30 August,2023 07:19 AM IST | Bangalore | PTI
India captain Rohit Sharma during a net session in Bangalore yesterday. Pic/PTI
Rohit Sharma traded caution with aggression to add a different dimension to his batting and the Indian skipper is happy with the results even if it means not getting those daddy hundreds.
At the end of the 2019 World Cup, Rohit had scored 27 centuries, but in the last four years he could add only three more to his tally. The captain attributes this to the high-risk game he has adopted.
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"I wanted to take more risks, which is why my numbers are slightly different now," Rohit told PTI. "My [ODI] strike-rate [during this period] has increased, but the average has dipped a bit. This is exactly what our batting coach [Vikram Rathour] was telling me, âYou have scored big runs because of the way you batted all these years and in the last few years, it [big runs] has not happened because you are taking risks'," the skipper added.
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Rohit is the only player to have scored three double hundreds - 209 v Australia (2013), 264 v Sri Lanka (2014) and 208' v Sri Lanka (2017). His last 150-plus knock came in 2019 against the West Indies in Vizag. Rohit said he had to compromise down the line. "My career strike-rate is around 90 [89.97], but in the last couple of years, if you look at my scores and take the strike-rate into consideration, it's around 105-110. So, somewhere you have to compromise. It's not possible to have a 55 average and a 110 strike-rate." This high-risk game is also a process of his self-discovery. He said: "It was purely my choice. My usual batting is still my patent, but I wanted to try something else. I'm very happy with the result."
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