaincy record in ODI was very excellent. He gave Indian cricket many memorable moments. Under the captaincy of Rohit, the Indian team captured the Champions Trophy 2025. Earlier, under his captaincy, the Indian team was also successful in winning the 2018 and 2023 Asia Cups. Also reached the final of the 2023 ODI World Cup.
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Rohit Sharma has become one of the most successful ODI captains in India according to the figures. Under Rohit’s captaincy, the Indian team won 42 ODIs out of 56, while a match tie and a match remained inconclusive. That is, the percentage of victory under Rohit’s captaincy was 75. Of the players who captained at least 50 ODIs, only Clive Lloyd (76.2%) was ahead of Rohit. This record of Rohit is much better than Virat Kohli (68.4%) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (55%).
Great performance in multi nation tournament
Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, the Indian team registered 24 wins in 27 matches in the Multi Nation Tournaments (5 Plus team). During this time, the Indian team lost only 2 matches. That is, the percentage of victory was 88.8, which is the best among the 27 captains who captained 20 or more ODIs in the Multi Nation Tournament.
Rohit Sharma is the second player who scored an average of more than 50 in ODIs and a strike rate of more than 100. AB de Villiers could do this before Rohit. The average of de Villiers was 63.94 and the strike rate was 110.48. At the same time, Rohit scored runs at the average of 52.20 and a strike rate of 111.97.
During the captaincy in ODIs, Rohit Sharma’s game and flourish. As a player, his strike rate in ODI was 88.42, but his strike rate as captain was 111.97. Only Brandon McCullum was the only player who increased the strike rate more than Rohit during his captaincy.
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Rohit Sharma scored 597 runs in the 2023 ODI World Cup. It was the second highest run scored by the captain in a ODI tournament. In this case, only Greg is ahead of Rohit. Greg scored 686 runs in the Banson and Hedes Tri-series held in Australia in 1980-81.
Virender Sehwag also included in this special club
Rohit Sharma scored 1288 runs in Multi Nation Tournaments (5 Plus team) in ODI format. He is the captain to score the sixth highest run in the Multi Nation Tournament. In 2023, Rohit scored 1255 runs at a strike rate of 117.07. It was the most ODI run for an Indian captain in a calendar year. As captain Rohit is the second player who scored a double century (208*) in ODI International. Before Rohit, only Virender Sehwag (219) was able to do this.
Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, India won 10 consecutive matches in the ODI World Cup 2023. Only Ricky Ponting and MS Dhoni have been ahead of Rohit. Australia won 24 matches in the World Cup under the captaincy of Ponting. At the same time, Dhoni (11) is at number two.
Rohit Sharma is also the most successful captain in the ODI format’s Asia Cup. Under the captaincy of Rohit, India won 9 out of 11 matches in this tournament. MS Dhoni and Arjun Ranatunga also won the same matches, but they played more as captain than Rohit. Captain Dhoni played 14 and Ranatunga played 13 matches.
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