Rohit Sharma’s poor run of form continued as he fell for a single-digit score in India’s first ODI against England at the VCA Stadium, Nagpur on Thursday (February 6).
The Indian captain came into the ODI series on the back of a disappointing Test tour of Australia, where he amassed only 31 runs in five innings at an abysmal average of 6.20.
Rohit was struggling so much that he decided to step aside from the fifth and final BGT Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground last month.
Rumours are rife that the Melbourne Test may have been his last for India, considering that the 37-year-old is unlikely to be in the scheme of things for India’s next WTC cycle, which begins with the tour of England later this year.
With growing speculations on his future, Rohit scored 2 off 7 balls in the ODI series opener against England. He tried to flick a delivery from Saqib Mahmood off his pads, only to top edge the ball straight into the hands of Liam Livingstone.
Rohit's scores during the 2024/25 season across formats read 6, 5, 23, 8, 2, 52, 0, 8, 18, 11, 3, 6, 10, 3, 9 and 2, with an aggregate of 166 runs from 16 innings at a terrible average of 10.37.
The Indian fans on social media were not pleased with Rohit Sharma's repeated failures, and called for his immediate retirement.
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