Will Rohit Sharma have a big innings in Hamilton? Rohit Sharma's bat speaks loudly in Seddon Park

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IND vs NZ: When the bat of the Indian cricket team's legendary batsman Rohit Sharma swings, the world's biggest bowling attack comes to its knees. However, these days Rohit's bat has not done much in the first 2 matches of the ODI series being played against New Zealand. Although Rohit faces a lot of trouble on New Zealand pitches and his figures have not been good, but there is a ground in New Zealand which Rohit Sharma likes very much. We are talking about Seddon Park ground in Hamilton, where Rohit Sharma's ODI record is excellent. Let us tell you that the third ODI match between India and New Zealand will be played in Hamilton on 10 November. In such a situation, fans and Team India will hope to see a big innings from Rohit's bat in the third ODI match.

Rohit Sharma's ODI record in Hamilton

Rohit Sharma's record at the Seddon Park ground in Hamilton has been excellent. He has played a total of 5 One Day International matches on this ground so far, in which Rohit has scored a total of 170 runs in 4 innings with an excellent batting average of 42.50. His highest score on this ground has been 79 runs. Rohit has scored 2 excellent half-centuries in his ODI career here, while he has also been out on zero (0) once.

• Total matches: 5
• Batting innings: 4
• Total runs: 170 runs
• Batting average: 42.50
• Highest score: 79 runs
• Half-centuries: 2
• Duck: 1 time

This figure is much better than New Zealand's overall record

If seen, Rohit Sharma's overall ODI record on New Zealand soil has been slightly lower than his career level. He has played a total of 14 ODI matches across New Zealand, where his batting average is 36.42, but when it comes to Seddon Park in Hamilton, his graph goes straight to the best average of 42.50. This clearly shows that the pitch and boundaries of this ground help Rohit a lot in scoring runs.

When Rohit Sharma played his best innings in Hamilton

Rohit Sharma has not yet scored a century on this ground in Hamilton, but he has scored 2 excellent half-centuries here. His most memorable innings on this ground came against New Zealand in the year 2014, when he played a brilliant aggressive innings of 79 runs against the Kiwi bowlers. However, during the 2019 tour, he was out here after scoring only 7 runs. Whereas once Rohit has been out on zero here.

Big danger for bowlers even today

Even though Rohit Sharma's performance at the Hamilton ground in the last few matches has been mixed, his average of more than 42 here clearly shows that he understands the bounce of this pitch very well. Whenever the Indian team comes to play on this ground against New Zealand, the bowlers of the opposing team definitely have the fear of this excellent record of Rohit in their mind. Now it remains to be seen how Rohit performs in the third T20 match.

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