Sanjay Manjrekar was really impressed with the way Indian captain Rohit Sharma played under pressure and paced his innings during Team India’s 6th match in the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 against England in Lucknow.
Rohit played a magnificent knock of 87 runs off 101 balls, studded with 10 fours and 3 sixes, to help the Men in Blue post a respectable total of 229 runs against England. The “Hitman” led the side from the front after Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, and Shreyas Iyer were dismissed for single-digit scores in Lucknow.
Manjrekar described his innings as one of the best in the history of the ODI format. He was also impressed with the way Rohit played his shots against England on the tricky surface.
Sanjay Manjrekar told Star Sports: “When we talk about Rohit Sharma's ODI batting and his greatness, we talk about the three double hundreds, and he scored a quick hundred recently as well. But according to me, this knock is one of the greatest ODI innings.”
The former Indian cricketer continued, “There are two or three reasons for that - the pitch was slightly tricky in the afternoon, the bowling challenge was quite good, the tactics Jos Buttler used were also high quality, and India were under pressure.
You might remember a shot he played, I think off Adil Rashid's bowling, it was an extremely small gap, and he hit a drive with power to find the boundary. Then he hit Moeen Ali over mid-off against the turn. This artistry sets Rohit Sharma apart.”
Manjrekar signed off by saying, “It's not only Rohit, six or seven Indian players are at their peak. We talk about generation gap but nowadays there is a huge gap between India's cricket and the other teams' cricket.”
(With PTI/IANS Inputs)
