IND vs NZ, Rohit Sharma: Indian star batsman Rohit Sharma once again flopped against New Zealand. In the last ODI match on the New Zealand tour, Rohit Sharma was out after scoring only 7 runs in 13 balls. Rohit Sharma probably came to the field to play his last match on New Zealand soil. In such a situation, the fans expected a big innings from him, because there were no runs from his bat in the entire series. However, Rohit Sharma still failed to play a big innings. New Zealand’s fast bowler Matthew Fisher made Rohit Sharma his victim. However, this was not the first time in this series, when Rohit Sharma was out early. Before this, Rohit Sharma could not even open his account in 2 matches. This series has been no less than a nightmare for Rohit Sharma. Rohit Sharma scored only 30 runs. For 39 year old Rohit Sharma, New Zealand’s ODI series has been no less than a nightmare. Rohit Sharma batted in 4 innings in the 5-match ODI series. Rohit Sharma could score only 30 runs in these 4 innings. Out of these, Rohit Sharma could not even open his account in 2 innings. Rohit Sharma was out on a duck in the first match. After this, Rohit Sharma scored 23 runs in the second match, while the third ODI match was cancelled. Then in the fourth ODI match, Rohit Sharma was out on a golden duck. After this, he was out after scoring only 7 runs in the fifth and last ODI. In this ODI series, Rohit Sharma’s average was only 7.5, while the strike rate was only 62.5. Not a single 50-run partnership. The performance of Team India’s opening order in the ODI series against India-New Zealand was very disappointing. In the 5-match ODI series, India’s opening batsmen did not make a 50-run opening partnership even once. The last time this happened was in the year 2017-18. Now after about 8 years, India has again repeated the same shameful record. However, in this ODI series, not only Rohit Sharma, but all the top-order batsmen of India flopped. How about the last ODI match? The fifth and last ODI match of the series is being played between India and New Zealand on Sunday. In this match, New Zealand won the toss and decided to bowl first. The Indian team came to bat first, but the start was very bad, India lost 3 wickets at the score of just 34 runs. After this Shreyas Iyer and Akshar Patel took over the innings. Shreyas Iyer was out after scoring only 22 runs, while Akshar Patel scored 46 runs. After this Ishan Kishan took over the innings. At present, India has scored 183 runs after losing 8 wickets after 40 overs. Ishan Kishan is playing after scoring 46 runs, while Mohammad Siraj is supporting him at the other end.
